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 [ 3 syll. lua-na, lu-ana ] The girl name Luana is pronounced LuwAENah KEY. 1: Luana has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the English and Italian languages. The name could be of arbitrary coinage. It was first borne in Romanian mythology by an obscure heroine. It appeared in the King Vidor film The Bird of Paradise (1932) as the name of a Polynesian maiden, and English and Italian speakers adopted the name subsequently. Forms of the name include the Breton, French, and English Louann, the Breton, French, and English Louanne, the English Luane, the English Luann, the English and Italian Luanne, and the English Luwana. Other forms of Luana include the English variant spelling Louanna and the English and Italian variant spelling Luanna. 2: Luana's origin is Hawaiian. Here, it means 'joyous, happy'. See also the related forms, Ana (English, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish) and Lou (Breton, French, and English). Luana is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1947 with 0.009% of baby girls being given the name Luana. It was #651 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then, and is of only very modest use today. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Luana, Ana (English, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Luana include Lamya (Arabic), Lanay (English), Lawana (English), Lealani (English), Leanna (English), Leannan (Irish), Leannie (English), Leilani (English), Leinani (Hawaiian), Lelani (English), Lelonni (English), Lenia (Russian), Lenio (Greek), Leoline (English), Leoma (English), Leona (English and German), Leoni (German), Leonna (English), Leylani (Hawaiian), and Léoni (French). KEY: English pronunciation for Luana: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
