Given name & surname
Luan
“lion”
Luan is a surname from Mandarin. It is used in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,622
- 1,107 boys · 515 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 166 babies
- 2025
- 166
- #1,220 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +160%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 166 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,220 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 159.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,619 as a first name in 2020; 983 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Luan
- LuanBrazilian footballerborn 1993
- Luan SantanaBrazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
- Luan GarciaBrazilian footballerborn 1993
- Luan RodriguesBrazilian association football playerborn 1996
- Luan Jujiefencerborn 1958
- Luan KrasniqiGerman boxerborn 1971
- LuanBrazilian association football playerborn 1990
- Luan PeresBrazilian association football playerborn 1994
- Luan StarovaMacedonian writer, university teacher and diplomat (1941–2022)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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