Given name
Luana
“one who is content and enjoys life”
Luana is used as a given name. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,893
- 0 boys · 4,893 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 164 babies
- 2025
- 110
- #1,827 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 110 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,827 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 164 in 1947. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,363 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Luana’s family of names
Luana has a related form in Luann. Luana has a related form in Luanne. Luana has a related form in Louann.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 16
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 Luana
- Luàna BajramiFrench actressborn 2001
- Luana Pattenactress (1938-1996)
- Luana PiovaniBrazilian actressborn 1976
- Luanaassociation football playerborn 1993
- Luana BühlerSwiss association football playerborn 1996
- Luana AndersAmerican actress (1938-1996)
- Luana WaltersAmerican actress (1912-1963)
- Luana MártonHungarian taekwondo practitionerborn 2006
- Luana LiraBrazilian diverborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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