Given name

Luanna

“one who is content and enjoys life”

Luanna is a variant of Luana. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Luanna is a variant of Luana. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Luanna is a variant of Luana. An origin associated with Luana is Hawaiian.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Built from English Lu + Anna.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Luanna through the years

Babies since 1880
1,943
0 boys · 1,943 girls
Most popular year
1960
59 babies
2025
16
#7,014 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+21%
Rising
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Luanna in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1888–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,014 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 59 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,393 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.

Luanna’s family of names

In English usage, Luanna has a related form in Luann. Luanna has a related form in Luana.

Walk Luanna’s family in the name graph

LuannaLuanaLuannLouanna

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Luanna

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Hebrew

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Nature

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Latin

Lucinda

Lucinda adds a lyrical ending to Lucia and has a history in European literature.

41UncommonEasing

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Sibling ideas

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