Loany

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Loany by the numbers

Loany was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Loany

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Loany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lonnylone; a form of Lonnie6 in the US (2017)
  • Liany12 in the US (2017)
  • Leany5 in the US (2017)
  • Loana5 in the US (2017)
  • Lany3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Loany

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