Luan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 70 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
70
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#556
70 babies · up from #737

Luan by the numbers

In 2025, 70 babies in England and Wales were named Luan. In the US, 33 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Luan

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 Luan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Liangraceful willow or connected244 in the US (2017)
  • Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luayshield; protection18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luannfamous warrior; a form of Louann11 in the US (2017)
  • Lean18 in the US (2017)
  • Luian16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Luan

Names that are said the same way as Luan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Llewynlike a lion; from Llywelyn47 in the US (2017)
  • Lewindear friend; a form of Lewin9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lewynfriend; a form of Lewin or Lewin3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Luan

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