Luian
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Luian by the numbers
Luian was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Luian
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 Luian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lucianlight-giving, of light85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liangraceful willow or connected244 in the US (2017)
- Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luan70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)
- Lucasbringer of light; from Lucania12,963 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Luian
Names that are said the same way as Luian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Luian
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