Luisiana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Luisiana by the numbers

Luisiana was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 1983, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Luisiana

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

  • Luisanafamous warrior; a form of Louisa12 in the US (2017)
  • Louisiana12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lusiana6 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Lucianalight-giving; feminine form of lucian782 in the US (2017)
  • Livianaliving, lively; feminine form of livius45 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Luisiana

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

  • Luciannalight-giving; a form of lucia101 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyanafeminine form of Lucianus, from lucus (grove)8 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyannalight-giving; a blend of Lucy and Anna5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Luisiana

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