Luana

Where Luana comes from

American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luana
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #2,463 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Luana Patten born
    actress
  3. 1947
    Peak, #650
    164 babies named Luana — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1950
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,064.
  5. 1976
    Luana Piovani born
    Brazilian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Luana Patten · actress, 1938–1996
  • Luana Piovani · Brazilian actress, born 1976
  • Luana · association football player, born 1993
  • Luana Anders · American actress, 1938–1996
  • Luana Bühler · Swiss association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.