Luan

Meaning: Lion, also brave
Origin: Albanian — From the word luan

Boy's name · #1220 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Luan is climbing: on the charts since 1975, it reached #1220 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 170 boys given the name last year. Roughly 1,100 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#23 in Switzerland (2025) · #103 in Ecuador (2025) · #155 in Austria (2025) · #166 in Slovenia (2025) · #212 in Belgium (2025) · #264 in Netherlands (2025) · #270 in N. Ireland (2025) · #348 in Ireland (2025) · #437 in Sweden (2025) · #556 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,018 in Italy (2024) · #1,054 in France (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Luans

Luan Vieira — Brazilian footballer (born 1993)
Luan Santana — Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Luan Garcia Teixeira — Brazilian footballer (born 1993)
Luan Martins Pereira — Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
Luan Krasniqi — German boxer (born 1971)

In stories & tradition

Luan Tingyu^ja — Water Margin character
Luan Espel — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (novel series)

What Luans become

Among 178 notable people named Luan:

Artists & writers appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luan Starova, Macedonian writer, university teacher and diplomat (1941–2022).

Similar names: Navy · Lux · Rexton · Arjan · Lyam · Yohan

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