Female name
Luana
621 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2018. Expression number: 4.
Origin
American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.From Wiktionary, entry “Luana”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2018: 41 births. 621 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2004. It is still given: 159 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1947: 164 births. 4,893 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1940s to the 2020s. It really came into use around 1916. It is still given: 543 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 32,476 | 2012–2023 | 80th in 2015 |
| Switzerland | 6,203* | 1915–2025 | — |
| France | 2,500 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Austria | 416 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 255 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Quebec | 63 | 1980–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
3 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 1 = 13 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
3 + 1 + 1 = 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 5 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.