Luan

“Lion; also brave, valiant, courageous” — Albanian, from Latin leo/leonem origin

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

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.

Around the world: #18 in Switzerland (2024).

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

Famous Luans

Luan Vieira — Brazilian footballer
Luan Santana — Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Luan Garcia Teixeira — Brazilian footballer
Luan Rodrigues Azambuja — Brazilian association football player
Luan Krasniqi — German boxer

In stories & tradition

Luan Tingyu — Water Margin
Luan Espel — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

What Luans become

Among 189 notable people named Luan:

Artists & writers appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luan Starova, Macedonian writer, university teacher and diplomat (1941–2022).

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

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