Meanings
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,
1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B")2 more examples
The Bird of Paradise, by Mr Richard Walton Tully, is more pictorial than decorative. […] One of these characters, an American physician named Paul Wilson, sinks from civilisation to savagery because he marries a native princess named Luana […]
1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168Luana Patten, a former Disney child star, was cast as the level-headed romantic interest.
2011, R. Serge Denisoff, William D. Romanowski, Risky Business: Rock in Film
Origin
American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.
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Luana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luana
“Luana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luana. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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