English

Proper noun

Luana

1. A female given name.
   • 1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B"):

     Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,

   • 1912 The Bookman, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912, Vol.35, page 168:

     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 - - -

Anagrams

• lauan

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowing from English Luana. Made known in Hawaii by the play (1912) and film (1932) Bird of Paradise and later explained as Hawaiian luana ‎(“leisure”).

Proper noun

Luana

1. A female given name.

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name Luana does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

Italian

Proper noun

Luana ?

1. A female given name.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Luana f

1. A female given name