Fun Facts About the Name Loana
- 91 babies named Loana: U.S. records list 91 babies given the name Loana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Loana Mean?
Loana is a feminine name usually treated as a variant of Joanna. Joanna goes back to Greek Ioanna, the feminine form of Ioannes (John), which comes from Hebrew Yochanan. That Hebrew name joins a shortened form of the divine name with khanan, "to be gracious," so the customary meaning is "God is gracious." In Romanian the name is normally Ioana and in Portuguese Joana; Loana is an altered form of that same stock in which the opening sound of the name differs. The literal sense rests on the Hebrew verb "to be gracious," while "God is gracious" is the traditional rendering rather than a word-for-word translation.
Loana Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the wide family of Joanna forms that spread through Europe with Christianity. Hebrew Yochanan became Greek Ioannes and its feminine Ioanna, then Latin Iohannes and Johanna. The Romance languages produced their own versions, including Romanian Ioana, Portuguese Joana, French Jeanne, and Italian Giovanna. Loana is a less common member of that group, found in Romania and in Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil.
In modern English-language popular culture the spelling appears as the name of a character in the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. That is a recent fictional use and is separate from the name's earlier history in the Romance languages.
How Popular is the Name Loana?
Loana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1971. Its best rank was #4,010 in 1933.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,319 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,684 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #11,734 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,176 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #14,900 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #17,373 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #18,124 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,710 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #4,980 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #6,099 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #7,375 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #4,223 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1933 | #4,010 | 6 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
Explore More Lists with Name Loana
Most Popular Girl Names That Start with L
Short Girl Names That Start with L
How the Name Loana Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
✦ Loana's Deeper Meaning & Tips for Parents Discover Loana's symbolic numbers and practical tips for choosing a name that complements your child's birth date.