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Luana Reyes (1933 – 2001) was an American Indian (Native American) health care administrator. As executive director of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) 1972–1982, she grew that institution from a staff of five to nearly 200 and made it a model for urban Indian institutions; subsequently, she worked for the federal Indian Health Service, eventually becoming deputy director of that 14,000-person institution. She was of Sin Aikst (now known as Sinixt or the Lakes tribe, one of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) and Filipino descent.
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Luana Tanaka is a Brazilian actress.
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The pronunciations on this site needs to be corrected for many names.
Luana is loo-AH-na in Italian, not LWA-na. The English W sound doesn't exist in Italian.
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Luana is loo-AH-na in Italian, not LWA-na. The English W sound doesn't exist in Italian.
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Beautiful alternative to Luna.
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Beautiful and unique!
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Absolutely beautiful name! That banner is gorgeous!
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The name experienced a huge increase in popularity in the US in the 1940s, due to child actress Luana Patten.
After her appearance in Disney's "Song of the South" (a movie that is very controversial these days) in 1946 the name went up from only 46 births to 91 births and in the following year, when she appeared in Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free" the name went up to its highest number ever, 164 births.
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After her appearance in Disney's "Song of the South" (a movie that is very controversial these days) in 1946 the name went up from only 46 births to 91 births and in the following year, when she appeared in Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free" the name went up to its highest number ever, 164 births.
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"Buzau mountains (Romania) are metaphorically named Land of Luana, due to a legend passed over from generation to generation via the peasants in the region.
Seniors say that once upon a time, in Buzau mountains there was an old and wise king, Luana, whose fortresses touched the sky. The defenders of the fortresses were brave and fought for justice, the king was healing their wounds with charmed waters from the Spring Wells’ Valley."
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Seniors say that once upon a time, in Buzau mountains there was an old and wise king, Luana, whose fortresses touched the sky. The defenders of the fortresses were brave and fought for justice, the king was healing their wounds with charmed waters from the Spring Wells’ Valley."
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Beautiful and unique!
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Some possible meanings are "daughter of the light" or "born in Luanda". It can be also the union of "Luísa" and "Ana", or "Lúcia" and "Ana".
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It's also the name of the Bowynn goddess of the flowers, incences and weaving.
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Also Portuguese. [noted -ed]
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The Italian pronunciation is loo-AH-nah. [noted -ed]
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Luana is the title of a song by the band Icecream Hands.
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What a pretty name!
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Luana is a Hawai'ian name meaning 'to be at leisure' and an old Germanic name meaning 'gracious warrior'. It is the name of a heroine in Romanian mythology (in other legends, it's the name of a princess).
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Maria is right. The name is NOT invented.
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It is also a form of an Albanian name, derived from Luanesha, which means lioness.
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This name was used for the daughter of Prince Friso of the Netherlands, son of Queen Beatrix.
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That's true. Emma Luana Ninette Sophie is countess of Orange-Nassau. She's indeed the daughter of prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau and his wife: Mabel Wisse Smit.
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A child actress of the 1940´s is named Luana Patten.
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