Baby name
RISING
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 Loana
/loh · AH · nah/
Meaning
“Good light”
French feminine name, a modern creation possibly blending Loan (a Breton name meaning 'good light') and the -ana suffix; also associated with the film character in 'L'Île aux fleurs'.
Nicknames
loa
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Contemporary Francophone; has a melodic modern feel, trending now but may date to the 2010s-20s.
The cultural moment.
Rising in France and French-speaking Switzerland since around 2015.