Luan for a boys name (pronounced Loo-an)

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Kmwa · 12/03/2023 23:10

Thoughts on the name "Luan" for boys name.
Means 'warrior', 'strong' and 'warlike' in Irish.
" Moon" in Portuguese and "Lion" in Albanian.

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dotdotdotdash · 12/03/2023 23:26

Lewin is good, but Luan sounds like Luanne - too feminine

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M0rT · 12/03/2023 23:23

I know an Irish Luan, but it's not pronounced Lu-An, it's more like Lewin.

PriamFarrl · 12/03/2023 23:21

I know a few Louannes but they are all women (various spellings).

I guess it would be ok if you pronounced it Lewin.

Schmutter · 12/03/2023 23:19

Like the real housewife? No.

It would be less terrible if it was pronounced like Ewan.

Flipflops123 · 12/03/2023 23:17

I know a couple of boys with this name. I love it. Although I think they spell it Leuan

TwinsAndTiramisu · 12/03/2023 23:16

Like the chap from Gangs of London?

If I heard it aloud, I think Luanne, which is the much more common female version.

I think potentially people seeing it written down would pronounce it Lewan, like Ewan. But would soon be corrected I guess.

laddersandsnakes12 · 12/03/2023 23:15

The only person I know with a similar sounding name is a woman called Lou-Anne and she is from the Deep South of America. Lovely woman, but it's never a name I would associate for a boy/man. I'm assuming the name you're suggesting would have the same or very similar pronunciation?

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