Luan for a boys name (pronounced Loo-an)

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

I know a Doctor named Luan. Male of Chinese descent. He's the only one I've ever met. I quite like it.

I love it! It’s a popular name in Albania.

Loon or Louanne?

It’s sounds very feminine to me

@Oleaginus

Monday is either De Luain or A Luan depending on context.

Assuming you're British it's a girls name. So not really fair on a boy.

I don't get why everyone is saying they'd pronounce it Lu-anne. I'd assume the last syllable was completely unstressed, so more like Lu-un. The same sort of ending as Ryan or Nathan - does anybody here say Nath-anne? I've never met anyone called Luan before and I don't have a strong opinion on it, but I definitely don't see any problems with it.

@CharitySchmarity , Nathan is Nath-ann in some languages, including Welsh.

I only know it from Gangs of London. The character Luan is Albanian. However, during the series it was pronounced by the other characters interchangeably as 'Lu-un' and 'Lu-anne'. It is a nice name but the latter pronounciation is very feminine sounding in the UK.

The only Luan I know is female.

Luan is pronounced Loo- awn.

Not without a fada it's not.

The Luan I know is Lewin/ Loo-in.

I was at school with a girl called Luanne. She was constantly teased “ do you want to go to the loo Anne?”. I’d avoid,

Loan/ Louan is a Celtic/ Breton name. I know a fair few here in France. I think it means light.No

Its dire. Never heard of such a name.

This is who I think of when I hear Luan, sorry OP

I know a female Luan and she pronounces it Lu-anne so that’s how I would pn it too.

This is who I think of. 😂

I know a 2 year old Luan. He's lovely. I'd never heard of the name before meeting him but I quite like it. It is never shortened as far as I'm aware

Thanks for your opinions everyone.
I forgot when I posted, that the majority of people on mumsnet seem to be from the UK, whereas I am Irish, so our pronunciation would be different. It wouldn't be pronounced Lou-Anne. It would be more like Lewin, as a few have said. It is in Ireland a males name, for e.g, a name used in Ireland quite often is Cuan/Cuán. This is a boys name and the names ending in 'an' would be pronounced more 'on' or 'in' as opposed to 'an'. Hopefully someone irish here can help back me up here on this 😅

I know a woman Luan (Lu - Anne)
and a young boy Luan (Lu - un)

I wouldn’t chose it but each to their own

Yeah I like it. I’m Irish though without a fada I’d have said Lewin.

Thank you. You understand what I mean with the Irish pronunciation then 😄 thank you.

You'd never say just Luan for Monday in the Irish language. Monday is irish is Dé Luain.

I think I'd guess at it being Lwaan!

I agree. The 'an' would be almost be blended as opposed to stressed. 🤷‍♀️