Is this name too out of style?

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My DH suggested Luana the other day. I like it, pronounced loo-ah-na.

I also thought of Luanna, pronounced loo-ann-a and think it's quite pretty.

Which one do you prefer and why? Would you pronounce them as I would?

Now we've been getting a lot of negative comments, saying that it is downmarket and 50s and out of style in a bad way. Do you agree or should we just not listen to these comments?

Middle names we like: Marie, Aveline, Juliet.

I've never heard of this name. I'd think it was unusual rather than out of style

I've never heard of that name. Which maybe says more about me than the name.

Why not simply Luna (as in Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter). At least people will know how to spell and say it.

Not heard of it either. I would have assumed ultra modern rather than outdated to be honest.

Luana sounds modern. I prefer the 'ah' sound I think.

But Lou (because that's what it will inevitably be), is quite 70/80's to me, because of all the millions of Louise's in my peer group.

I’ve never heard that name, I would worry it will be mistaken for Luna or Lana, or shorted to Lou

Are you in the U.K.? I’ve never heard of it. It doesn’t come across as out of date, more very unusual. I think with only one n you risk it being pronounced lu-ah-nuh rather than lu-anna.

Juliet is lovely!

Ive heard both names a few times. I prefer Luana I like the ah sound. Beautiful

I prefer Luna or Louella

There's LuAnna the podcast, which is a combination of two names...

I pronounce them both exactly the same. I like how Luana looks better than Luanna.

I have heard of Luan, which I really like. Have never heard of Luana or Luanna, though that's not a reason not to use either of them!

I would worry Luana will constantly be mistaken as Luna as that's so popular these days. So for that reason I would choose Luanna.

Luanna Aveline, Luanna Juliet, both lovely.

I have a friend called Luanne... never heard of Luana or Luanna but wouldn't say they were out of style.

I've never heard the name before and can only think of one way it could be pronounced - Loo-anna. Sorry not very helpful I know!

Does Luana rhyme with Moana?

I've never heard of it but think I'd say loo-ann-a but def one that will need a lot of explaining and spelling so it depends if you are up for that

I would pronounce it looANNa.

Prepare for a life of correcting people to your preferred pronunciation.

I know of one Luanna who would be about 22 now. Australian.

Too like much like Luna.

Also sounds like a dog’s name- Tons of Lunas about.

Any odd spelling/ sound condemns a child /adult to a lifetime of correcting others.

Actually is was Luana pronounced as Loo-anh-a. I like it.

I've met a few Luannas through school in the 90s in New Zealand. I associate it with the Pacific countries - Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands etc

I know a Luana, she's beautiful and successful and very stylish.

Really like it, doesn't matter whether in or out of style, I have a 4 year old gd Gloria, bring back the 40s!! Also love Aveline, if you love it use it, don't look for approval from others..,

I think it's quite nice. loo-anna makes more sense to me than loo-ah-na
I do prefer Luna, which is lovely.

The only Luana I know is an old boss and she was an absolute cow so I personally don’t like it 🤣, but I don’t think it’s ‘out of style’.

Sorry I just checked, they are all Luanas with one n not two.

Gloria is such a great name!