[3] It has ranked among the top 500 names given to girls born in France in recent years.

It was the name of the Polynesian heroine in the 1932 film Bird of Paradise, which was based on a 1912 play.

Some sources say the name means "happiness" or having a good time in Hawaiian.

[9] It might also be a feminine version of the Albanian name Luàn, meaning "lion".

[11] It might be derived from the Spanish word "luan", meaning a shade between yellow and brown, or as a feminine form of the name Luanus.