Lotanna
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- loh-TAH-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
Lotanna is a name of Igbo origin, meaning “remember the father”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies).
What does Lotanna mean?
Igbo
“remember the father”
An Igbo name joining lota, 'remember', with nna, 'father', often understood as a call to remember God the Father.
Is Lotanna a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lotanna has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 21 boys in the UK.
How popular is Lotanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Lotanna, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. 3 girls were also named Lotanna in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lotanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Lotanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13% of the babies named Lotanna in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Lotanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Names like Lotanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Ezra, Lorenzo, Levi, Lando, Jidenna, Theodore, Rowan, Elias, Louie, Matteo, Omar
Names related to Lotanna
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lotanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lotanna, updated 20 October 2026.