Luar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-AR
- Origin
- Portuguese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
New arrival
Luar is a boys' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “moonlight”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Luar mean?
Portuguese: the Portuguese and Galician word
“moonlight”
Is Luar a girl's or a boy's name?
Luar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Luar, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Luar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
How popular is Luar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Luar, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Luar in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Luar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Luar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Perez Iago Crue Luca Cruz Luis Lorcan Victor Viggo Pablo Lucio Marco
Names related to Luar
More Portuguese names
Zaire Lua Vasco Romario Sereia Diogo Evora Brazil Aires Mariaalice Marques Tavares Anajulia Tavaris Joia Marialuiza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Luar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luar, updated 20 October 2026.