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Luna

/LOO-nah/ FeminineLatin

Meaning

Luna is a feminine name of Latin origin meaning “the moon”.

Luna is the Latin word for the moon and the name of the Roman goddess who drove her silver chariot across the night sky. Once a quiet choice, it surged after appearing in the Harry Potter series and through celebrity use, and its soft sound works equally well in English, Spanish, and Italian.

A top-ten girls' name in the United States in the 2020s.

Popularity in the United States

Girls

Ranked #27 in 2025 · peak #10 in 2023

Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.

At a glance

Origin
Latin
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/LOO-nah/
Themes
MoonNight

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Questions

  • Luna is a feminine name of Latin origin meaning “the moon”. Luna is the Latin word for the moon and the name of the Roman goddess who drove her silver chariot across the night sky.

  • Luna is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is a top-ten girls' name in the United States in the 2020s.

  • The name Luna comes from Latin. Luna is the Latin word for the moon and the name of the Roman goddess who drove her silver chariot across the night sky. Once a quiet choice, it surged after appearing in the Harry Potter series and through celebrity use, and its soft sound works equally well in English, Spanish, and Italian.

  • Luna is pronounced LOO-nah.

More names that mean moon

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Aybek MasculineTurkic“moon lord”
  2. Ayla FeminineTurkish“moonlight, halo around the moon”
  3. Aylin FeminineTurkish“halo of the moon”
  4. Badr MasculineArabic“full moon”
  5. Chandra UnisexSanskrit“moon, shining”
  6. Diana FeminineLatin“divine, heavenly”