Luna
Luna is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #7 in popularity, meaning The moon.
What Luna means
The moon.
Luna is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Luna comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Luna is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Luna?
Luna is ranked #7, which places it in the very top tier of girl names in use right now. Expect it to be instantly recognised and correctly spelled by almost everyone — and expect your child to meet others with the same name.
The character of Luna
We group Luna under Moon and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Luna
These share Luna's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Tsuki — The moon.
- Delia — Of Delos; the moon goddess.
- Nguyet — The moon.
- Nyx — Night; goddess of night.
- Selene — Goddess of the moon.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Celeste — Heavenly.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.