Entry № 6105 · Latin origin

Luna Luna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LOO-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Moon"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "moon".

Luna is the Latin word for the moon, and the name of the Roman goddess of the moon — counterpart to the Greek Selene.

Until recently Luna was rare as a given name in the English-speaking world — too literal, perhaps, or too associated with the moth. That changed in the 2000s.

By 2020 Luna had entered the U.S.

The moon. Two syllables. Everyone knows what it means.

The name in its native script.

Luna
Transliteration
Luna
Pronunciation
/ ˈluː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Luna stands.

Luna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lunas before her.

Real people
Luna Stephens
Daughter of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, born 2016.
born 2016
In fiction
Luna Lovegood
Character in the Harry Potter series, known for her dreamy and observant nature.
1997–2007 novels
Luna
Cat character in the manga and anime Sailor Moon.
1991–present

Names connected to Luna.

The number behind Luna.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Luna reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.