The Roman goddess Luna drove her silver chariot across the night sky while her brother Sol drove the day's — and the name has kept some of that ancient, lunar pull. Luna is simply the Latin word for moon, unchanged across two millennia, which is its own kind of magic. Chrissy Teigen used it in 2016; the Harry Potter novels had already made Luna Lovegood a shorthand for dreamy outsiderhood. The name has climbed into the American top fifteen with remarkable speed. Two syllables, both open, both round — a name shaped like the thing it names. Celestial, slightly witchy, and utterly unfussed.
Popularity
1880 to today
US SSA data. Lower rank number means more popular. A flat line at the top of the chart means the name did not rank in the top 1000.
Nicknames
No common nicknames.
Famous people
- Luna Lovegood — fictional character in the Harry Potter universe
- Luna Blaise — American actress and singer
- Luna Maya — Indonesian actress
- Lily Luna Potter — fictional character in the Harry Potter universe
- Luna Mijovic — Bosnian actress
In fiction
No fictional associations tracked.
Sibling name ideas
- Aurora
- Atlas
- Stella
- Iris
- Orion
Similar energy
- Aurora
- Stella
- Iris
- Nora
- Alice
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Latin for 'star'.
Iris
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Greek goddess of the rainbow.
Nora
SteadyItalian · girl
Short for Honora, Eleanor, or Norah; 'honor' or 'light'.
Alice
Steady· girl
Old French from Germanic Adelais, 'noble'