Luna

Where Luna comes from

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luna
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #435 among girls — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1983
    Luna Maya born
    Indonesian actress, presenter and singer
  3. 2001
    Luna Blaise born
    American actress and singer
  4. 2022
    Peak, #10
    8,977 babies named Luna — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Luna Maya · Indonesian actress, presenter and singer, born 1983
  • Luna Blaise · American actress and singer, born 2001
  • Luna Wedler · Swiss actress, born 1999
  • Luna Mijovic · Bosnian actress, born 1991
  • Luna Fokke · Dutch field hockey player, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.