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
Luna through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #435 among girls, with 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, the most in any year.
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.