The Spanish and Italien first name Luna stands for ‘the moon’. The name comes from the Latin word ‘luna’ and is also the name of a Roman goddess.
Luna is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The first name Luna is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #36 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Luna, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 63,856 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Luna. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The Spanish and Italien first name Luna stands for ‘the moon’. The name comes from the Latin word ‘luna’ and is also the name of a Roman goddess.
Interesting facts! A coastal redwood in California (Stafford) that is about 1,000 years old and 200 feet tall was named Luna in 1997.
Luna Blaise (*2001)
Luna Blaise is an American actress and singer, known for her role as Olive Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci fi drama series 'Manifest' as well as Nicole 'Nico' Harris on the ABC series 'Fresh Off the Boat'. She also appeared in the movie 'Memoria' (2015) or 'Concrete Kids' (2018). Her performance as Nicole earned her a Young Artist Awards in the category 'Recurring Young Actress' in 2016. Blaise has also appeared in some commercials, and besides is an aspiring singer.
Luna Lovegood (*1981)
Luna Lovegood is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. She first appears in 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', where she is described as with a dreamy look on her face. Luna believes in mystical creatures that nobody can actually see but her, and could be described as both 'dreamy' and 'quirky'. She is portrayed by Irish actress Evanna Lynch (*1991) in the film adaptations.
Luna Leopold (1915 - 2006)
Luna Bergere Leopold was an American geomorphologist and hydrologist who is considered one of the founders of modern geomorphology. As his primary field he worked on fluvial geomorphology and, together with Gordon Wolman and John Miller, he published the significant classic book, 'Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology' (1995). He was both research hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and a professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Luna Vachon (1962 - 2010)
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon, better known under her ringname Luna Vachon, was a Canadian professional wrestler. During the 1990s she was wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Vachon came to wrestling because she wanted to continue her family's wrestling legacy: both her uncle, Mad Dog Vachon, and her father, Paul Vachon, were also professional wrestlers. Vachon was known for her intense and aggressive in-ring style. She was featured in Playboy and Hustler Vachon.
When you hear the name Luna, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Luna? Are you also called Luna? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
, Buzz Aldrin and more astronauts could tell you how it ist to be on the most outerworldly place called Luna - as Luna means 'the moon' in Latin and other languages.
you can proceed to Luna Island. Between dolomite rock and white cedar trees you will have an unobstructed and wonderfull view on the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.
Michigan is called Luna Pier. The 1,400-inhabitant-city is located along the coast of Lake Erie from which the town's landmark towers: a large crescent-shaped pier made of concrete.
three miles southeast of Alpine, Arizona, is called Luna Lake. It is the centerpiece of the Luna Lake Wildlife Area and has an area of approximately 75 acres.
had been ascertained within the 2010 census in Luna County, New Mexico. Luna County was founded in 1901 and abuts the Mexican border.
The name Luna may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Luna is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 487 women in Nevada is called Luna. In total, that’s 918 women who feel addressed when the name Luna is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #128 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Luna as the answer a total of 63,856 times. This places Luna at #443 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Luna as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names – 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A and S.
With four letters, the name Luna is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with an L, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which girls' name with L is the most common... the answer is Linda.
If your name is Luna and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Luna, you can simply say:
Lion
Unicorn
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Luna
Luna
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
L
U
N
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
L
U
N
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Luna sounds like this:
