Girl's name
Luna
Say it LOO-nuh
Latin origin the moon
2 syllables
Where Luna is loved, common and rare
Common across four German cities, the Netherlands, Switzerland and 21 more places. Rare in Scotland, Poland, Northern Ireland and one more place. Loved in Leipzig and Rostock.
1 in 330 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Berlin 11thThe Netherlands 12thSwitzerland 12th
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Every place
In 33 of the 40 official lists, among them Berlin (11th), the Netherlands (12th) and Switzerland (12th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin city | 11th 2023 | 101 | about 1 in 144 |
| The Netherlands | 12th 2025 | 464 | about 1 in 131 |
| Switzerland | 12th 2025 | 190 | 1 in 179 |
| British Columbia province | 26th 2023 | 71 | about 1 in 168 |
| Sweden | 29th 2025 | 269 | about 1 in 149 |
| Cologne city | 29th 2023 | 30 | about 1 in 205 |
| France | 33rd 2025 | 1,345 | 1 in 213 |
| Munich city | 35th 2025 | 34 | about 1 in 123 |
| Ontario province | 36th 2024 | 218 | about 1 in 250 |
| Slovenia | 39th 2025 | 43 | about 1 in 154 |
| Spain | 46th 2024 | 660 | rank only |
| Italy | 47th 2024 | 813 | 1 in 220 |
| Queensland state | 48th 2025 | 96 | rank only |
| New Zealand | 50th 2025 | 68 | rank only |
| New South Wales state | 56th 2025 | 119 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 57th 2025 | 112 | rank only |
| England and Wales | 59th 2025 | 757 | 1 in 335 |
| Norway | 61st 2025 | 103 | 1 in 212 |
| South Australia state | 67th 2025 | 25 | rank only |
| Austria | 69th 2025 | 114 | 1 in 313 |
| Catalonia region | 79th 2025 | 56 | 1 in 344 |
| Hungary | 83rd 2025 | 126 | rank only |
| Ireland | 84th 2025 | 64 | 1 in 330 |
| Quebec province | 100th 2025 | 57 | about 1 in 456 |
| Scotland | 106th 2025 | 42 | 1 in 426 |
| Poland | 151st 2025 | 67 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Northern Ireland | 177th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 729 |
| Israel לונה | 350th 2024 | 68 | about 1 in 1,154 |
| Leipzig city | 4th 2025 | 25 | about 1 in 105 |
| Rostock city | 9th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 109 |
| Denmark | 14th 2025 | 357 | rank only |
| Estonia | 18th 2025 | 38 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 40th 2025 | 13 | about 1 in 232 |
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Statistics Denmark (DST) (Denmark); Siseministeerium (rahvastikuregister) (Estonia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Latin lūna means 'the moon', and the word passed into Middle English in the same sense. In Roman mythology Luna is also the moon personified.
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Two syllables, LOO-nuh, give it a soft, round sound. Lua, Lune and Louna are related forms, Lúna is an accented spelling, and Lunella is a longer variant.
Luna ranks high across the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark and is well used in British Columbia and Ontario. It is rising in nearly three times as many places as it is falling, and the French records put its peak in 2022. Its combination of a simple sound and a clear image has made it a favourite across many languages at once.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LOO-nuh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
the moon
- Origin
- Latin
- Other spellings
- Lua
- Roxane
- Lune
- Louna
- Luana
- Lluna
- Loona
- Lunette
- Lunella
- Moon
- Lunetta
- Loena
Counted together here: Lúna.
Etymology
From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 14 of 31 regions, falling in 5.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 78 | 48 | 43 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 59 |
| Scotland | 135 | 78 | 82 | 62 | 61 | 67 | 60 | 68 | 97 | 106 |
| Northern Ireland | 190 | 206 | 130 | 189 | 119 | 123 | 121 | 95 | 150 | 177 |
| Ireland | 288 | 158 | 124 | 105 | 86 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 96 | 84 |
| Ontario | 124 | 71 | 60 | 43 | 45 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 36 | |
| British Columbia | 71 | 57 | 58 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 26 | ||
| New South Wales | 69 | 53 | 42 | 55 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 53 | 56 | |
| Victoria | 99 | 79 | 40 | 34 | 49 | 32 | 55 | 32 | 57 | |
| Queensland | 77 | 59 | 46 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 32 | 38 | 48 | |
| South Australia | 324 | 135 | 95 | 58 | 55 | 50 | 41 | 48 | 49 | 67 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 62 | 50 | 42 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 48 | 50 | |
| Quebec | 245 | 153 | 127 | 126 | 87 | 59 | 47 | 56 | 55 | 100 |
| France | 50 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 33 |
| The Netherlands | 70 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | |
| Austria | 135 | 96 | 109 | 109 | 90 | 100 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 69 |
| Switzerland | 63 | 55 | 60 | 56 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Berlin | 57 | 46 | 51 | 44 | 62 | 28 | 20 | 11 | ||
| Munich | 84 | 74 | 96 | 85 | 74 | 47 | 46 | 33 | 45 | 35 |
| Cologne | 100 | 64 | 82 | 58 | 47 | 63 | 40 | 29 | ||
| Bonn | 81 | 52 | 75 | 69 | 117 | 30 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 40 |
| Leipzig | 55 | 50 | 41 | 31 | 58 | 47 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 4 |
| Rostock | 37 | 42 | 64 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 11 | 28 | 18 | 9 |
| Norway | 84 | 60 | 51 | 59 | 56 | 59 | 37 | 37 | 59 | 61 |
| Sweden | 63 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 29 |
| Denmark | 33 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Finland | 48 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 230 | 68 | ||||||||
| Spain | 77 | 69 | 79 | 68 | 58 | 49 | 45 | 47 | 46 | |
| Catalonia | 130 | 121 | 158 | 92 | 87 | 54 | 57 | 49 | 40 | 79 |
| Italy | 116 | 99 | 98 | 81 | 80 | 64 | 48 | 51 | 47 | |
| Poland | 232 | 244 | 207 | 216 | 212 | 166 | 154 | 143 | 140 | 151 |
| Hungary | 100 | 83 | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 105 | 62 | 111 | 69 | 95 | 83 | 70 | 65 | 49 | 39 |
| Estonia | 25 | 25 | 18 | |||||||
| Israel | 435 | 490 | 576 | 436 | 358 | 369 | 293 | 303 | 350 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | 757 | 298.9 |
| 2024 | 48 | 908 | 352.0 |
| 2023 | 38 | 1,063 | 414.3 |
| 2022 | 34 | 1,174 | 445.5 |
| 2021 | 35 | 1,261 | 460.1 |
| 2020 | 36 | 1,216 | 453.0 |
| 2019 | 36 | 1,213 | 433.1 |
| 2018 | 43 | 1,162 | 403.1 |
| 2017 | 48 | 1,093 | 365.4 |
| 2016 | 78 | 715 | 232.8 |
| 2015 | 130 | 439 | 142.6 |
| 2014 | 146 | 380 | 123.9 |
| 2013 | 225 | 224 | 72.6 |
| 2012 | 337 | 144 | 44.7 |
| 2011 | 376 | 124 | 38.6 |
| 2010 | 526 | 76 | 23.7 |
| 2009 | 565 | 68 | 21.7 |
| 2008 | 580 | 65 | 20.6 |
| 2007 | 706 | 48 | 15.7 |
| 2006 | 639 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 2005 | 1045 | 24 | 8.3 |
| 2004 | 1252 | 18 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | 1224 | 18 | 6.5 |
| 2002 | 1245 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2001 | 1870 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 1475 | 12 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 1557 | 11 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 2165 | 7 | 2.4 |
| 1996 | 2683 | 5 | 1.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Luna in France since 1925 were born in or after 2014. First recorded in 1966. Her peak year there: 2022, at 557.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Luna per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2022 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Luna
1 in 132 in Scotland
1 in 201 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 166 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Luna. Same first letter as Luna.
1 in 271 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 190 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 175 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 67 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 109 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Luna.
1 in 141 in Scotland
Middle names for Luna
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Luna Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Luna Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Luna slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Luna slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Luna Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Luna Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Luna Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Luna Emily
2-3 beats · initials LE · Luna slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Luna slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Luna Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Luna Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Luna: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Luna
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 188 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 126 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 189 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 141 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 587 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
1 in 109 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Luna across countries and decades.
Famous people named Luna
Luna Blaise, Luna Maya, Luna Wedler and Luna Mijović.
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American actress and singer born 2001
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Indonesian actress, presenter and singer born 1983
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Swiss actress (born 1999)
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Bosnian actress born 1991
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Luna
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Luna?
Her best rank is No. 12 in the Netherlands in 2025, about 1 in 131 girls. She is in the published lists of 33 of our 40 regions.
What does Luna mean?
Wiktionary glosses Luna as "the moon".
How do you pronounce Luna?
LOO-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Luna getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 14 of 31 regions, falling in 5.
Which sister names go with Luna?
The deck's top five sisters for Luna: Maya, Aurora, Clara, Livia and Emilia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.