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Arabic
"full moon"
An unusual Arabic name, given to a handful of boys in the US each year, also spelled Ehaan or Ihan.
Combination name of Luna and Rose
"moon flower"
Luna is one of the most popular first names for girls today and Rose is the top girls' middle name, so it's inevitable that they would join up to create Lunarose, a name we expect to hear more of.
Old Norse
"moon"
In Old Norse mythology Máni is the god of the Moon, brother to Sól, the goddess of the Sun.
Word name
This shimmery lunar name is rising in popularity as a middle name for both sexes, while as a given name, it's quietly but more popularly selected for girls, with 52 given the name in a recent year in…
Turkish
"shining like the moon"
Very popular in its native Turkey (Top 20 since 2014), this beautiful, celestial name has international appeal. The meaning of Miray is occasionally debated, with "shining like the moon" as one…
Taíno
A celestial name from the extinct Taíno language of the Caribbean.
Kazakh
"beauty of the moon"
The male and female versions of Aiman come from different origins. While the feminine Aiman has a lunar meaning and origins in Kazakhstan, the masculine Aiman is a variation of the Arabic name Ayman.
Hawaiian
"heavenly haze; full moon night"
Persian
A handsome and gentle sounding Persian name that would well across multiple cultures, Mahan means "moon". Also written as Mahaan, it is the name of several Iranian places, and might relate to a…
Armenian, English, French
"moon; light; grove, light"
Sweet and stylish, Lucine is a versatile choice that can be used as a spelling variation of the celestial Armenian name Lusine. It is equally considered an elaboration of the classic Lucy and as a…
Greek or Hebrew
"new moon; pleasantness"
An obscure yet on-trend name with two wonderful meanings associated with it. Neoma is one of the freshest celestial girl names with moon-related meanings, rarer than Luna or Phoebe but with the same…
German, Arabic
"bath-house attendant; full moon"
A German occupational surname deriving from the German word Bad , meaning "bath". Its most famous bearer in recent years has been (the notorious) RBG – former Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader…
Arabic, Turkish
"crescent moon"
In Arabic, hilal is the word for the crescent moon that marks the beginning of the month on the Islamic calendar. Hilal is a common girl name in Turkey, but is typically masculine in Arabic.
Nahuatl, Aztec
This was the name of the Aztec god (or goddess) of the moon.
Appearing in the name of the 54th chapter in the Quran and used as a given name and a surname, Qamar is a unisex option, with the celestial meaning of "moon". It is occasionally written as Kamar too.
Latin
"Star and moon"
Stella and Luna are stylish night sky name for girls , from the Latin words for star and moon. The two names were smooshed together by children's book author Janell Cannon in 1993. Cannon gave the…
"there is the moon"
The exact meaning of Aybars is unknown, but it appears to be derived from ay , known to mean "moon," and a Proto-Turkic root bār , "there exists."
French variation of Luna, Latin
The modern French take on Luna, ranking in the French Top 100, but sure to cause confusion in the US.
Turkish, Chechen
"possessing the moon"
A rare and sparky Z-starting option with a pretty lunar meaning.
Japanese
"big moon"
An energetic unisex Japanese name with dozens of potential meanings depending on the kanji characters used.