Baby Names Meaning Moon

Names meaning moon have a dreamy, celestial beauty that has surged in popularity as parents reach for nature and sky names. The moon evokes calm, intuition, mystery and gentle light in the dark — qualities that make these names feel soft and a little magical. Drawn from Latin, Sanskrit, Korean, Greek and beyond, these names mean 'moon' or honour moon deities, each noted with its origin. From the rising star Luna to lesser-known gems, here are the loveliest moon names for a baby.

Moon names split between direct translations (Luna, Mahina, Chandra) and the names of moon goddesses (Selene, Artemis, Diana). The first feel modern and soft; the second carry mythological weight.

Because the moon is universal, these names span many cultures — and they pair beautifully with star, light and sea names for celestial-themed siblings.

Names meaning moon

More names meaning moon from our collection

LunaMoon — soft-sounding with strong rootsLatin · Numerology 3LaylaNight — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 6AailaMoonlight; family — warm, characterful and easy to wearArabic · Numerology 6AdhiamboBorn in the evening — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 8AibekMaster of the moon — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKazakh, Central Asian · Numerology 1AigerimBeautiful moon; my tender one — understated and quietly elegantKazakh · Numerology 8AikolMoon-like; generous — a classic with a fresh edgeKyrgyz · Numerology 3AinurLight of the moon — distinctive without trying too hardKazakh, Central Asian · Numerology 9AizadaA noble girl born under the moon — understated and quietly elegantKyrgyz · Numerology 6AizhanMoon soul — rooted yet ready to travelKazakh · Numerology 5AkbalNight; darkness — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 9Anh NguyetMoonlight — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 7AtienoBorn at night — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 1AybekMoon lord; glorious — soft-sounding with strong rootsAzerbaijani · Numerology 8AylaMoonlight; halo of the moon — a name with quiet staying powerTurkish · Numerology 3AyselMoonlight; flowing moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearAzerbaijani · Numerology 8AysuluA beautiful moon — memorable across culturesKazakh · Numerology 9Bich NgaAn emerald moon goddess — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 8BulanThe moon — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIndonesian · Numerology 5CaiyueA colorful moon — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 1ChandniMoonlight — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 8ChandrikaMoonlight — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 6Change(the moon goddess) — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 11ChanjuanThe graceful moon — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 9ChannaryA moon-faced girl — understated and quietly elegantKhmer · Numerology 3ChanthanaThe moon; a fragrant wood — warm, characterful and easy to wearThai · Numerology 7DawaThe moon; Monday — full of character and easy to loveTibetan · Numerology 11DeliaOf Delos; born on Delos — distinctive without trying too hardGreek · Numerology 22DianaDivine; goddess of the moon — a name with quiet staying powerLatin · Numerology 2Diem HangA charming moon goddess — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 7Ha TrangA bright summer moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 33HalaHalo around the moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearArabic · Numerology 4HalehA halo around the moon — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 7HangThe moon; (the moon goddess) — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 3HanyueThe cold moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 11HaoyueThe bright moon — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 3IltaThe evening — soft-sounding with strong rootsFinnish · Numerology 6ItzayanaThe place of the moon-water — full of character and easy to loveMaya · Numerology 7IxchelLady rainbow; (the moon goddess) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 7JannaliThe moon — memorable across culturesAboriginal Australian · Numerology 7JasyThe moon — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 1JerichoCity of the moon; fragrant — soft-sounding with strong rootsHebrew · Numerology 5JunmoniThe jewel of the moon — a classic with a fresh edgeAssamese · Numerology 33Khanh HangA celebrated moon — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 9Kieu NgaGraceful as the moon goddess — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 5Kieu NguyetGraceful as the moon — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 3KillaThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardQuechua, Andean · Numerology 9KillariMoonlight, the light of the moon — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 9KonaneBright moonlight — a classic with a fresh edgeHawaiian · Numerology 6LanyueAn orchid moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 6LejlaNight; (Layla) — a classic with a fresh edgeBosnian · Numerology 4LevanaThe moon; white — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 1LilaNight; divine play — a small name carrying real depthArabic, Sanskrit · Numerology 7LilitOf the night; a lily — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArmenian · Numerology 8Linh TrangA spirited, bright moon — a classic with a fresh edgeVietnamese · Numerology 4LinyueA jade moon — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 5LuneMoon — soft-sounding with strong rootsFrench · Numerology 7LusineMoon — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArmenian · Numerology 8MahealaniThe night of the full moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearHawaiian · Numerology 1MahinThe greatest; of the moon — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9MahinaThe moon — a small name carrying real depthHawaiian · Numerology 1MahnazGlory and pride of the moon — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9MahnoorLight of the moon — soft-sounding with strong rootsArabic · Numerology 3MahsaLike the moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 6MahtabMoonlight — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 9MairaMoon; beloved — a classic with a fresh edgeArabic · Numerology 6ManiThe moon, personified — rooted yet ready to travelNorse · Numerology 1MaramaThe moon; light — distinctive without trying too hardMaori · Numerology 2MathiThe moon; intellect — rooted yet ready to travelTamil · Numerology 6MayankThe moon — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 2Mayari(the moon goddess) — distinctive without trying too hardFilipino · Numerology 4MazyarProtected by the moon; (a prince) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 3MehtabThe moon, moonlight — distinctive without trying too hardPunjabi · Numerology 22MengyueA dream pearl-moon — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 9MetztliThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 33MikazukiThe crescent moon — timeless and effortless to sayJapanese · Numerology 11MingyueThe bright moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 4MitsukiA full, beautiful moon — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 3MizukiBeautiful moon — rooted yet ready to travelJapanese · Numerology 8MoonstoneThe pearly, glowing gemstone — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 4NakshThe moon; a portrait — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 8NazukiMoonlit greens — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 1NgaGraceful; (the moon goddess) — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 4Ngoc TrangA bright jade moon — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 9NguyetThe moon — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 11Nguyet AnhA moonlit brightness — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 7Nguyet CamA moonlit melody — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 1Nguyet HaA summer moon — soft-sounding with strong rootsVietnamese · Numerology 11Nguyet HongA rosy moon — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 1Nguyet MaiA moonlit apricot blossom — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 7Nguyet MinhA bright moon — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 1Nguyet NgaThe moon goddess — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 6Nguyet SuongMoonlit dew — timeless and effortless to sayVietnamese · Numerology 6NilaThe moon — soft-sounding with strong rootsTamil · Numerology 9NishaNight — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 6NokomisGrandmother; (the moon's mother) — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 33NurayA bright moon — a name with quiet staying powerSakha, Siberian · Numerology 7Nyx(the goddess of the night) — memorable across culturesGreek · Numerology 9OdhiamboBorn in the evening — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 4OtienoBorn at night — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 33PensriThe beauty of the moon — a name with quiet staying powerThai · Numerology 9PhaxsiThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 5PoonamThe full moon — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 11QingyueA clear moon — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 8QiuyueThe autumn moon — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 8QuillaThe moon (the Inca moon goddess) — understated and quietly elegantQuechua · Numerology 9Quynh NgaA cereus moon goddess — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 8Quynh TrangThe moonlit cereus — a classic with a fresh edgeVietnamese · Numerology 1RajniNight; queen — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7RatihThe goddess of the moon — understated and quietly elegantBalinese, Indonesian · Numerology 11RatriThe night — warm, characterful and easy to wearThai · Numerology 3SaanjhEvening, dusk — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 8SandarThe moon — memorable across culturesBurmese · Numerology 3SandhyaTwilight, dusk; the evening prayer — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulMalayalam · Numerology 9SanduniSoft as moonlight — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSinhala, Sri Lankan · Numerology 1SaranThe moon — full of character and easy to loveMongolian · Numerology 8SarangerelMoonlight — a small name carrying real depthMongolian · Numerology 1SasiThe moon — a small name carrying real depthThai · Numerology 3SeleneMoon goddess — soft-sounding with strong rootsGreek · Numerology 6SenjaTwilight, dusk — distinctive without trying too hardIndonesian · Numerology 4SharvariNight — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 6ShashankThe moon — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 9SpogmaiThe moon — understated and quietly elegantPashto · Numerology 8TergelComplete; the full moon — distinctive without trying too hardMongolian · Numerology 4TharinduThe moon — full of character and easy to loveSinhala, Sri Lankan · Numerology 5Thien TrangA heavenly elegance — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 8ThiziriMoonlight — distinctive without trying too hardBerber · Numerology 9Thu HangThe autumn moon goddess — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 7Thu NgaAn autumn moon goddess — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 8Thu NguyetThe autumn moon — a classic with a fresh edgeVietnamese · Numerology 6Thu TrangAutumn elegance — soft-sounding with strong rootsVietnamese · Numerology 1Thuy HangThe moon goddess on the water — timeless and effortless to sayVietnamese · Numerology 5Thuy NgaGraceful as the moon — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 33Thuy TrangElegant as moonlit water — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 8TsukimiThe moon-viewing — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 3TsukitoChild of the moon — rooted yet ready to travelJapanese · Numerology 7Tsukuyomi(the god of the moon) — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 1TuncayBronze moon — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulTurkish · Numerology 3WangshuThe moon's charioteer — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 3WanyueA graceful moon — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 8WulanThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardIndonesian · Numerology 8WulandariThe rising moon, moonbeam — full of character and easy to loveIndonesian · Numerology 4XinyueA joyful moon — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 8XiyueA joyful moon — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 3YaldaBirth; the longest night — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 7YaminiNight — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 8YingyueA reflected moon — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 7YuchanThe jade moon — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 9YuebaiThe pale bright moon — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 9YuechenThe morning moon — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 9YuechunA moonlit spring — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 7YueciMoonlit kindness — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 9YuedaiA moonlit beauty — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 11YuedieA moonlit butterfly — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 33YueerA moon pearl — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 11YuefangThe fragrance of the moon — memorable across culturesChinese · Numerology 7YuehanThe vast moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 11YuehuaThe moon's splendor — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 9YuehuiA wise moon — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 8YuejuanA graceful moon — memorable across culturesChinese · Numerology 7

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Frequently Asked Questions

+What girl name means moon?

Luna (Latin for 'moon') is the most popular, followed by Selene and Diana, both moon goddesses. Mahina (Hawaiian) and Aylin (Turkish, 'moonlight') are beautiful cross-cultural alternatives.

+Is there a unisex or boy name meaning moon?

Yes — Chandra and Indu are Sanskrit moon names that work across genders, while Badar is Arabic for 'full moon'. Moon names are increasingly chosen for any child as part of the celestial-name trend.