Feeling the pull of the moon for your baby name? The light and beauty of the moon have always held sway over our lives from the motion of the tides to how it helped us tell the passing of time. Here are the baby names based on the moon that we find particularly beguiling.
Just the word "Moon" has it's charms, along with Moonbeam, Mooney, and Monday, which comes from Old English mona and dag, meaning moon and day.
Popular Moon Names
Celine (Greek) A goddess of the moon. Variations include Celena, Celene, Celina, Salena, Salina, Selena, Selene, Selina, Seline, Shelene
Chandra / Chander (Hindi) Moon
Luna (Roman) A moon goddess. Variation, Lune.
Moon Goddesses and Gods
Artemis (Greek) Goddess of the moon and the hunt
Bahloo (Australian Aboriginal) Moon man
Bulan (Ifugao) The moon deity of the night in charge of nighttime
Diana (The Roman version of Artemis) Goddess of the moon and the hunt. Variations include Diane, Dayanna, Diahann, Diantha, and Dionne
Hanwi (Lakota) the moon spirit
Iah (Egyptian) A god of the moon
Io (Greek) Moon. The name of a moon of Jupiter. In Greek mythology, Io was a priestess of Hera who was loved by Zeus.
Marama (Polynesian) A moon goddess
Mayari (Tagalog) goddess of the moon
Words for Moon that Would Make Glowing Names
Cām̐da (Bangla)
Dal (Korean)
Hêv (Kurdish)
Khoeli (Southern Sotho)
Lalin (Hatian Creole)
Lua (Portuguese)
Mahina (Hawaiian)
Mona (Old English)
Qamar or Alqamar (Arabic)
Yeraḥ (Hebrew)
Volana (Malagasy)
More Moon Names
Ayla (Turkish) Moonlight
Aylin (Turkish) Moon halo
Candra (Indonesian) Glowing like the moon.
Hala (Arabic) Moon halo
Jaci (Tupi) Moon
Kamaria (Swahili) Like the moon
Koray (Turkish) Ember moon
Lucine (Armenian) Moon. Variations include Lousine, Lucina
Mahnaz (Persian) Glory of the moon
Mahtab (Persian) Like moonlight
Mahvash (Persian) Like the moon
Mimiteh (Omaha) New moon
Mizuki (Japanese) Beautiful moon
Nguyet (Vietnamese) Moon
Nuray (Turkish) Bright moon
Ooljee (Navajo) Moon
Pamuya (Hopi) Water moon
Pen-Chan (Thai) Full moon
Pensri (Thai) Beauty and goodness of the moon
Qiuyue (Chinese) Autumn moon
Rishima (Hindi) Moonbeam
Taini (Omaha) Returning moon. Variant, Taigi
Tsukiko (Japanese) Moon child
Tülay (Turkish) New moon
Yuèliàng (Mandarin) Moonlight
~ Love Leodie
