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Luna
The Moon, a 1902 Art Nouveau illustration by Alfons Mucha. The word lūna, which means Moon in Latin, is the origin of the given name Luna.
Pronunciation/ˈluːnə/[1]
GenderPrimarily female
Language(s)Italian, Spanish
Origin
MeaningMoon
Region of originItaly[2]
Other names
Alternative spellingTemplate:Lang-la
Variant form(s)Louna, Luneth, Lunetta, Lunette, Lunneta,[1] Lunara.

Luna is an Italian and Spanish given name of Latin origin. It means Moon. In Roman mythology, Luna was the divine personification of the Moon. It is a name that has risen in popularity in recent years, in part due to its use for a character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.[3] [4] Widespread usage of the name also increased after it was used for their daughters by well-known personalities.[5] Names beginning with or containing the letter L have also been particularly fashionable for girls.[6]

Usage

It first entered the top 1,000 most popular names for girls list in the United States in 2003, has ranked among the top 20 names there since 2019 and was the 11th most popular name for American girls born in 2021.[7] It is also well used in other countries. It ranked among the top 100 names for girls in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, among other countries, in recent years.[8] [9] It is also found as a surname, sometimes with a prefix, for example, de Luna or Deluna.

People with this name

Given name

Surname

Fictional characters

See also

  • Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman divine personification of the Moon
  • The Moon, Earth's only natural satellite, known as Luna in Latin and other languages

References

  1. ^ a b www.thinkbabynames.com (2010). "Meaning of the name Luna". Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  2. ^ "Origin and meaning of the name Luna". www.babynames.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  3. ^ Gamerman, Ellen (29 December 2021). "Harry Potter and the Children Whose Parents Named Them After Wizards". wallstreetjournal.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Alex (29 December 2021). "The craziest baby name trends of 2022 from Athena to Wilder". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ Marcoux, Heather (29 July 2021). "6 celebrity baby names that started a trend, from Luna to Brooklyn". insider.com. Insider. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ Williams, Alex (12 June 2021). "Lilith, Lilibet … Lucifer? How Baby Names Went to 'L': Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are hardly the only new parents gravitating toward quirk, family tradition and "L" names". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Popular Baby Names".
  8. ^ "Popularity for the name Luna - Behind the Name".
  9. ^ Crockett, Moya (19 October 2021). "'Sometimes you're not making a good choice': Unpacking our cultural obsession with baby names". Independent.co.uk. The Independent (London). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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