Names That Mean Moon
12 names whose etymology relates to “moon” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
DianaBorrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“godde…
FranciscoFrom Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis. * (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco) * (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern establish…
ArielFrom Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) +‎ אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). * (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named af…
LunaFrom Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
BelindaFrom Belle +‎ -inda, base from various Romance sources such as French belle, Italian bella (“beautiful”), suffix Latinate form of German linde (“soft”) (English linden, lith…
SelenaEither a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.
OpheliaBorrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”)API. The na…
SelinaFirst recorded in England in the 17th century, possibly from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”)API, or a variant of Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.
ChandraBorrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “moon”)API
PortiaFrom Latin Porcia, a feminine form of the gens name Porcius (the gens of the Cato the Elder and his famous descendants), from porcus (“pig”). The moon is named for the character…
FerdinandFrom Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)). * (Uranus): The moon is named after a charact…
CelenaDerived from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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