THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Luna
Luna is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Luna.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈluna/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈluː.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Lu · na2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Luna.
a female given name from Spanish
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish luna, from Latin lūna.
a female given name from Spanish
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
A female given name from Latin.
SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Latin lūna.
a female given name of modern usage
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Luna
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Rosalinda L. Orosa
Filipino writer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Rosalinda L. Orosa
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Luna in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Luna
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Louna♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Bruna·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lucas♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lucena·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lucia·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lucía♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lucina·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lucy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Luna?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Luna further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q4963425 — Luna (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Rosalinda L. Orosa (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4963425 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Luna (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Luna (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Luna (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Luna (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.