Luna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ლუნა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Luna is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname783K records spelled Luna67 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Portuguese

  Also written Luena, Luña, Lünä, Luna', Lünâ

• a separate surname68K records spelled Luna6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Bolivia

  Also written Lu-Na, Lūnā, Lunā, Luña

• Danish surname27K records spelled Luna5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Philippines, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Luña

• Indonesian surname14K records spelled Luna11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Luña, Lūnã, Ļůňå, Lünä, Lùna

• Polish surname13K records spelled Luna12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, North Macedonia, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Macedonian

  Also written Луна, Lünä, Lûná

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Luna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, ish name, a topographic name for someone who lived by an open courtyard, from the Aragonese dial, term luna (L lumina, pi. of lumen light); in part it may be a habitation name from a place so called in the province of Saragossa in Aragon. As a Jewish name, its origin is not clear. Lunak Czech: nickname meaning ‘Hawk’.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• from the female personal name Luna (Spanish luna ‘moon’).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Spanish; habitational name from places called Luna in Zaragoza, Araba, and Lleon provinces.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Spanish, moon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 133 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Juan Luna y Noviciob. 1857PHFilipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)
• Félix Lunab. 1925ARArgentine writer, lyricist and historian (1925–2009)
• Bigas Lunab. 1946ESSpanish cineast (1946–2013)
• Genaro García Lunab. 1968MXMexican politician
• Mauricio Pellegrinob. 1971ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football manager (born 1971)
• Wisinb. 1978USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican singer
• Diego Lunab. 1979MXMexican actor (1979-)
• Gabriel Lunab. 1982USAmerican actor
• Adrianna Lunab. 1984USpornographic performer (b. 1985)
• Cristian Gamboab. 1989CRnot in their usual nameCosta Rican footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,477 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Luna?

We estimate roughly 294 thousand people bear Luna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Luna have the most bearers?

Luna is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled luna.

How common is Luna compared with other names?

In Mexico, Luna is the 43rd most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Luna mean?

Recorded meaning: Zaire: a people who speak a Bantu language; also Spanish/English 'moon' and a female name meaning moon.