Luna Forename
14,958th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 64,250 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Abkhazia
Luna Forename Definition:
Latin (feminine) - The moon.
Luna Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 13,353 | 1:16,044 | 1,575 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 10,264 | 1:15,536 | 1,873 |
| India | 69% | 8,733 | 1:139,113 | 15,690 |
| Spain | 100% | 8,248 | 1:5,641 | 526 |
| United States | 100% | 3,837 | 1:94,484 | 4,277 |
| Philippines | 86% | 3,516 | 1:30,151 | 2,666 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,707 | 1:4,923 | 834 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 1,040 | 1:248,042 | 22,731 |
| Haiti | 100% | 870 | 1:12,330 | 1,231 |
| Italy | 100% | 851 | 1:71,753 | 1,597 |
| Egypt | 89% | 716 | 1:128,353 | 5,438 |
| China | - | 676 | 1:2,020,793 | 42,575 |
| Nepal | 96% | 672 | 1:42,392 | 3,238 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Russia | 94% | 631 | 1:228,580 | 3,240 |
| Mexico | 89% | 535 | 1:232,046 | 3,866 |
| Jamaica | - | 480 | 1:6,007 | 873 |
| Georgia | 100% | 412 | 1:9,074 | 865 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 398 | 1:6,178 | 706 |
| Denmark | - | 386 | 1:14,636 | 1,027 |
| Thailand | 100% | 328 | 1:213,615 | 13,732 |
| Canada | 100% | 301 | 1:110,078 | 5,376 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 295 | 1:57,295 | 3,726 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 274 | 1:111,131 | 7,588 |
| England | 94% | 267 | 1:208,251 | 6,073 |
| South Africa | 97% | 220 | 1:247,876 | 14,944 |
| Germany | 100% | 192 | 1:503,531 | 5,306 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| France | 100% | 189 | 1:351,695 | 4,466 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 173 | 1:60,296 | 3,762 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 165 | 1:107,557 | 3,185 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 151 | 1:200,013 | 7,311 |
| Colombia | 100% | 144 | 1:331,798 | 6,164 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 132 | 1:1,844 | 329 |
| Argentina | 95% | 131 | 1:326,513 | 3,069 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 113 | 1:72,144 | 6,837 |
| Sweden | 99% | 104 | 1:94,788 | 4,148 |
| Turkey | 100% | 93 | 1:836,578 | 9,088 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 89 | 1:366,556 | 7,097 |
| Guatemala | - | 83 | 1:194,077 | 3,002 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 83 | 1:42,775 | 1,291 |
| Chile | 99% | 81 | 1:217,373 | 3,841 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 80 | 1:192,798 | 11,695 |
| Belgium | 93% | 76 | 1:151,185 | 4,257 |
| Australia | - | 75 | 1:182,102 | 4,839 |
| Albania | 98% | 73 | 1:41,734 | 4,072 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 73 | 1:325,612 | 22,880 |
| Zambia | - | 63 | 1:251,663 | 7,957 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Japan | - | 56 | 1:2,285,465 | 20,708 |
| Bulgaria | 96% | 54 | 1:129,452 | 4,041 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 54 | 1:3,288,229 | 56,114 |
| Finland | 100% | 48 | 1:114,233 | 2,535 |
| Peru | 87% | 48 | 1:662,322 | 10,531 |
| Belarus | 100% | 41 | 1:231,278 | 1,906 |
| New Zealand | - | 41 | 1:110,635 | 4,604 |
| Armenia | 100% | 40 | 1:72,969 | 2,190 |
| Czechia | 96% | 36 | 1:296,004 | 1,948 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Ireland | 100% | 35 | 1:132,672 | 2,941 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 34 | 1:100,813 | 2,601 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 33 | 1:654,864 | 19,559 |
| Hong Kong | - | 33 | 1:234,931 | 3,399 |
| South Korea | - | 33 | 1:168,013 | 6,906 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 31 | 1:311,063 | 8,007 |
| Panama | 100% | 30 | 1:130,219 | 5,854 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Liberia | 93% | 28 | 1:157,574 | 6,010 |
| Singapore | 100% | 28 | 1:224,538 | 8,753 |
| Tanzania | 88% | 28 | 1:1,885,297 | 21,873 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| Jordan | - | 25 | 1:353,071 | 3,291 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 25 | 1:54,457 | 4,742 |
| Norway | 100% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Vietnam | - | 21 | 1:4,410,624 | 3,539 |
| Syria | - | 19 | 1:1,016,109 | 3,204 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Croatia | 100% | 15 | 1:281,138 | 4,157 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 13 | 1:3,499,993 | 7,073 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Wales | 100% | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Bolivia | - | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Pakistan | 97% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Cape Verde | - | 7 | 1:75,593 | 2,885 |
| Congo | 100% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Poland | 94% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Luna (970,432) may also be a surname.
Luna Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Latin (feminine) - The moon.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: The shining. Legendary goddess personifying the crescent moon.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Luna Forename Popularity
Luna Demographics
Luna Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 550 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Luna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Luna in the Russian language | ||
| Луна | luna | - |
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Footnotes
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Luna