One thing’s for sure: Moon-inspired baby names like these will help your little astronaut-in-training stand out from the crowd and being unique is always a good thing! From cute moon names for girls and boys to lunar-themed names that work for either gender, these 125 moon baby names are out of this world.
Baby Names Meaning Moon
- Aadhira This unisex name means ‘moon’ in the Hindi language.
- Ainar This Kazakh baby boy’s name is after our lunar neighbor.
- Abylay With roots in the Kazakh language, this name means “father of the moon.”
- Aldrin After one of the famous astronauts that first walked on the moon in 1969!
- Aegaeon This lunar name comes from one of Saturn’s moons.
- Armstrong After world-famous astronaut Neil Armstrong.
- Agharna This name means “moon” in Sanskrit.
- Apollo This name comes from the name of the mission that first put man on the moon.
- Aibek In the Turkish language, this name means “master of the moon.”
- Arche This name comes from one of the moons of Jupiter.
- Aku With roots in Ancient Babylon, this mythological name comes from the Moon God.
- Artem This moon-inspired name is the male version of the Greek goddess of the moon.
- Annigan According to Inuit mythology, Annigan means the moon.
- Atlas After one of Saturn’s moons.
- Astennu First finding popularity in 1971, this Egyptian name means “god of the moon.”
- Aytaç With Turkish roots, this name means “moon.”
- Badar This Arabic name means “full moon.”
- Badru This boy’s name means “born doing a full moon” and is popular in Egypt!
- Buzz After world-famous astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
- Bahloo With roots from the Australian Aboriginal people, Bahloo means “moon man.”
- Galileo After the Renaissance astronomer.
- Balachandra This is a traditional Hindu name that means “young moon.”
- Hyperion This name also comes from one of the many moons of Jupiter.
- Jerah Jerah comes from a lunar month.
- Kale This name comes from one of Jupiter’s moons.
- Chan This baby boy’s name comes from a Sanskrit word for “moon.”
- Jericho This unisex name comes from the Arabic name for the city of the moon.
- Chandrakant Chandrakant is a Sanskrit name that means “shining moon.”
- Caliban This baby boy’s name comes from one of the moons that is orbiting Uranus.
- Dal With roots in Korea, this name means “moon.”
- Koray This Turkish name means “ember moon.”
- Dawa Dawa is a Tibetan name that means “month” or “moon.”
- Luan With roots in Portugal, this name means “moon.”
- Deimos After one of the two moons that orbit around Mars.
- Mani This name comes from Norse mythology and means “moon personified.”
- Elatha In Irish mythology, Elatha is a moon god.
- Narvi After one of the moons of Saturn.
- Esmeray This Turkish name means “dark moon.”
- Neil After the first man to walk the moon, Neil Armstrong.
- Getsumei In Japanese, this name means “moonlight.”
- Oberon After one of the moons of Uranus.
- Günay This gender-neutral Turkish name refers to when you can see the moon in the sky during the day.
- Qamar In Arabic, this name means “moon.”
- Hang This Vietnamese name means “moon.”
- Triton After one of the moons on Neptune.
- Hilal This Arabic name means “crescent moon.”
- Tunkay In Turkish, this name means “copper moon.”
- Himanshu This popular Hindi name means “moon.”
- Vikesh This name means “moon” and is popular in India!
- Zira With African roots, this name means “moonlight.”
- Aitne This baby girl’s name comes from one of the moons of Jupiter.
- Io Perfect for a hotheaded child, this name comes from one of the most volcanic moons in the solar system.
- Altalune In Latin, this name means “over the moon” or “higher than the moon.”
- Ilkay This Turkish name means “the first moon.”
- Amaris This old Irish name means “moonchild.”
- Janus After one of the moons of Saturn.
- Ariel After one of the moons of Uranus.
- Kuu This gender-neutral name comes from the Finnish word for “moon.”
- London Even though some know it as the popular capital city in England, this name means “fortress of the moon.”
- Artemis After the Greek goddess of the moon.
- Iah In Egyptian mythology, Iah is the name of the moon god.
- Aruna In Japanese, this name means “moon love.”
- Marama In Polynesian mythology, this is the same name as the moon god.
- Aysel This name means “moon flood” in Turkish.
- Mahrukh Originating in Africa, this name means “face of the moon.”
- Bianca After one of the moons of Uranus.
- Callisto After one of the moons of Jupiter.
- Mayank Gaining popularity in India, this name means “moon.”
- Celimine With Latin and Greek origins, this name means “moon.”
- Mayar In Turkish, this name means “moon glow.”
- Chandra After the Hindi goddess of the moon.
- Muraco This name means “white moon.”
- Chantara Originating from Thailand, this name means “moon water.”
- Nanna In Sumerian mythology, Nanna is the name of the moon god.
- Crescent This moon-themed name describes one of the moon’s many shapes.
- Proteus After one of the moons of Neptune.
- Charon After one of the moons of Pluto.
- Pulan This Chamory name means “moon.”
- Cynthia This baby girl’s name comes from the Greek goddess of the moon.
- Purnama This name comes from the Javanese language and means “full moon.”
- Deva After the Hindi moon goddess.
- Qamar In Arabic, this name means “moon.”
- Diana After the Roman goddess of the moon.
- Quacey This pure Scottish name means “moonlight.”
- Dione After one of the moons of Saturn.
- Ramachandra This Hindu name means “Rama moon.”
- Elara After one of the moons of Jupiter.
- Stellaluna This name is Latin for “moon and star.”
- Indu In Hindi, this baby girl’s name means “moon.”
- Rakesh The meaning of Rakesh is “lord of the full moon day” in Sanskrit.
- Jaci With Native American roots, this name means “moon.”
- Sharad This Hindu name is after the full moon in autumn.
- Larissa After one of the moons of Neptune.
- Shashank This beautiful Indian name means “moon.”
- Liviana In Hebrew, this name means “white moon.”
- Tarkik Tarkik is an Iñupiaq and Inuktitut word and lunar-inspired name that means “moon.”
- Lua This baby girl’s name means “moon” in Portuguese.
- Titan After Saturn’s largest moon.
- Lucine This name means “moon” in Armenian.
- Melinoe This is the name of one of the Greek goddesses of the moon.
- Luna This baby girl’s name means “moon” in both Spanish and Italian.
- Wadd After the pre-Islamic god of the moon.
- Lutana Popular in Tasmania, this baby girl’s name means “moon.”
- Belinay This Turkish name signifies the reflection of the moon on a lake.
- Mahina In Hawaiian, this name means “moon.”
- Ilargi With roots in Basque, Ilargi means “moonlight.”
- Zelenia In Greek, this name means “moon.”
- Indumathi This Sanskrit name means “full moon.”
- Tuncay In Turkish, this name means “bronze moon.”
- Mona This Old English name means “moon.”
- Isone After one of the moons of Jupiter.
- Neoma This Greek name means “new moon.”
- Jyotsna This name means “moonlight” in Hindi.
- Nikini This Sri Lankan name comes from the full moon in August.
- Kamaria In Swahili, this name means “beauty of the moon.”
- Nuray This Turkish name means “bright moon.”
- Mahvash Mahvash is a Persian name that means “moon-like.”
- Purnama In Indonesian, this name means “full moon.”
- Menodora With roots in Ancient Greece, this name means “moon.”
- Nokomis This Native American name means “daughter of the moon.”
- Sasi In Thai, this name means “moon.”
- Quila In Spanish mythology, Quila is the name of the Incan moon goddess.
- Selena Selena is a Latin name for the moon goddess.
- Thalassa After one of the moons of Neptune.
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