Names like Luna
Luna is a two-syllable Latin name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Luna.
Lona Latin · short form of Leona, 'lioness', or used as a standalone name
Lena German · shining light (short form of Helena/Magdalena)
Lana Slavic · short form of Alana/Svetlana
Lina Arabic · soft, tender (from the root lāna, "to be soft")
The same roots
Also Latin names, from the tradition Luna comes from.
Nova Latin · "new," from novus; in astronomy the star that flares suddenly bright, which is roughly what the name did in the 2010s. A word-name with scientific shine and a built-in origin story
Terra Latin · earth
Navy Latin · word name from the naval fleet/dark blue color, ultimately from Latin navis, 'ship'
Rubi Latin · phonetic variant of Ruby, gemstone meaning red
The same feel
Also celestial, modern and nature names.
Skyla English · modern feminine elaboration of Sky/Skylar
Vega Spanish · meadow, fertile plain; a rising modern Spain name that also names the bright star Vega, evoking the Spanish landscape
Solana Spanish · sunshine, from Spanish sol
Haneul Korean · sky (a native Korean word name, unisex and hanja-free)
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Luna, on a similar curve.
Valentina Latin · "strong, healthy," from valens, the root that also gives Valentine; an early martyr's name kept warm for centuries in Italian, Spanish, and Slavic homes, now a Latin American favorite risen worldwide. Val and Tina both fold out of it
Yuna Korean · kind and graceful (boosted in the diaspora by Olympic figure skater Kim Yuna; increasingly given as the sole legal American name for second-generation daughters)
Emiliana Latin · feminine of Emilio, from Roman family name Aemilius
Poppy Latin · poppy flower
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