Moon Names
Names that mean moon, white moon, waiting moon, crescent moon, resembling the moon.
Names for people born during a new moon, full moon, etc. Moon gods and goddesses.

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UNISEX:

1. BADR (بدر): Arabic unisex name meaning "full moon."
2. CHANDRA (চন্দ্র): Hindi unisex name meaning "moon." In mythology, this is the name of a lunar and fertility god.
3. MEZTLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "moon."

4. YUE (月): Chinese unisex name meaning "moon."

MALE:

1. AKU: Babylonian myth name of a god of the moon, meaning "moon." Compare with another form of Aku.

2. BADRU: Egyptian name meaning "born during the full moon."

3. CHANDER: Variant spelling of Hindi Chandra, meaning "moon."

4. CHANDRAKANT (चन्द्रकान्त): Hindi name composed of the elements chandra "moon" and kanta "beloved," hence "moon lover." In mythology, this is the name of the moonstone that was created by moonlight. 
5. IAH: Egyptian name meaning "moon." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the moon.

6. KORAY: Turkish name meaning "ember moon."

7. MARAMA: Polynesian myth name of a moon god, meaning "moon."

8. NANNA: Sumerian name meaning "illuminator." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the moon and son of Enlil. The crescent (or cup, receptacle) is his symbol. He is also known by the name Sin "wisdom." Compare with feminine Nanna. 

9. PULAN: Chamoru name meaning "moon."

10. RAMACHANDER: Variant spelling of Hindi Ramachandra, meaning "Rama-moon."
11. RAMACHANDRA (रामचन्द्र): Hindi name composed of the name of the god Rama and the Sanskrit element candra "moon," hence "Rama-moon."
12. SIN: Sumerian name meaning "wisdom." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the moon and son of Enlil. The crescent (or cup, receptacle?) is his symbol. He is also known by the name Nanna ("illuminator").

FEMALE:

1. ALCMENE: Latin form of Greek Alkmene, meaning "might of the moon." In Greek mythology, this is the name of the mortal mother of Hercules by Zeus.

2. ALKMENE (Ἀλκμήνη): Greek name meaning "might of the moon." In mythology, this is the name of the mortal mother of Hercules by Zeus.

3. AYGÜL: Turkish name meaning "moon rose."

4. AYLA: Turkish name meaning "moonlight." Compare with another form of Ayla.

5. AYLIN: Turkish name meaning "moon halo."

6. AYSEL: Turkish name meaning "like the moon."
7. AYSU: Turkish name meaning "moon water."
8. AYSUN: Turkish name meaning "beautiful as the moon."
9. BADRIYAH (بدريّة): Feminine form of Arabic unisex Badr, meaning " full moon."
10. BUDUR (بدور): Feminine form of Arabic unisex Badr, meaning "full moon."

11. CANDRA: Indonesian name from a love story about princess Candra Kirana of Kediri. Candra was the incarnation of Dewi Ratih, goddess of love, and her name means "glowing like the moon." 

12. CHANDRAKANTA (चन्द्रकान्ता): Feminine form of Hindi Chandrakant, meaning "loved by the moon."

13. HAKIDONMUYA: Native American Hopi name meaning "time of the waiting moon."

14. HALA (هالة): Arabic name meaning "moon halo."

15. HILARGI: Basque name meaning "moonlight."

16. INDU (इन्दु): Hindi name derived from the Sanskrit word for the moon, meaning "bright drop."

17. IÔ (Ιώ): Greek name meaning "the moon." In mythology, this is the name of a priestess of Hera who was loved by Zeus. It is also the name of a moon of Jupiter. 

18. IO: Latin form of Greek Iô, meaning "the moon." In mythology, this is the name of a priestess of Hera who was loved by Zeus. It is also the name of a moon of Jupiter. 

19. JACI: Native American Tupi name meaning "moon."

20. JYOTSANA (ज्योत्सना): Variant spelling of Hindi Jyotsna, meaning "moonlight."
21. JYOTSNA (ज्योत्स्ना): Hindi name meaning "moonlight."

22. KAMARIA: African Swahili name meaning "like the moon."

23. LOUSIN: Variant spelling of Armenian Lucine, meaning "moon." 
24. LOUSINE: Variant spelling of Armenian Lucine, meaning "moon."
25. LUCINE: Armenian name meaning "moon."
26. LUNA: Roman myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon." Compare with another form of Luna.

27. MAHA: Arabic name meaning "moon."

28. MAHDOKHT: Persian name meaning "daughter of the moon."
29. MAHINA: Hawaiian name meaning "moon; moonlight."
30. MAHNAZ (مهناز): Persian name meaning "glory of the moon."
31. MAHSHEED: Variant spelling of Persian Mahshid, meaning "moonlight."
32. MAHSHID (مهشید): Persian name meaning "moonlight."
33. MAHTAB (مهتاب): Persian name meaning "like moonlight."
34. MAHVASH (مهوش): Persian name meaning "moon-like."
35. MARAMA: Polynesian myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon."
36. MIGINA: Native American Omaha name meaning "returning moon."
37. MIMITEH: Native American Omaha name meaning "new moon."
38. MIZUKI (美月): Japanese name meaning "beautiful moon."
39. MONDAY: English name derived from the week day name, composed of the Old English elements mona "moon" and d�g "day," hence "moon day." 
40. NGUYET: Vietnamese name meaning "moon."
41. NURAY: Turkish name meaning "bright moon."
42. OOLJEE: Native American Navajo name meaning "moon."

43. PAMUYA: Native American Hopi name meaning "water moon."

44. PEN-CHAN: Thai name meaning "full moon."

45. PENSRI: Thai name meaning "beauty and goodness of the moon."

46. POORNIMA (पूर्णिमा): Variant spelling of Hindi Purnima, meaning "full moon."

47. PURNIMA (पूर्णिमा): Hindi name meaning "full moon."

48. QIUYUE (秋月): Chinese name meaning "autumn moon."

49. RISHIMA: Hindi name meaning "moonbeam."

50. SALENA: Variant spelling of English Selina, meaning "moon."

51. SALINA: Variant spelling of English Selina, possibly meaning "moon."

52. SELENA: Latin form of Greek Selene, meaning "moon."
53. SELENE (Σελήνη): Greek myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon."
54. SELINA: Possibly an English form of Latin Selena, meaning "moon." This name was first recorded in the 17th century.
55. SHELENA: English variant form of Latin Selena, meaning "moon."
56. TAIGI: Native American Omaha name meaning "returning moon."
57. TAINI: Variant form of Native American Omaha Taigi, meaning "returning moon."
58. TSUKIKO (月子): Japanese name meaning "moon child."
59. TÜLAY: Turkish name meaning "new moon."