Names That Mean Moon or Sky
Luna has climbed 71 places in the UK chart over the past decade, and she has company: Selene and Selena are moon in Greek, Yue in Chinese, Chandni is moonlight in Hindi and Ayla moonlight in Turkish. Look up further and Skye, Sora and Akash all mean sky, Celestine is “of the heavens” and Leilani a heavenly flower in Hawaiian. Luminous, calm and a little dreamy, these are names for the child who arrived after dark.
17 names
Boy names that mean moon or sky · 1
Girl names that mean moon or sky · 11
Ayla
Turkish / Hebrew
Moonlight (Turkish)
GirlNature
Celestine
Latin / French
Of the heavens
GirlCelestialMythological
Chandni
Sanskrit / Hindi
Moonlight
GirlCelestialNature
Elara
Greek
A moon of Jupiter
GirlCelestialMythological
Indira
Sanskrit
Moon, splendour
GirlCelestialMythological
Leilani
Hawaiian
Heavenly flower
GirlNatureMythological
Luna
Latin / Spanish
Moon
GirlCelestialMythological
Mahi
Sanskrit / Hindi
Earth, the moon, river
GirlCelestialNature
Nevaeh
Modern American
Heaven, spelt backwards
GirlVirtueCelestial
Selena
Greek / Spanish
Moon
GirlCelestialMythological
Yue
Mandarin Chinese
Moon
GirlCelestial
Unisex names that mean moon or sky · 5
Juno
Latin / English
Queen of the heavens
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Selene
Greek
Moon
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Skye
Scottish
The misty Scottish island, also the open sky
UnisexNatureCelestial
Sora
Japanese
Sky
UnisexNatureMythological
Tian
Mandarin Chinese
Sky, heaven
UnisexCelestial
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