Meaning of the nameLuna
- Female
- Latin origin
- Lu-na
Luna is a feminine name of Latin origin, identical to the word luna, 'the moon', which was also the name of the Roman goddess of the Moon.
- People (2022)
- 70,934
- Rank in Brazil
- #424
- Median age
- 4 years
- 2010 Census
- 9,431
- people
Luna in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Luna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (34,893 people).
70,477 women 457 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Luna is most common
States with the highest share of people named Luna in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 11,168 | 0.079% |
| São Paulo | 9,832 | 0.022% |
| Minas Gerais | 6,299 | 0.031% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 5,155 | 0.032% |
| Maranhão | 4,214 | 0.062% |
| Pará | 4,212 | 0.052% |
| Ceará | 3,633 | 0.041% |
| Pernambuco | 3,457 | 0.038% |
| Amazonas | 2,524 | 0.064% |
| Piauí | 2,259 | 0.069% |
| Paraná | 1,947 | 0.017% |
| Goiás | 1,928 | 0.027% |
| Sergipe | 1,548 | 0.070% |
| Paraíba | 1,502 | 0.038% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,460 | 0.038% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,341 | 0.041% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,332 | 0.018% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,262 | 0.012% |
| Distrito Federal | 1,175 | 0.042% |
| Alagoas | 1,046 | 0.033% |
| Mato Grosso | 766 | 0.021% |
| Amapá | 575 | 0.078% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 574 | 0.021% |
| Tocantins | 565 | 0.037% |
| Acre | 486 | 0.059% |
| Rondônia | 364 | 0.023% |
| Roraima | 310 | 0.049% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Luna
Luna comes from Latin luna, 'the moon', according to Behind the Name, and was the name of the Roman goddess of the Moon. Wiktionary records Luna as a Latin proper name, the same as the common word for the Moon, also used as the name of a city in Etruria. The Portuguese word lua comes from the same Latin luna, through Galician-Portuguese lũa, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the spelling Lunna. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 70,934 people named Luna, with a median age of 4.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Luna · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Luna · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: lua · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Luna · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Luna
What does the name Luna mean?
Luna means “moon”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Luna in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 70,934 people with the first name Luna, which ranks it number 424 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Luna a boy's or a girl's name?
Luna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 70,477 women and 457 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Luna?
Luna is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Luna most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.079% of the state's population is named Luna (11,168 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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