Girl Names That Mean Moon
Girl names whose recorded meaning contains a word for moon, with the matched wording shown. 122 names.
Most common origin labels on this list: Muslim (73), Persian (24), Arabic (10).
8 of these names are also recorded as boy names with the same meaning.
20 of them appear in the SSA 2024 national file for girls; the most used is Luna with 7,135 births.
Names 1–100 of 122 (page 1 of 2)
How names qualify
A name is listed when a girl record in our data has a meaning that contains a word for “moon” in a usable position: not negated, and not about a namesake or a title. The sex is the one recorded for that meaning, so a name appears here only through its girl record. Names are ordered by how clearly the wording states the meaning, then by SSA 2024 births for girls.
Wording that matched, with the number of names: moon (102), moonlight (15), moonlit (3), moon's (1), moons (1). The matched wording is quoted for every name.
117 of the 122 names come from the Muslim-names dataset (Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Kurdish and related origins). Names from other traditions appear only where their recorded meaning fits the rule.
Each row shows the meaning recorded for that name in our data. A name can have other meanings and other origins.
Girl Names That Mean Moon
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender | Matched in meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | the moon | Latin | Girl | “moon” |
| Selina | Moon, Salty | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Maira | Moon, Favourable, admirable. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Qamar | The moon. Al-Qamar | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Cyra | moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Sahira | Moon, a spring which flows constantly. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mehr | Full Moon, Sun, affection. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Salena | Moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Zohal | Moon of another planet. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mehwish | Moon, beautiful | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Saleena | Moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Aisooda | Aisooda is a Turkish name for girls that means moon in water, figuratively it means beautiful and fresh. | Turkish | Girl | “moon” |
| Aymalak | Moon angel | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Aypari | Moon fairy | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Badir | Moon and Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Badira | Moon and Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Badra | Full moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Badrah | Badrah is an Arabic name for girls that means full moon. It also means to be early, to be ahead of others. | Arabic | Girl | “moon” |
| Budaira | Budaira is an Arabic name for girls that means little full moon, it is the diminutive form of Badrah (full moon), which is the feminine form of Badr. | Arabic | Girl | “moon” |
| Budur | Moon and Moonlight.Budur is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means full moons. It is the plural of Badr. | Arabic | Girl | “Moon” |
| Chand | Moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Farimah | Farimah is a Persian name for girls that means blessed moon, magnificent moon, and figuratively it means extremely beautiful, blessed. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Kamra | Moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mah | Moon, Beautiful and radiant like moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahasti | The moon's being | Muslim | Girl | “moon's” |
| Mahfam | Moon-colored, thus meaning beautiful and radiant. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahmunir | Mahmunir is a Persian name for girls that means radiant moon, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahnush | Eternal moon, everlasting moon, figuratively meaning eternal beauty. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahrosh | Piece of moon, pleasant | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahrouz | Mahrouz is a Persian name for girls that means daytime moon, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahsati | Moon lady | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahshad | Mahshad is a Persian name for girls that means happy moon, happy and like the moon, thus meaning happy and beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahsheed | Moon, moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahtaban | Mahtaban is a Persian name for girls that means shining moon, radiant moon, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahwush | As beautiful as the Moon | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Meeza | Quarter moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mehjabeen | Beautiful as the moon, beloved person | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Palwasha | Light Ray of Moon. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Purnima | full moon night | Sanskrit | Girl | “moon” |
| Qamara | The moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Qamaraat | Qamaraat is an Arabic name for girls that means moons, being the plural of Qamar (moon). | Arabic | Girl | “moons” |
| Qamrun | Qamrun is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means moon, being a pet form of Qamar. | Arabic | Girl | “moon” |
| Reeba | Moon Princess, Heaven, Heart Wrenching, To Bind. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Safwa | Moon, a spring which flows constantly. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Shazmah | Rare moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Souma | Souma is a Persian name for girls that means moon, moonlight. Figuratively it means beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Ziaul-Qamar | Moon and Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Zibriqan | Arabic for moon, crescent. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Hala | Sweetness, moon halo, outline of brightness, ring around the eye, aureole, name of the sister of Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahnaz | Pride of the moon, Humble moon (that would disappear on touch). | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Aisana | Aisana is a Turkish-Persian name for girls made up of Ay (moon in Turkish), san (characterization suffix in Persian) and a (name-building suffix in Persian), creating the mean of one who is like the moon. The figurative meaning of the name is beautiful, radiant. | Turkish | Girl | “moon” |
| Aysan | Aysan is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means moonlike, it is made up of the Turkish Ay (moon) and the Persian suffix san (like, similar to). The figurative meaning of the name is beautiful, brilliant. | Turkish | Girl | “moon” |
| Aysoo | Aysoo is a Turkish name for girls that is made up of Ay (moon) and soo (water), creating the figurative meaning of beautiful, fresh, brilliant. | Turkish | Girl | “moon” |
| Badran | The most beautiful, Full moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Hilal | Crescent, new moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahan | Beautiful, radiant, literally meaning moon-like, from the moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahban | Mahban is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful, radiant, from the words Mah (moon) and ban (guardian), literally meaning moon guardian. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahdokht | Mahdokht is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful, radiant, literally meaning moon girl, moon-like girl. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahgul | Beautiful, Moon flower. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahin | Fine, subtle, thin, Greatest,related to the moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahirimah | sun,Moon,i.e. very beautiful | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahpasand | Mahpasand is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful and respected, from the words Mah (moon) and pasand (respected). | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahtaj | Mahtaj is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful, from the words Mah (moon) and taj (crown), literally meaning crown of the moon, figuratively meaning the most beautiful among the beautiful ones. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahwish | Moon-faced, beautiful as moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahyas | Mahyas is a Persian name for girls that means Jasmine of the moon, moon jasmine, figuratively means extremely beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Aiyla | Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Ayli | moonlight. | Muslim | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Aynoor | Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Hela | Moonlight, | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Chandni | The Moonlight. | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Chandrika | moonlight, moonshine | Sanskrit | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Jyotsna | moonlight | Sanskrit | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Kaumudi | moonlight | Sanskrit | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Mahtob | Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Qamirah | Qamirah is an Arabic name for girls that means moonlit (something that has moonlight on it), white and radiant like the moon. | Arabic | Girl | “moonlit” |
| Qamra | Moonlight, moonlit, bright, fem. of Aqmar. | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Qumrah | Qumrah is an Arabic name for girls that means moonlight. | Arabic | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Semaara | Semaara is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means conversation during the moonlit nights of the desert, figuratively meaning conversation between good friends. Semaara is derived from the S-M-R root which is used in the Quran in verse 23:67: | Quranic | Girl | “moonlit” |
| Somna | Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Tabana | Bright moonlight. | Muslim | Girl | “moonlight” |
| Zoufishan | Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Mahsa | Mahsa is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, thus meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahnoor | Light, Radiance, Glow of the moon, Moonlight | Muslim | Girl | “Moonlight” |
| Aysen | Aysen is a Turkish name for girls that means you are like the moon and figuratively means you are beautiful. | Turkish | Girl | “moon” |
| Badriya | Resembling full moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Badriyah | Resembling the full moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Badriyyah | Resembling the full moon | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Bayzaa | White. Bayzaa is a direct Quranic name for girls that means white, pure, moonlit night. The word Bayzaa is used six times in the Quran. Weve seen at least one instance in which the word Bayzaa is used for a boy, but since linguistically it is a feminine word it is best not to use it for boys.The masculine is Abyaz. | Quranic | Girl | “moonlit” |
| Chandra | Beautiful like moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahana | Moon-like, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
| Mahindokht | moon-like girl, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahisa | Mahisa is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahnam | Mahnam is a Persian name for girls that means one whose appearance is like the moon, meanin beautiful, radiant. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahnegar | Mahnegar is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like beloved, a beloved person who is radiant and beautiful like the moon. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahpaikar | Mahpaikar is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahroz | One who has a face like moon. | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahrukh | Whose face is bright like a moon, beautiful | Muslim | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahsan | Mahsan is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, thus meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahsima | Mahsima is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, figuratively meaning beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “moon” |
| Mahta | Moon like | Muslim | Girl | “Moon” |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.