Luna (name)
Luna is a feminine given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Luna was the moon goddess in Roman mythology , derived from the Latin luna meaning "the moon ".
variants
- Lune
- Bezel
- Lunita
name day
The name day is September 14th.
Name bearer
family name
- Adrián Luna (* 1992), Uruguayan football player
- Alejandro Luna (* 1939), Mexican architect, designer, lighting technician and scenographer
- Álvaro de Luna (Castile) (1388 / 90–1453), Spanish ruler of Castile
- Álvaro de Luna (actor) (1935–2018), Spanish actor
- Ángel Luna (* 1989), Argentinian football player
- Antonio Luna (1866–1899), Filipino general
- Antonio Manuel Luna (* 1991), Spanish soccer player
- Antonio Rodríguez Luna (1910–1985), Spanish artist
- BarBara Luna (born 1939), American film actress
- Bigas Luna (1946–2013), Spanish film director and screenwriter
- Braulio Luna (* 1974), Mexican soccer player
- Carlos Herrera y Luna (1856–1930), Guatemalan President
- Casey Luna (born 1931), American politician
- Concetta Luna (* 1959), Italian classical philologist and historian of philosophy
- Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda (1910–1997), Italian clergyman, Bishop of Zacapa in Guatemala
- Diadenis Luna (* 1975), Cuban judoka
- Diego Luna (* 1979), Mexican actor
- Diógenes Luna (* 1977), Cuban boxer
- Fabrizio Luna († before 1559), Italian lexicographer
- Félix Luna (1925–2009), Argentine writer, historian and politician
- Fernando Luna (* 1958), Spanish tennis player
- Flavio de Luna (* 1990), Mexican cyclist
- Fred Luna († 2010), American politician
- Gabriel Luna (* 1982), American actor
- Genaro García Luna (* 1968), Mexican politician (family name is García Luna )
- Gregorio Barreto Luna († 2010), Mexican politician
- Jashia Luna (* 1979), Mexican water diver
- Javier Pineda Luna (* 1975), Spanish beach volleyball player
- Jeffrey de Luna (* 1984), Filipino pool player
- José Mercado Luna (* 1928), Mexican football player
- Juan Luna (1857–1899), Filipino painter
- Juan Antonio Luna (* 1959), Mexican soccer player and coach
- Juan Manuel de Mendoza y Luna (1571–1628), Viceroy of New Spain and Viceroy of Peru
- Julio César Luña (* 1973), Venezuelan weightlifter
- Luis Luna (soccer player) ( Luis Luna Barragán ; * 1920), Mexican soccer player
- Luis Luna (track and field athlete) ( Luis Raúl Luna Lemus ; * 1983), Venezuelan sprinter
- Luis Alberto Luna Tobar (1923–2017), Ecuadorian religious, Archbishop of Cuenca
- Margarita Luna García (1921–2016), Dominican pianist and composer
- Mario de Luna (* 1988), Mexican soccer player
- Pablo Luna (* 1959), Mexican soccer player and coach
- Pauleen Luna (* 1988), Filipino actress
- Pedro Luna (1896–1956), Chilean painter
- Pedro de Luna (1327–1423), Spanish antipope, see Benedict XIII. (Antipope)
- Ricardo Alejandro Luna (* 1970), Argentine conductor, composer, choir director, arranger and singer with a baritone voice
- Santiago Luna (* 1962), Spanish golfer
- Sheryfa Luna (* 1989), French R&B singer
- Tranquilino Luna (1849-1892), American politician
- Víctor Luna Vázquez , Mexican soccer player
- Violeta Luna (* 1943), Ecuadorian writer, critic and university lecturer
- Washington Luna (1938–2009), Uruguayan singer
First name
- Luna Alcalay (1928–2012), Austrian composer and pianist
- Luna Carocci (* 1988), Italian volleyball player
- Luna Gevitz (* 1994), Danish soccer player
- Luna Kuse (* 2002), German actress
- Luna Mijović (* 1991), Bosnian actress
- Luna Marie Schweiger (* 1997), German actress
- Luna Simao (* 1996), German pop and soul singer
- Luna Wedler (* 1999), Swiss actress
Fictional character
- Luna Lovegood , character from the Harry Potter novels
- Princess Luna , character from My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic
animal
Luna was the most common name of female dogs and cats born in Germany in 2015. From 2008 to 2014, Luna was the most common female dog name and the second most common female cat name each year.
Web links
Wiktionary: luna - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luna on behindthename.com (Engl.)
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