I need a less-obvious moon name for a character in my story. Not something like [name]Luna[/name], 'cause that’s pretty obvious. Like moon in Latin that sounds like a female name?
Lua - moon in Galician and Portuguese
[name]Selene[/name] / [name]Selena[/name] - [name]Selene[/name] means moon in Greek, and [name]Selene[/name] was the name of the Greek goddess of the moon
[name]Diana[/name] - [name]Roman[/name] goddess associated with the moon
[name]Artemis[/name] - Greek goddess associated with the moon
[name]Cynthia[/name] - An alternate name for [name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Delia[/name] - An alternate name for [name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] / Phoibe - An alternate name for [name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Chandra[/name] - moon in Sanskrit
Channary - “moon-faced girl” in Khmer
What about [name]Ayla[/name]?
[name]Aurelia[/name]- means golden
anything that means bright/light?
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Elaina[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]/[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Halina[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]Lux[/name]/[name]Luz[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Araceli[/name] - altar of the sky
[name]Ixchel[/name] - a Nahuatl (aztec) name for the [name]Goddess[/name] of the [name]Moon[/name] (ee-shell)
Yue - Chinese for [name]Moon[/name]
[name]Chandra[/name]/Chander - Hindi for moon
[name]Jaci[/name] - Native American Tupi for [name]Moon[/name]
Mahina - Hawaiian for moon
[name]Happy[/name] writing!!
[name]Isis[/name] was the Egyptian moon goddess.
[name]Cynthia[/name] means “of the moon.”
[name]Livana[/name] is my favorite moon name. It means moon/white in Hebrew.
Some others:
Calis–moon elf–Welsh
Lunshea–moon fairy–Gaelic
[name]Mika[/name]–new moon-Japanese
[name]Callisto[/name] is a very pretty moon of [name]Jupiter[/name].