[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! We currently have a baby boy whose name is (indirectly) sun-linked, and love the idea of baby #2 having a moon-name! We do love traditional-ish names, and the link doesn’t have to be super direct.
Hit me with your best moon names!
I’m not sure if any of these will fit with your son’s name, but here’s what I found:
Boys:
[name_u]Aydan[/name_u] (Turkish, “from the moon”)
[name_u]Colby[/name_u] (English, “dark”)
[name_u]Sam[/name_u] (Avestan, “dark”)
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u] (Old English, “little star”)
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] (Irish, “little dark eye”)
Girls:
[name_f]Astra[/name_f] (English/Greek, “star”)
[name_f]Danica[/name_f] (Slavic, “morning star”)
[name_u]Dara[/name_u] (Khmer, “star”)
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] (Old [name_m]French[/name_m], “star”)
[name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Turkish, “dark”)
[name_f]Layla[/name_f] (Arabic, “night”)
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f] (Akkadian, “of the night”)
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] (Latin, “moon”)
[name_f]Selene[/name_f] (Greek, “moon”)
[name_u]Seren[/name_u] (Welsh, “star”)
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] (Latin, “star”)
[name_f]Livana[/name_f]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Amaya[/name_f]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Altair[/name_m]
[name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Dougal[/name_m]
[name_f]Amaris[/name_f] (child of the moon)
[name_f]Aisha[/name_f] (moon goddess)
[name_f]Aylin[/name_f] (moon halo)
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] (moon glow)
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f] (third largest moon in our solar system)
[name_f]Chandra[/name_f] ([name_u]Shawn[/name_u]-druh) (Hindu goddess of the moon/moon shining)
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] (goddess of the moon)
[name_f]Delia[/name_f] (goddess of the moon)
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] ([name_m]Roman[/name_m] goddess of the moon)
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] (moon of [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m])
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]/[name_f]Helene[/name_f] (from [name_f]Selene[/name_f]/moon of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m])
[name_f]Jaci[/name_f] (Native American meaning moon)
[name_f]Kamaria[/name_f] (Swahili meaning beauty of the moon/moonlight)
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]/[name_f]Selene[/name_f]/[name_f]Selena[/name_f] (moon)
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] (one of [name_u]Neptune[/name_u]’s moons)
Lusine/[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]/[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] (Armenian meaning moon)
[name_u]London[/name_u] (fortress of the moon)
[name_f]Lunette[/name_f] (little moon)
[name_f]Monday[/name_f] (from Olde English ‘moon day’)
[name_f]Mona[/name_f] (moon)
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] (one of Uranus’ moons)
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (goddess of the moon)
[name_f]Sanda[/name_f] (from [name_f]Chandra[/name_f])
[name_f]Thalassa[/name_f] (one of [name_u]Neptune[/name_u]’s moons)
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] (full moon)
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m] (moon of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m])
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u] (city of the moon)
[name_u]Neil[/name_u] ([name_m]Armstrong[/name_m])
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] (moonlight)
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u] (one of Uranus’ moons)