119 Names That Mean Moon

Nilay is a celestial feeling name that paints a picture in the mind. Connected to the moon, water, and a place, it combines the Turkish and Azerbaijani name from the River Nile, Nil, with the Turkish element ay which means "moon". In 2023, Ni̇lay made the Azerbaijani Top 10.

Shashi is an Indian name for the moon, giving it a shimmering quality, but its literal meaning translates to "having a hare." In India, a hare is a common image to see in the moon.

Tülay is a common name among Gen X and Millennial Turkish women — it was in the Turkish Top 100 through 1990. As a word, tülay can mean "delicate as a tulle" (the fabric) and "bright like the moon", but means "tulle moon" as a name.

Indu is truly unusual, but shares sounds with more popular choices like Indie and Indigo. Other moon names to consider: Luna, Serena, Io.

Derived from the Persian name Mahvash, this celestial Urdu name means "moon-like", howeverm when considered with the symbolism of the moon in Persian culture, this meaning could be elaborated to "beautiful like the moon" or "radiant like the moon". It's Turkish form is Mehveş.

The name of a major Yoruban deity who presides over the waters, the moon, and women, especially in terms of fertility and childbirth. She is an orisha and the mother of all other orishas. Her name (also spelt Yemonja, Yemaja and Iemanja, among other variants) comes from the Yoruba words Yeye "mother", omo "children", and eja "fish", literally meaning "mother whose children are the fish."

An Azerbaijani name, also spelled Aybəniz, from the Turkic element ay, meaning "moon", and the Persian banu, "lady".

Celestial, poetic, and powerful, Altaluna is a Medieval Italian name, combining the elements of Alta, meaning "high" – or "sublime" in a more poetic sense – and the on-trend Luna, meaning "moon".

A Persian name with a celestial feel, Mahvash means "like the moon", or, when the symbolism of the moon is considered, the meaning can be elaborated to "beautiful like the moon" or "radiant like the moon". Used in Iran and India, the Urdu form is Mehwish and the Turkish variation is Mehveş.

This beautiful name indigenous to Mexico has an even lovelier meaning — moon droplet. Also spelled Itayetzi, the name may gain more attention after drag performer Itayetzi appeared in Regias del Drag España, or the Mexican version of Drag Race.