Luna, one of the more popular nature names and goddess-inspired names, is derived from the Latin word luna, meaning "moon." In Roman mythology, Luna was the goddess and personification of the moon, as well as the counterpart of Greek goddess Selene. The name started gaining popularity in the early 2000s, going from the 890th most popular girl's name in the U.S. in 2003 to cracking the top-100 for the first time in 2016. Luna has now been a top-15 girl's name every year since 2020 and has spent 2022 and 2023 in the top-10. It's the name singer-songwriter John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, gave their eldest child Luna Simone, born in 2016.
