Name
MOON

Name MOON

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 226 births of Moon in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name Moon per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 42 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Moon   
In Italiano Nome Moon   


Information about the first name Moon

The first name Moon has been assigned to:
10.62% to boys
89.38% to girls
The country where the first name Moon is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Moon in Japanese *

Romajimuun
Katakanaムーン
Hiraganaむーん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Moon in Japanese
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Moon in sign language

Moon in binary language

01101101 01101111 01101111 01101110

Origin and meaning of name Moon

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Etymology src :
  • A variant of Mohan, from Irish.
  • A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce.
  • Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname.
  • A variant of Mun, from Korean.
  • A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬/万 (Wàn), and 滿/满 (Mǎn).
  • Possibly from Cantonese 滿/满 (mun5, “full; complete”).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • moon
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • Rhymes: -uːn
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Moon
  • The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
  • (paganism) A personification of the moon.
  • The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Moon
  • A surname.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
  • A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  • A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
  • An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
  • An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Anagrams src :
  • Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-
Anagrams src :
  • Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /mun/
  • Rhymes: -uːn
Proper noun src :
  • moon
  • (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
Related terms src :
  • month
  • moonsick
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Sranan Tongo: mun
  • Tok Pisin: mun
  • Torres Strait Creole: mun
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
  • (natural satellite of a planet): satellite
  • (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
  • See also Thesaurus:moon
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Used attributively in a variety of collocations and compounds to indicate something foreign and/or difficult to understand: moon language, moonspeak, moon runes, moon logic, etc.
FI Finnish
Anagrams src :
Contraction src :
  • moon
  • (dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of mä oon (“I'm”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːn/, [ˈmo̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -oːn
  • Syllabification(key): moon
 

Popularity of the name Moon

Number of MOON births per year

Total births of Moon by country

Births with the first name Moon
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
68
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
53
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
6
27
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
31
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
4
8
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
6
5
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
4
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
3
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
2
2
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
4
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
1
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
1

Total births of Moon by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Moon
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
24
BEBelgium
2022
0
11
FRFrance
2022
0
4
DEGermany
2022
1
1
ITItaly
2021
0
1

Comments on the name Moon

Personalities with the first name Moon

There are 7 personalities with the first name Moon


Moon Bloodgood
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United states of america
Actor Voice actor Model Television actor Film actor


Soleil Moon Frye
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United states of america
Television actor Film actor Screenwriter Actor Stage actor Voice actor Film director Blogger


Moon Unit Zappa
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United states of america
Writer Composer Singer Television actor Film actor


Jarod Stevenson
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United states of america South korea
Basketball player


Moon Martin
(John David Martin) src

United states of america
Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Musician


Moon Ribas
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Spain
Choreographer Dancer


Q705384
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Silla
Intellectual Politician



Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Moon

There are 63 actors and actresses with the first name Moon
Moon Moon Chan
Moon Choi
Moon Bloodgood
Moon So-Ri
Moon Unit Zappa
Moon Wang
Moon Lee
Moon Suk
Moon Moon Sen
Moon Sung-Keun
Moon Carroll
Moon Hanson
Moon G. Kang
Moon Dailly
Moon Brown
Moon Man
Moon Wong
Moon Shadow
Moon Dawgy
Moon Moon Ghosh
Moon Patel
Moon Byul
Moon Seung-Ah
Moon Trang
Moon Sun
Moon Martina Zelenika
Moon Jung-Ho
Moon Quan
Moon Orona
Moon Mullins

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Moon
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Moon

Rankings of first name MOON by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#9450DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#768BE Belgium2022
#2743US United State of America2022
#5325FR France2022
#11111DE Germany2022
#20274IT Italy2021