Name

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:

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 ^*

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

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Moon in binary language

01101101 01101111 01101111 01101110

Origin and meaning of name Moon

English

Etymology

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

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

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)

moon

Etymology (Pronunciation)

Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology (Proper noun)

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)

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

Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Anagrams

Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːn/
(General American) IPA(key): /mun/
Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

moon
(with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

Related terms

month
moonsick

Noun (Descendants)

Sranan Tongo: mun
Tok Pisin: mun
Torres Strait Creole: mun

Noun (Synonyms)

(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)

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.

Finnish

Anagrams

mono, mono-

Contraction

moon
(dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of mä oon (“I'm”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmoːn/, [ˈmo̞ːn]
Rhymes: -oːn
Syllabification(key): moon

Popularity of the name Moon

Number of MOON births per year

Popularity of the name Moon

Total births of Moon by country

		Births with the first name Moon
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	0 68
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	0 53
	Germany 2000 - 2022	6 27
	France 1900 - 2022	0 31
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	4 8
	Italy 1999 - 2021	6 5
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	4 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	1 3
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	2 2
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	0 4
	Austria 1984 - 2021	1 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	0 1