Lua
A girls’ name of Portuguese origin, meaning moon.
Babies a year
20
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1512
20 babies
Lua by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Lua. In the US, 42 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lua. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the moon
Like Lua, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
- Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
- Selenemoon goddess289 in the US (2017)
- Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)
- Selinamoon goddess; form of Selene64 in England and Wales (2025)