Lunah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lunah by the numbers

Lunah was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Lunah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lunah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • Lanah25 in the US (2017)
  • Lenah8 in the US (2017)
  • Linah8 in the US (2017)
  • Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Lunah

Names that are said the same way as Lunah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Lunna17 in the US (2017)
  • Luena6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luenna4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Lunah

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