Lunarae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lunarae by the numbers

Lunarae was given to 9 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 Lunarae

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 Lunarae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Luna-Raemoon and grace; combining Luna and Rae10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lunara3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luna-Maemoon; a form of Luna with Mae5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lunariarelating to the moon; lunar plant genus3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Larae29 in the US (2017)
  • Lunarose11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lunarae

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