Yue

A unisex name of Mandarin Chinese origin, meaning moon; beautiful.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yue by the numbers

Yue was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Yu3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Yue

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

  • Yui21 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Yue, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the moon

Like Yue, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • 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)

Names about as common as Yue

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