What kind of name is Luna?

[pikaloo]

Do you see it as a Skye, Summer, Scarlett type name?

Or a Cora, Juno, Iris type?

My user name....

I just think of Harry Potter.

My DP doesn't know it's my username and mentioned it as a name a few days ago as it was a full moon (had the baby been born then). He'd perceive it as a more hippy/alternative name

First I think of the Beckhams, as there was a prediction that they were going to use it, then Frank Lampard's daughter, then Luna Lovegood. I think it's one of those names that can come across quite differently depending on surname, sibling names etc. Do you have a middle name chosen? I do like it, btw!

Me too Lindy!

i really like it but i would be worried about people adding "tic" on the end!

Yes, in the Sky, Summer Scarlett category. The sort of name favoured by celebs. A faux hippy name

It is a very pretty name but I agree with PP it will have a 'tic' added when she is at school. Sadly.

Sky, Summer, Scarlett

It would be a nice "natural world" style name, also falling into the "classical" bucket because it's Latin.

BUT it is spoiled because of the words looney and lunatic being in common parlance.

It is indeed Latin, but the ancient Romans didn't normally use it as a name for humans, just for the moon and the moon goddess.

Goddess names (eg Flora, Hebe, Juno) were not really used for people until the Renaissance (15th/16th cent); to take another example, Silvia/Sylvia (goddess of the woods) was introduced to English usage by Shakespeare. Possibly because of the lunatic link, Luna was hardly ever used until the 20th cent.

Makes me think of the pushchair.

I love the name Luna, I pleaded to be able to use it for DD but DP vetoed it because it doesn't work well with the surname (I still use it as a nickname though even though her name couldn't be further from it. )

If I wanted a "moon" name (not that it's what the OP is asking for) I would turn to the Greek version and have Selene or its variation Selina.

Selina is very pretty. And not tied to Harry Potter, either...

I see it as the name of the Binatone telephone we use at work!

I see it as a dogs name. I know a lovely beagle called Luna.