Is Luna timeless & classic?

[Laylea]

Just that really!

Luna is not timeless…it’s just not a name!

Not timeless and not classic.

It's this generation's Dawn/Lisa/Gemma type name.

And is it mandatory for people to call their dog Luna in 2024? Feels like it is.

No, sorry. It’s a pet name (I know a cat and 2 dogs called Luba)

Hate it, sorry OP!

How about Liva?

Round my way, every other white / mostly white cat is called Luna.

It's a pets name

AHH but I'm talking about in person comments.

It would be highly rude to go to your friend that name is used for dogs to their face, although none of my friends were nasty about it, it was mostly work colleagues (who were generally not nice people anyway) and MIL who always had an opinion on everything.

The only Lunas I've met are cats.

It’s not a Latin name in the sense of Claudia, Flavia, Julia, Emilia, Livia etc. It’s the Latin word for the moon.

It is neither.

It’s a lovely name but very of the moment and very popular with pets.

Isn’t it just Latin for the Moon? So very ancient as a word, not so much as a first name.

It goes in phases.

I have a Luna. She is 13 and named after the Lucy Schwartz song. We are not Harry Potter fans at all and never realised there might be that connection until our daughter started school. She however loves Harry Potter and is very proud of the fact she shares a name with one of her favourite characters in it. When we named her we had lots of people say the same thing you're getting on here about potential bullying and pets names. 13 years in I can say nobody has had any issue with our Luna's name. Not at all. We do now know several people with cats, dogs and horses named Luna but it's never bothered us or or daughter. Why would it? We have a cat with a 'person name'. When we call to our cat we don't expect a bunch of women and children to come running all confused Luna is a beautiful name and it is much older than mumsnetters would have you think, it really is a beautiful name and our girl has only ever had compliments on her name. I am so glad we chose it- though I am glad we chose it in a year when it wasn't at all popular but that's personal preference.

Lovely name. But every other dog I know seems to be called Luna, so regretfully, no.

Mind you, people call their dogs people names like Nigel. So maybe it doesn't matter. Except that always seems to be done slightly ironically

For a dog where I am it seems to be

Sorry, I really dislike it. It reminds me of loony. I can also think of at least 1 dog with this name.

Its popular for dogs!

It's the Spanish word for moon to me. I wouldn't use it for a child in the same way I wouldn't use Star, Dawn, Summer, etc.

@Alltheyearround
I know you didn't ask but here are some lovely moon related names possibly more timeless and classic apart from Meridian and Mizuki which I just really took a shine to.

Mizuki
Sylvia - not moon-related
Selena
Lucille - not moon-related
Celeste
Cordelia - not moon-related
Elara - not moon-related, other than it's the name of a moon of Jupiter
Larissa - not moon-related
Meridian - not moon-related
Miranda - not moon-related

It's a bit 'Harry Potter' to me.

I work with dogs and there are a lot of dogs called Luna!