Given name & surname
Lunetta
“of the crescent moon”
Lunetta is a variant of Lunet. One English interpretation is “of the crescent moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lunetta is a variant of Lunet. One English interpretation is “of the crescent moon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lunetta is a variant of Lunet. An origin associated with Lunet is English. Lunetta is a variant of Luna. An origin associated with Luna is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lunetta is a variant of Luna. The history of Luna gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Luna is associated with the goddess of the moon.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lunetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 0 boys · 116 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,334 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,334 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 110 as a first name in 2020; 527 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lunetta’s family of names
Lunetta has a related form in Luna. Lunetta has a related form in Lunet.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lunetta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Anumateah
Anumateah is a variant of Anumati. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, moon goddess of prosperity, intellect, children, and spirituality.”
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Anumatea
Anumatea is a variant of Anumati. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, moon goddess of prosperity, intellect, children, and spirituality.”
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