Lunà

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lunà is a surname written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Lunà: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Lunà
  1. Latinlūna(measured from records)
  2. Old Latinlosna(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Italic*louksnā(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂(measured from records)

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

Sources 11

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Digital Pāḷi Dictionary

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lunà under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

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What does the name Lunà mean, and where does it come from?
From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 9 other sources.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lunà”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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