Lune

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Luné in ZA South Africa.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Lune is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Algeria

  Also written L'Une, Luné, L'Ùnë

• Portuguese name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, France, Portugal

  Also written Lunè, Ļuńe, Luné, Lüne

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Ļŭne, Luné

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Luné

• a separate name9 spellings in the group

  Also written Lũne, Lüne, Lünę, Lunę

• Indonesian name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Lüne, Ĺuñë, Luné, Lünê

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Lune is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Slovak, dative/locative singular of luna

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite singular/plural of lun

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Slovenian, inflection of lúna:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Lune Ndiayeb. 1964SNartist, b. Pikine, Senegal, 1964; active Hannover, Germany, 2014
• Lune Miedemab. 2001NLDutch soccerplayer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Lune have the most bearers?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 461 people named Lune, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Lune most common?

Lune is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 37 thousand people carrying it.

What does the name Lune mean, and where does it come from?

the Moon Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How common is the name Lune?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 461 people named Lune, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.