Emily Walker
Looking for a unique name for your new furry friend?
Check out this list of 60 creative moon inspired dog names! From Luna to Apollo, there’s something for everyone on this list.
So whether you’re looking for a dog name that celebrates the lunar cycle or one that simply sounds cool and celestial, we’ve got you covered.
Male Moon Inspired Dog Names
| Names | Meanings |
| Jace | An American name meaning moon |
| Badar |
An Arabic name meaning ‘full moon’
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| Eclipse |
After the phenomenon caused by the alignment of the sun, moon, and earth
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| Regolith |
The name of the loose surface layer of the moon
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| Smythii |
One of the moon’s impact basins
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| Houston |
The location where mission control was set
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| Chand |
An Indian name meaning ‘moon’
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| Apollo |
After the United States’ missions to the moon
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| Hermit |
From Hermite, the name of a large crater on the moon
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| Wolf |
After the ‘wolf moon’ of January
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| Cassani |
After Giovanni Domenico Cassani, a scientist who studied the movement of the moon
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| Jericho |
The name of an ancient city derived from the Hebrew word meaning ‘moon’
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| Mayank |
A Hindi name that means ‘moon’
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| Buzz |
After Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two men to go to the moon
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| Neil |
After Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon
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| Tide |
The term used to describe the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth’s waters
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| Hubble |
After the space telescope that takes photos of the moon and other heavenly bodies
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| Chan |
A Sanskrit word that means ‘moon’
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| Orbit |
The word that describes how the moon travels around the Earth
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| Shen |
After Shen Kuo, a Chinese scientist who studied the moon
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| Hunter |
After October’s ‘hunter’s moon’
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| Kona |
The location of the conference where scientists met in 98 to discuss the moon’s birth
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| Knowth |
A location in Ireland where the oldest depiction of the moon is from
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| Hang |
A Vietnamese name that means ‘moon’
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| Galileo |
After the Italian astronomer
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| Gibbous |
A term used to describe one of the moon’s phases
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| Sputnik |
After Russia’s missions to space
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| Magma |
The rock that the moon is made out of, formed by cooled lava
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| Buck |
After the ‘buck moon’ of July
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| Indu |
An Indian name meaning ‘moon’
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Female Moon Inspired Dog Names
| Names | Meanings |
| Aylin |
A Turkish word meaning ‘moon halo’
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| Hala |
Arabic for ‘moon halo’
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| Strawberry |
After the ‘strawberry moon’ of June
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| Maria |
The name of the plains on the moon
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| Cindy |
After Cynthia, a derivative of the Roman moon goddess
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| Malti |
An Indian name meaning ‘moonlight’
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| Selene |
After the Greek moon goddess
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| Neoma |
Greek for ‘new moon’
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| Blue |
From the term blue moon, used to describe a phenomenon where the moon appears blue
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| Luna |
A name adapted from the moon goddess of Rome
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| Deva |
After the Hindu goddess of the moon
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| Moon |
After Earth’s natural satellite
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| Mona |
The ancient Germanic word for moon
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| Nokomis |
A Native American name meaning ‘daughter of the moon’
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| Quila |
After the Incan moon goddess
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| Nanna |
After the Sumerian moon goddess
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| Theia |
The hypothesized planet that was the source of the moon
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| Mahsa |
A Persian name meaning ‘moonlike’
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| Ayla |
A Turkish name meaning ‘moonlight’
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| Lucine |
An Armenian name that means moon
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| Lunette |
A French name that means ‘little moon’
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| Mahina |
A Hawaiian name meaning ‘moon’
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| Laika |
After the first female dog in space
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| Monday |
Meaning “Moon Day”
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| Snow |
After February’s ‘snow moon’
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| Ming |
Chinese, meaning ‘bright moon’
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| Crescent |
One of the moon’s lunar phase shapes
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| Diana |
The name of the Roman moon goddess
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| Pink |
After the ‘pink moon’ of April
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| Clementine |
The name of a space craft that took pictures of the moon
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We hope this list of 60 creative names for your new dog has given you some ideas. If you’re still stumped, don’t worry – we have plenty of other naming resources to help get you started.
And if astronomy is more your thing, be sure to check out our list of awesome astronomy dog names. Thanks for reading and happy naming!
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