Moon Name Generator

Five names a press: real moons with what they were named after, and words that mean moon.

Moon Name Generator

  1. SpondeMoon of Jupiter. One of the Horae, the Seasons.
  2. BiancaMoon of Uranus. Sister of Kate in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
  3. EuantheMoon of Jupiter. The mother of the Graces in some accounts.
  4. HydraMoon of Pluto. The serpent with nine heads that guarded the underworld in Greek myth.
  5. SetebosMoon of Uranus. A deity named in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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How it works

This moon name generator deals from two lists: the named moons of the solar system, each with its planet and its namesake, and words that mean moon in dozens of languages. Nothing is made up.

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How the real moons were named

Each planet keeps a theme. Jupiter's moons are named for figures in the stories of Zeus, and Saturn's for Titans and for giants of Greek, Norse, Gallic and Inuit myth. The moons of Uranus are characters from Shakespeare and Pope, Neptune's are sea gods and nymphs, and Pluto's come from the underworld.

Use it as a lunar name generator

Choose Words that mean moon in the menu under the button for Luna, Mahina, Tsuki and the rest, each with its language. Choose Real moons and open More filters to keep to one planet. Lock a name you like and press again for the others.

Tips
  • No fantasy moon name generator needed: name every moon of one world from one myth or one book.
  • Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, mean flight and fear in Greek.

Questions and answers

How do moons get their names?

By theme, one for each planet, in the list of names the International Astronomical Union keeps. Jupiter's moons are figures from the stories of Zeus, Uranus's are characters from Shakespeare and Pope, and Saturn's newer moons are giants from Norse, Gallic and Inuit stories.

What names mean moon?

Luna is Latin, Spanish and Italian for moon. Mahina is Hawaiian, Tsuki is Japanese, Ay is Turkish, Kuu is Finnish and Selene is ancient Greek. Every card in the Words that mean moon group names its language.

Which moons are named after Shakespeare characters?

The moons of Uranus. Titania, Oberon, Miranda, Juliet, Ophelia, Puck and more than a dozen others come from his plays, and Ariel, Umbriel and Belinda come from a poem by Pope.

Can this moon name generator make up a new name?

No. Every name here is real: a moon in the official list or a word for moon found in a dictionary. To invent one, take a word from the Words that mean moon group and add an ending of your own.

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All 237 moon names

Real moons 174

  • Adrastea Moon of Jupiter. A nymph of Crete who cared for the infant Zeus.
  • Aegaeon Moon of Saturn. A hundred-armed giant of Greek myth, called Briareus by the gods.
  • Aegir Moon of Saturn. Norse ocean giant, a stiller of storms.
  • Aitne Moon of Jupiter. A Sicilian nymph.
  • Albiorix Moon of Saturn. A Gallic giant, considered to be the king of the world.
  • Alvaldi Moon of Saturn. Norse giant, very rich in gold, father of Thiazzi.
  • Amalthea Moon of Jupiter. A naiad who nursed the newborn Jupiter.
  • Ananke Moon of Jupiter. Greek goddess of fate and necessity.
  • Angrboda Moon of Saturn. Norse giantess, mother of monsters.
  • Anthe Moon of Saturn. One of the Alkyonides of Greek myth.
  • Aoede Moon of Jupiter. One of the Muses.
  • Arche Moon of Jupiter. One of the Muses in Greek myth.
  • Ariel Moon of Uranus. A sylph in a poem by Pope. Named by John Herschel.
  • Atlas Moon of Saturn. A Titan who held the heavens on his shoulders.
  • Autonoe Moon of Jupiter. Mother of the Graces, according to some authors.
  • Bebhionn Moon of Saturn. A Celtic giantess.
  • Beli Moon of Saturn. A Norse giant in the stories of Freyr.
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Real moons, continued

  • Belinda Moon of Uranus. A character in a poem by Pope.
  • Bergelmir Moon of Saturn. Norse frost giant, son of Ymir.
  • Bestla Moon of Saturn. Norse primeval goddess, mother of deities.
  • Bianca Moon of Uranus. Sister of Kate in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
  • Caliban Moon of Uranus. A character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  • Callirrhoe Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of the river god Achelous.
  • Callisto Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Lycaon, changed into a bear.
  • Calypso Moon of Saturn. Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, known from the story of Odysseus.
  • Carme Moon of Jupiter. A nymph and attendant of Artemis.
  • Carpo Moon of Jupiter. One of the Horae, a daughter of Zeus.
  • Chaldene Moon of Jupiter. Mother of Solymos in Greek myth.
  • Charon Moon of Pluto. The boatman of Greek myth who ferried souls across the river Styx.
  • Cordelia Moon of Uranus. Daughter of Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear.
  • Cressida Moon of Uranus. Title character in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
  • Cupid Moon of Uranus. A character in Timon of Athens.
  • Cyllene Moon of Jupiter. A nymph, daughter of Zeus.
  • Dactyl Moon of the asteroid Ida. Named for the mythical beings who lived on Mount Ida.
  • Daphnis Moon of Saturn. A shepherd, piper and poet of Greek myth, brother of Pan.
  • Deimos Moon of Mars. Greek for fear. One of the horses that drew the chariot of Mars.
  • Desdemona Moon of Uranus. Wife of Othello in Shakespeare's Othello.
  • Despina Moon of Neptune. Daughter of Poseidon and Demeter.
  • Dia Moon of Jupiter. Greek for she who belongs to Zeus.
  • Dione Moon of Saturn. Sister of Cronos and mother of Aphrodite.
  • Dysnomia Moon of the dwarf planet Eris. Daughter of Eris, the spirit of lawlessness.
  • Eggther Moon of Saturn. Norse giant, watchman of the giants.
  • Eirene Moon of Jupiter. Goddess of peace, daughter of Zeus and Themis.
  • Elara Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of King Orchomenus and mother of the giant Tityus.
  • Enceladus Moon of Saturn. A Giant of Greek myth. The earth piled on him became Sicily.
  • Epimetheus Moon of Saturn. Son of the Titan Iapetus and brother of Prometheus.
  • Erinome Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Celes in Roman myth.
  • Erriapus Moon of Saturn. A giant of the Gallic people.
  • Ersa Moon of Jupiter. Goddess of the dew, daughter of Zeus and Selene.
  • Euanthe Moon of Jupiter. The mother of the Graces in some accounts.
  • Eukelade Moon of Jupiter. A Muse, one of the daughters of Zeus.
  • Eupheme Moon of Jupiter. Granddaughter of Zeus and sister of Philophrosyne.
  • Euporie Moon of Jupiter. One of the Horae, a daughter of Zeus and Themis.
  • Europa Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre, carried to Crete by a white bull.
  • Eurydome Moon of Jupiter. Named by some authors as the mother of the Graces.
  • Farbauti Moon of Saturn. Norse storm giant, father of Loki.
  • Fenrir Moon of Saturn. The monstrous wolf of Norse myth, son of Loki.
  • Ferdinand Moon of Uranus. Son of the King of Naples in The Tempest.
  • Fornjot Moon of Saturn. Early Norse storm giant, father of Aegir, Kari and Loge.
  • Francisco Moon of Uranus. A lord in The Tempest.
  • Galatea Moon of Neptune. One of the Nereids, attendants of Poseidon.
  • Ganymede Moon of Jupiter. A boy carried to Olympus by an eagle, who became cupbearer of the gods.
  • Geirrod Moon of Saturn. Norse giant, an enemy of Thor.
  • Gerd Moon of Saturn. Norse giantess, the personification of fertile soil.
  • Greip Moon of Saturn. A giantess of Norse myth.
  • Gridr Moon of Saturn. Norse giantess who gave Thor her belt, iron glove and staff.
  • Gunnlod Moon of Saturn. Norse giantess who guards the mead of poetry.
  • Halimede Moon of Neptune. One of the Nereids, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris.
  • Harpalyke Moon of Jupiter. A woman of Greek myth who was changed into a night bird.
  • Hati Moon of Saturn. A gigantic Norse wolf, twin of Skoll.
  • Hegemone Moon of Jupiter. One of the Graces, daughters of Zeus.
  • Helene Moon of Saturn. A granddaughter of Kronos. The Trojan War began over her.
  • Helike Moon of Jupiter. A Muse of Greek myth.
  • Hermippe Moon of Jupiter. Mother of Orchomenos in Greek myth.
  • Herse Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Zeus and Selene, the divine moon.
  • Hi'iaka Moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. Daughter of Haumea, patron goddess of the island of Hawaii and of hula dancers.
  • Himalia Moon of Jupiter. A Rhodian nymph, mother of three sons of Zeus.
  • Hippocamp Moon of Neptune. The mythical seahorse of Greek myth, a symbol of Poseidon.
  • Hydra Moon of Pluto. The serpent with nine heads that guarded the underworld in Greek myth.
  • Hyperion Moon of Saturn. One of the Titans. Named by Lassell.
  • Hyrrokkin Moon of Saturn. Norse giantess who launched Balder's funeral ship.
  • Iapetus Moon of Saturn. One of the Titans. Named by John Herschel.
  • Ijiraq Moon of Saturn. A giant of the Inuit.
  • Io Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Inachus, changed into a cow by Jupiter.
  • Iocaste Moon of Jupiter. Wife of Laius, king of Thebes, and mother of Oedipus.
  • Isonoe Moon of Jupiter. A Danaid, mother of Orchomenos.
  • Janus Moon of Saturn. Roman god of the beginning.
  • Jarnsaxa Moon of Saturn. A Norse giantess known from the stories of Thor.
  • Juliet Moon of Uranus. The heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
  • Kale Moon of Jupiter. One of the Graces, a daughter of Zeus.
  • Kallichore Moon of Jupiter. A Muse, a daughter of Zeus.
  • Kalyke Moon of Jupiter. A nymph, mother of Endymion.
  • Kari Moon of Saturn. Norse wind giant.
  • Kerberos Moon of Pluto. The many-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld.
  • Kiviuq Moon of Saturn. A giant in Inuit stories.
  • Kore Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, also known as Persephone.
  • Laomedeia Moon of Neptune. One of the fifty Nereids.
  • Larissa Moon of Neptune. A figure of Greek myth in the stories of Poseidon.
  • Leda Moon of Jupiter. Mother of Pollux and Helen in Greek myth.
  • Linus Moon of the asteroid Kalliope. In Greek myth the son of the Muse Kalliope, inventor of melody and rhythm.
  • Loge Moon of Saturn. Norse fire giant, son of Fornjot.
  • Lysithea Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Kadmos, also named Semele.
  • Mab Moon of Uranus. The fairies' midwife in Romeo and Juliet.
  • Margaret Moon of Uranus. A gentlewoman in Much Ado About Nothing.
  • Megaclite Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Macareus in Greek myth.
  • Methone Moon of Saturn. One of the Alkyonides, the seven daughters of the Giant Alkyoneos.
  • Metis Moon of Jupiter. First wife of Zeus.
  • Mimas Moon of Saturn. A Giant of Greek myth, felled by Hephaestus.
  • Miranda Moon of Uranus. The heroine of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Named by Kuiper.
  • Mneme Moon of Jupiter. One of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus.
  • Mundilfari Moon of Saturn. A Norse giant.
  • Naiad Moon of Neptune. The naiads were Greek water nymphs of lakes, springs and rivers.
  • Namaka Moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. Daughter of Haumea, a water spirit in Hawaiian mythology.
  • Narvi Moon of Saturn. A Norse giant of legend.
  • Nereid Moon of Neptune. The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus.
  • Neso Moon of Neptune. A Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris.
  • Nix Moon of Pluto. Goddess of darkness and night, mother of Charon.
  • Oberon Moon of Uranus. King of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • Ophelia Moon of Uranus. Daughter of Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • Orthosie Moon of Jupiter. One of the Horae, daughters of Zeus and Themis.
  • Paaliaq Moon of Saturn. An Inuit giant.
  • Pallene Moon of Saturn. One of the seven Alkyonides, daughters of the Giant Alkyoneos.
  • Pan Moon of Saturn. Greek god of pastoralism, half goat and half human.
  • Pandia Moon of Jupiter. Goddess of the full moon, daughter of Zeus and Selene.
  • Pandora Moon of Saturn. Made of clay by Hephaestus. She opened the box of plagues.
  • Pasiphae Moon of Jupiter. Wife of Minos, king of Crete.
  • Pasithee Moon of Jupiter. One of the Graces.
  • Perdita Moon of Uranus. Daughter of Leontes and Hermione in The Winter's Tale.
  • Petit-Prince Moon of the asteroid Eugenia. The Little Prince, son of Eugenia de Montijo and Napoleon III.
  • Philophrosyne Moon of Jupiter. Granddaughter of Zeus and sister of Eupheme.
  • Phobos Moon of Mars. Greek for flight. One of the horses that drew the chariot of Mars.
  • Phoebe Moon of Saturn. One of the Titanesses. Named by Pickering.
  • Polydeuces Moon of Saturn. Twin brother of Castor, son of Zeus and Leda.
  • Portia Moon of Uranus. Wife of Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
  • Praxidike Moon of Jupiter. Greek goddess of punishment.
  • Prometheus Moon of Saturn. Son of the Titan Iapetus, who gave fire to humanity.
  • Prospero Moon of Uranus. The rightful Duke of Milan in The Tempest.
  • Proteus Moon of Neptune. Greek sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys.
  • Psamathe Moon of Neptune. One of the Nereids, mother of Phocus.
  • Puck Moon of Uranus. The mischievous spirit in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • Rhea Moon of Saturn. A Titaness, mother of Zeus.
  • Rosalind Moon of Uranus. Daughter of the banished duke in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
  • Sao Moon of Neptune. One of the Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris.
  • Setebos Moon of Uranus. A deity named in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  • Siarnaq Moon of Saturn. An Inuit giant of legend.
  • Sinope Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of the river god Asopus.
  • Skathi Moon of Saturn. A Norse giantess.
  • Skoll Moon of Saturn. A gigantic Norse wolf, twin of Hati.
  • Skrymir Moon of Saturn. Norse giant, the master of illusions.
  • Sponde Moon of Jupiter. One of the Horae, the Seasons.
  • Stephano Moon of Uranus. The butler in The Tempest.
  • Styx Moon of Pluto. Greek goddess of the underworld river that is also named Styx.
  • Surtur Moon of Saturn. Leader of the Norse fire giants.
  • Suttungr Moon of Saturn. Norse giant who possessed the mead of poetry.
  • Sycorax Moon of Uranus. Caliban's mother in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  • Tarqeq Moon of Saturn. The Inuit moon spirit.
  • Tarvos Moon of Saturn. A Gallic giant.
  • Taygete Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of Atlas, one of the Pleiades.
  • Telesto Moon of Saturn. Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
  • Tethys Moon of Saturn. A Titaness. John Herschel named it for a sister of Saturn.
  • Thalassa Moon of Neptune. A Greek sea goddess.
  • Thebe Moon of Jupiter. An Egyptian king's daughter. The city of Thebes was named after her.
  • Thelxinoe Moon of Jupiter. One of the Muses, daughters of Zeus.
  • Themisto Moon of Jupiter. Daughter of the river god Inachus.
  • Thiazzi Moon of Saturn. Norse giant, son of Alvaldi.
  • Thrymr Moon of Saturn. A giant of Norse myth.
  • Thyone Moon of Jupiter. The name Semele, mother of Dionysos, was given in Hades.
  • Titan Moon of Saturn. The Titans were giants of Greek myth, overthrown by the Olympians.
  • Titania Moon of Uranus. Queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • Trinculo Moon of Uranus. A jester in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  • Triton Moon of Neptune. Sea-god son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
  • Umbriel Moon of Uranus. A spirit in a poem by Pope. Named by John Herschel.
  • Valetudo Moon of Jupiter. Roman goddess of health, great-granddaughter of Jupiter.
  • Ymir Moon of Saturn. The first Norse giant, ancestor of the frost giants.

Words that mean moon 63

  • Ay Turkish and Azerbaijani for moon.
  • Bulan Indonesian and Malay for moon.
  • Buwan Tagalog for moon.
  • Candra Hindi for the Moon, written चंद्र. Indonesian keeps candra as a poetic word.
  • Dal Korean for moon, written 달.
  • Dayax Somali for moon.
  • Fengari Greek for the Moon, written φεγγάρι.
  • Gealach Irish for moon.
  • Handa Sinhala for moon.
  • Handu Dhivehi for moon, the language of the Maldives.
  • Hënë Albanian for moon.
  • Heyv Northern Kurdish for moon.
  • Hold Hungarian for the Moon.
  • Ilargi Basque for moon.
  • Inyanga Zulu for moon.
  • Jabilli Telugu for the Moon.
  • Ji'a Oromo for moon.
  • Kgwedi Sotho for moon.
  • Khae Khmer for moon.
  • Killa Quechua for moon.
  • Księżyc Polish for the Moon.
  • Kuu Finnish and Estonian for moon.
  • Lleuad Welsh for moon.
  • Lloer A literary Welsh word for the moon.
  • Lluna Catalan and Asturian for moon.
  • Loar Breton for moon.
  • Lua Portuguese for moon.
  • Luna Latin, Spanish and Italian for moon.
  • Lune French for moon.
  • Luno Esperanto for moon.
  • Lusin Armenian for moon, written լուսին.
  • Maan Dutch and Afrikaans for moon.
  • Mah Persian for moon, written ماه.
  • Mahina Hawaiian and Tongan for moon.
  • Måne Danish, Swedish and Norwegian for moon.
  • Máni Icelandic and Faroese for moon.
  • Marama Maori and Tahitian for moon.
  • Mēness Latvian for moon.
  • Mėnulis Lithuanian for moon.
  • Mesiac Slovak for moon.
  • Měsíc Czech for moon.
  • Metztli Classical Nahuatl for moon.
  • Moanne West Frisian for moon.
  • Moh Tajik for moon, written моҳ.
  • Mond German for moon.
  • Mound Luxembourgish for moon.
  • Mtvare Georgian for moon, written მთვარე.
  • Mwezi Swahili for moon.
  • Nila Tamil for moon.
  • Oy Uzbek for moon.
  • Phaxsi Aymara for moon.
  • Qaammat Greenlandic for moon.
  • Qamar Maltese for moon, from the Arabic word.
  • Rembulan Javanese for moon.
  • Sar Mongolian for moon, written сар.
  • Selene Ancient Greek for moon, written σελήνη.
  • Trăng Vietnamese for the Moon.
  • Tsuki Japanese for the Moon, written 月.
  • Tungl An Icelandic word for moon.
  • Volana Malagasy for moon.
  • Vula Fijian for moon.
  • Wata Hausa for moon.
  • Yareakh Hebrew for moon, written ירח.

How this list was compiled: Two lists, built on 2026-10-03. (1) Real moons: every named satellite on the page Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers of the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, which the US Geological Survey keeps for the International Astronomical Union (https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Planets, read that day): 174 moons of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, two other dwarf planets and three asteroids. Earth's Moon and moons that have a number but no name are left out. The line on each card says what the name comes from; it is our short wording of the gazetteer's own description, and a script checked that every name in it stands in that description. Where the gazetteer tells a story unfit for a young reader, the card keeps only who the figure was. (2) Words that mean moon: 63 words taken from the translation table of the English Wiktionary entry 'moon' (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moon/translations, CC BY-SA 4.0), each then checked on its own Wiktionary entry, where the section for the language named must give the sense moon. A word from a language written in another script is spelled in Latin letters as that entry spells it, with the accent marks taken off, and the card shows the word in its own script for Arabic-script, Hebrew, Greek, Armenian, Georgian, Korean, Japanese, Cyrillic and Devanagari words. Nobody who speaks these languages has read the list. Nothing on either list is made up. Licence: The gazetteer is a work of the US Geological Survey (public domain); word senses from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). The selection and the wording of every line are ours.