Luna
GirlMeans "moon".
Latin
Laura
Meaning
Means "laurel", the tree used to crown victors.
Origin and History
- · From Latin laurus, "laurel", the plant used to crown poets and victors in antiquity — the same root behind the word "laureate".
- · It is the name of Laura de Noves, to whom Petrarch dedicated much of his poetry in the 14th century.
Traits and personality
In Pythagorean numerology, C, L and U are initials of the number 3: it's read as socially magnetic with a communicative streak, drawn to the artistic. These are traditional readings, not a rule: everyone ends up becoming who they choose to be, whatever name they carry.
- Initial
- L
- Syllables
- 2
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