The baby name Moonshine is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced moon-shine (IPA: /ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn/).
Moonshine is English in Origin.
The baby name Moonshine is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced moon-shine (IPA: /ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn/).
Moonshine is English in Origin.
Moonshine is an English word name evoking radiant night light. It joins moon (Old English mona, from Proto-Germanic) with shine (Old English scinan, "to gleam"). The compound has denoted "moonlight" in English since the late Middle Ages and later broadened to "fanciful notion"; in American usage it also names illicit homemade liquor. As a given name, its core meaning is luminous serenity, intuition, and dreamlike wonder.
Usage is modern, extremely rare, and gender-neutral, with occasional appearances in the 1960s-70s counterculture and today's nature/word-name trend, often as a middle or stage name. Short forms include Moon, Shine, Moony, and Sunny; creative spellings like MoonShine or Moonshyne occur. Semantically related alternatives are Luna, Selene/Selena, Chandra, and Tsuki/Tsukiko. Families may weigh the bright lunar imagery against the alcohol slang when considering this striking choice.
Moonshine is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 34 recorded uses across 18 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #996 | 6 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Moonshine is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:
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