Lunette
A lunette is a crescent- or half-moon–shaped or semicircular architectural space or feature, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an ellipse. A lunette window is commonly called a half-moon window, or a fanlight if its muntins diverge radially.
Meaning & Origin of Lunette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A lunette is a crescent- or half-moon–shaped or semicircular architectural space or feature, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an ellipse. A lunette window is commonly called a half-moon window, or a fanlight if its muntins diverge radially.
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The Story of Lunette
American parents first put Lunette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1902, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 15 Lunettes were born — ranking #2,264 that year. About 28% of every Lunette on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Lunette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 323 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lunette
Lunette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1902 and has accumulated 323 births in the dataset. Lunette's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #2,264. Use the chart and map above to compare Lunette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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