The Council for Children is the leading voice for children in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, passionately representing and protecting children, advocating for their needs and promoting their issues.
The Earth's moon is called Luna. That is where we get the terms lunar eclipse, lunar landing, etc.     ANSWER:   The name of the moon is simply Moon. As ans â¦ wered above, the word Luna is latin for the word moon. Now that we no longer, or have never spoke Latin, we call it the moon.
Earth is not named after a person, real or mythical. Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god. It is instead named after what we live on, earth (or soil). IN ADDITION: Uranus is actually named after a Greek god, not a Roman god. The name Earth comes from the Old Saxon word 'ertha', the dutch word 'aerde' and the German word 'erda'.