Many full moon names date back to Native Americans of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon.
Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. To be sure, there were some variations in the moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England west to Lake Superior. European settlers followed their own customs and created some of their own names.
