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Star and Planet Names

Star and planet names for babies include the names of planets and their satellites, constellations and single stars. That adds up to a whole galaxy of celestial baby names to choose from.

Luna is the top-ranked star and planet name for girls. Along with Luna, other celestial girl names in the US Top 1000 include Aurora, Ariel, Juliet, Celeste, and Nova.

For boys, the top-ranked star or planet name is Leo, as in the constellation. Other celestial boy names ranking in the US Top 1000 include Atlas, Finlay, and Orion.

For even more ideas, read our blog on celestial names.

Faye

Meaning: fairy

Origin:English
150
Andromeda

Meaning: advising like a man

Origin:Greek mythology name
132
Cressida

Meaning: gold

Origin:Greek
227
Thalassa

Meaning: the sea

Origin:Greek
1626
Pandora

Meaning: all gifted

Origin:Greek
339
Cassiopeia

Meaning: cassia juice

Origin:Greek mythology name
290
Venus

Meaning: desire

Origin:Latin
449
Miranda

Meaning: marvelous

Origin:Latin
776
Juliet

Meaning: youthful or sky father

Origin:English from Latin
100
Nova

Meaning: new

Origin:Latin
188
Mira

Meaning: admirable; peace; female ruler; ocean

Origin:Latin, Slavic, Arabic, Sanskrit
114
Celeste

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
512
Selena

Meaning: moon goddess

Origin:Latinized variation of Greek Selene
360
Rosalind

Meaning: supple horse or pretty rose

Origin:Latin
333
Ash

Meaning: ash tree

Origin:Diminutive of Asher, English
284
Atlas

Meaning: bearer of the heavens

Origin:Greek
23
Leo

Meaning: lion

Origin:Latin
48
Orion

Meaning: boundary, limit

Origin:Greek
119
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Altair

Meaning: falcon

Origin:Arabic
315