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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.

Draco

Meaning: dragon

Origin:Greek from Latin
350
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Caelum

Meaning: heaven

Origin:Latin
685
Jupiter

Meaning: godfather

Origin:Latin
953
Mars A great name for both boys and girls, the me...
Origin:Roman mythology god of war
1016
Mercury

Meaning: Roman messenger god

Origin:Latin
1108
Sirius

Meaning: burning

Origin:Latin from Greek
434
Aries

Meaning: a ram

Origin:Latin
606
Ariel

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Hebrew
841
Sky The name Sky is derived from Scandinavian or...
Origin:Nature name
702
Comet Comet is a name of English origin. The meani...
Origin:Nature name
3244
Mimosa Mimosa is a girl's name and it is of Latin o...
Origin:Latin plant name
2436
Calypso

Meaning: she who hides

Origin:Greek
678
Bellatrix

Meaning: female warrior

Origin:Latin
779
Vega

Meaning: swooping eagle; meadow

Origin:Arabic, Spanish
1662
Aquila

Meaning: eagle

Origin:Latin
3208
Portia

Meaning: pig

Origin:Latin
648
Origin:Word name
1670
Celestia

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Variation of Celeste, Latin
519
Alya

Meaning: heavens, highborn, exalted

Origin:Arabic
516