Baby Names That Honor Physics (like the field of science)

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So far, I’ve thought of names such as Curie, [name_m]Newton[/name_m], or Einstein which honors a person known in the field of physics, but less so of actual physics-related names themselves. Perhaps terms like [name_f]Ether[/name_f] or Crest, or even Entropy can make a nice physics nickname or codename.

Please help me come up with more! Outlandish ideas are very welcome.

TIA

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Fun challenge! I love science and am studying it, so let’s see… I’ll give a name, and then a short explanation. Some of these will be a bit “out there” haha

Harmony – Harmonic motion, waves
Timbre – Self explanatory
Doppler – Doppler Effect, Christian Doppler
Inertia – Self explanatory
Faraday – Farday’s law, Michael Faraday
Eddy – Eddy currents
Pythagoras – Self explanatory
Bell – Bell’s theorem, John Bell
Birch – Birch’s law, Francis Birch
Pascal – Pascal’s law, Blaise Pascal
Ampere – SI unit for current
Farad – SI unit for capacitance
Kelvin – SI unit for thermodynamic temperature
Tau – Tau particles
Electra – Electricity
Joule – Unit of energy

I also think astronomical names could work – Nova comes to mind, along with Stella, Luna, Galaxy, Mars… But there’s plenty more out there! I found this list you might like:

I also think anything related to geography and the natural environment could be good! Names such as Bay, Delta, Coral, and Canyon come to mind. Here is a list I found:

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I don’t know much about physics but I like the name [name_u]Edison[/name_u] (was he a physicist or a different kind of science??) And I also kind of like the name [name_u]Science[/name_u], it’s out there but cool

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[name_m]Kepler[/name_m]
[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Watt[/name_m]
[name_m]Pi[/name_m]
Prism
[name_f]Rainbow[/name_f]
[name_f]Undine[/name_f]
[name_u]Rocket[/name_u]
[name_u]Silver[/name_u]
[name_u]Copper[/name_u]
[name_f]Luma[/name_f]

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@Victory55 @Emarkulics @kasatka thank you so much for the lovely suggestions!!

ooh curious which field of science are you studying?

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Crest would be cool!

I’m an [name_f]English[/name_f] lit girl so apologies if these aren’t quite right

[name_f]Gravity[/name_f]
Motion
[name_u]Nebula[/name_u]
Ultraviolet
Wave
Symmetry
[name_m]Quantum[/name_m]
[name_m]Ion[/name_m]
[name_f]Star[/name_f]
Kinetic
[name_u]Solar[/name_u]

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I’ve done too much physics so here are my favorites ignoring any cool scientist names mostly.

[name_u]Waverly[/name_u]: so many waves in physics
[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]: for Maxwell’s laws of course!
Rho: or really any greek letter lol but I think Rho is the most interesting sounding
[name_f]Cat[/name_f]: I’m thinking of Schrodinger’s cat but it could be a nickname for [name_f]Catherine[/name_f].
SHO: Simple harmonic oscillator! These initials would be very subtle. [name_u]Harmony[/name_u] works too. Maybe [name_m]Oscar[/name_m]?
[name_u]Diamond[/name_u]: Diamonds are a really interesting material in physics and you can go with some other related things too like Carbon, Graphite and [name_m]Bucky[/name_m] (for bucky balls!)
Hbar: Is this a name? It should be!
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u]: For [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] series. Ok, this is really more a math thing but used so much…

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