Space names

grey.hz · June 29, 2020, 7:45pm

Hi, I’m looking for names related to space. Constellations, galaxies, stars, etc.

Elle1 · June 29, 2020, 7:57pm

The most popular are:
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]

Boy names that I like on boys or girls:
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Elio[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]

And a few others I like:
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] or [name_f]Arielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]

Lily_Grace · June 29, 2020, 7:58pm

Girls:

Astra
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Nashira[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f]

Boys:

Apollo
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Aries[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Mars[/name_u]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_m]Buzz[/name_m]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]

MagnoliaE · June 29, 2020, 8:04pm

Cassiopeia
[name_f]Adara[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/Stella
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]

Llewthewolf · June 29, 2020, 8:21pm

Nebula
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestial[/name_f]
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f]
[name_f]Io[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]

Daggeratx · June 29, 2020, 8:28pm

I love [name_f]Venus[/name_f] for a girl (Nickname Vee).
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursa[/name_f]

Mars
[name_m]Regulus[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]

Greyblue · June 29, 2020, 8:38pm

Elara
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Larisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]

shells15 · June 29, 2020, 10:09pm

A mix of boy and girl names, but a few can cross between the two.

COMETS & ASTROIDS

[name_m]Apollo[/name_m] --> crater; a basin on the far side of the [name_f]Moon[/name_f]; a near-[name_f]Earth[/name_f] astroid discovered in 1932; a group of near [name_f]Earth[/name_f] astroids
[name_f]Faye[/name_f] --> a comet in the [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]-family
[name_u]Halley[/name_u] --> [name_u]Halley[/name_u]'s [name_u]Comet[/name_u]
[name_m]Holmes[/name_m] --> a comet once known as the largest object in the solar system

CONSTELLATIONS
This is just a short list; there are many other constellations that could work as baby names.

[name_m]Argo[/name_m] --> the Argo Navis Constellation is symbolized by a ship
[name_m]Aries[/name_m] --> constellation symbolised by a ram
[name_f]Carina[/name_f] --> one of 3 constellations that make up the [name_m]Argo[/name_m] Navis Constellation (ship)
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] --> a constellation in the northern sky symbolized by the Seated [name_f]Queen[/name_f]
[name_m]Castor[/name_m] --> one of the twins that make up the constellation [name_u]Gemini[/name_u]
[name_m]Draco[/name_m] --> constellation symbolized by a dragon
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] --> lion; [name_m]Leo[/name_m] is the name of the constellation, which is symbolized by a lion
[name_f]Libra[/name_f] --> a constellation symbolized by the balance (law)
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] --> a constellation symbolized by a harp
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] --> name of a constellation
- [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] --> [name_u]Orion[/name_u] the [name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m] --> a constellation in the northern sky
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] --> a minor constellation in the southern sky
[name_m]Pollux[/name_m] --> one of the twins that make up the constellation [name_u]Gemini[/name_u]
[name_f]Ursa[/name_f] --> [name_f]Ursa[/name_f] major and [name_f]Ursa[/name_f] minor are constellations that are better known as the Greater she-bear and the Lesser bear respectively. They include the well know Big [name_m]Dipper[/name_m] and [name_m]Little[/name_m] [name_m]Dipper[/name_m]
- [name_m]Urso[/name_m] --> the male equivalent of [name_f]Ursa[/name_f]
[name_f]Vela[/name_f] --> one of 3 constellations that make up the [name_m]Argo[/name_m] Navis Constellation (ship)

MOON

[name_m]Apollo[/name_m] --> crater; a basin on the far side of the [name_f]Moon[/name_f]; a near-[name_f]Earth[/name_f] astroid discovered in 1932; a group of near [name_f]Earth[/name_f] astroids
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] --> brightest moon of the planet Uranus
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u] --> one of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m]'s 82 moons; a giant star that can be located in the constellation of [name_m]Taurus[/name_m]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] --> moon glow
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] --> a small moon of the planet Uranus
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f] --> one of the moons of [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]; 3rd largest moon in the universe
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u] --> one of the 82 moons of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m]
[name_u]Charon[/name_u] --> largest moon of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]; named in part for the discoverer’s wife [name_f]Charlene[/name_f] and pronounced [name_f]Char[/name_f]-on
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] --> a moon of the planet Uranus
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] --> one of the moons of [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
Herberos --> one of the 5 moons of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]
[name_f]Hydra[/name_f] --> one of the 5 moons of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] --> a moon of the planet Uranus
[name_m]Koray[/name_m] --> ember moon
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] --> moon
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] --> one of Uranus’s 5 major moons
[name_f]Moon[/name_f] --> moon
[name_f]Neoma[/name_f] --> new moon
[name_f]Nix[/name_f] --> one of the 5 moons of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u] --> a large moon of the planet Uranus
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] --> a small moon of the planet Uranus
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f] --> a moon of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] --> a moon of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] --> a large moon of Uranus
Styx --> one of the 5 moons of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f] --> the largest moon of Uranus

PEOPLE

[name_m]Clyde[/name_m] --> discoverer of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]
[name_m]Galileo[/name_m] --> famed astronomer; the Galilean moons of [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f] --> 11 year old namer of [name_m]Pluto[/name_m]

PLANETS

[name_f]Earth[/name_f] --> earth
- [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] --> earth
[name_m]Jupiter[/name_m] --> one of the planets
[name_u]Mars[/name_u] --> the 4th closest planet to the [name_f]Sun[/name_f]
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u] --> the closest planet to the [name_f]Sun[/name_f]
[name_m]Pluto[/name_m] --> the name of a planet discovered at [name_m]Lowell[/name_m] Observatory in Flagstaff, [name_f]Arizona[/name_f], USA in 1930, which has since been downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006
[name_f]Venus[/name_f] --> the 2nd closest planet to the [name_f]Sun[/name_f]

SKY

[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] --> [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] Borealis (aka The Northern Lights)
[name_m]Noctis[/name_m] --> night

STARS

[name_m]Altair[/name_m] --> The eleventh brightest star in the sky
[name_u]Archer[/name_u] --> the 12th brightest star in the sky and the brightest star in the constellation [name_u]Aquila[/name_u] the [name_u]Eagle[/name_u]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u] --> one of [name_m]Saturn[/name_m]'s 82 moons; a giant star that can be located in the constellation of [name_m]Taurus[/name_m]
[name_u]Columba[/name_u] --> brightest star in the constellation [name_u]Gemini[/name_u]; dove
- [name_u]Callum[/name_u] --> dove
- [name_f]Colombia[/name_f] --> dove
- [name_f]Columbia[/name_f] --> dove
[name_f]Hespera[/name_f] --> evening star
[name_u]Hoku[/name_u] --> star
[name_u]Izar[/name_u] --> star
Naos --> another name for the star [name_f]Zeta[/name_f] Puppis, found in the Puppis constellation one of 3 constellations that make up the [name_m]Argo[/name_m] Navis Constellation (ship)
[name_m]Nash[/name_m] --> a part of the zodiac system and is a giant star in Sagittarius
[name_u]Nova[/name_u] --> an astronomical term for a star that suddenly increases in brightness, then fades.
[name_u]Rigel[/name_u] --> the brightest star in the constellation [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Sabik[/name_m] --> a binary star in the constellation Ophiuchus
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m] --> the brightest star in the night sky
[name_f]Star[/name_f] --> star
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] --> star
[name_f]Tara[/name_f] --> star
[name_u]Vega[/name_u] --> the 5th brightest star in the night sky; aka the [name_m]Harp[/name_m] [name_f]Star[/name_f]
[name_f]Zeta[/name_f] --> the star [name_f]Zeta[/name_f] Puppis, found in the Puppis constellation one of 3 constellations that make up the [name_m]Argo[/name_m] Navis Constellation (ship)

SUN

[name_f]Cyra[/name_f] --> sun
Eleadora --> she who came from the sun
- Eleodora --> she who came from the sun
[name_m]Elio[/name_m] --> derived from [name_m]Helios[/name_m], which means sun
Solar --> sun
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f] --> sun
[name_f]Sunna[/name_f] --> sun
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f] --> sun gift

UNIVERSE

[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] --> a galaxy
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m] --> synonymous with universe
- [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] --> feminine variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
- [name_m]Cosimo[/name_m] --> variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
- [name_f]Cosma[/name_f] --> feminine variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
- [name_m]Cosmas[/name_m] --> feminine variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
- [name_u]Cosme[/name_u] --> variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
- Cosmos --> variation of [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]

Carys1 · June 29, 2020, 10:12pm

The only names I can think of that haven’t already been mentioned are [name_f]Astraea[/name_f] and [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]

dogs_books · June 29, 2020, 11:10pm

Here’s a link that should be helpful: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/cosmic-names.php

voughtlori · June 30, 2020, 12:10am

Nova
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Star[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
Europa