Does anyone know of any uncommon celestial names? With meanings like sun, moon, sky, star?
And I don’t mean like [name]Stella[/name] or [name]Luna[/name], I wan’t some names some people might not have heard of.
Thanks!
[name]Solana[/name]
Sunniva
[name]Hoku[/name]
[name]Hoshi[/name]
[name]Sidra[/name]
[name]Moira[/name]
[name]Aster[/name]
[name]Kalindi[/name]
[name]Savita[/name]
[name]Suria[/name]
[name]Helia[/name]
[name]Arpina[/name]
[name]Kamaria[/name]
[name]Altalune[/name]
Then there’s also astronomy related names like:
[name]Meissa[/name]
Zenith
[name]Nova[/name]
[name]Corona[/name]
Alhena “A ring: star in the constellation [name]Gemini[/name]”
[name]Apolline[/name] “Sunlight”
[name]Astrea[/name] “[name]Star[/name]”
Aysel “Like the moon”
[name]Cira[/name] “[name]Sun[/name]”
[name]Danika[/name] “[name]Morning[/name] star”
[name]Idalia[/name] “Behold the sun”
Kalani “The heavenly girl”
Lanika “[name]Heaven[/name]”
[name]Levana[/name] “The moon”
[name]Marinda[/name] “The evening star ([name]Shona[/name])”
[name]Namid[/name] “[name]Star[/name] dancer ([name]Cheyenne[/name])”
Parvin “Pleiades, pearls”
Ravina “The sun”
Realta “[name]Star[/name]”
[name]Seren[/name] “[name]Star[/name]”
Shanira “Warmed by the sun ([name]Shona[/name])”
[name]Starla[/name]/Starlis “[name]Star[/name]”
[name]Talia[/name] “Dew of heaven”
[name]Vespera[/name]/[name]Vespira[/name] “Eveningstar”
[name]Zora[/name] “[name]Dawn[/name]”
here’s links to more:
[name]Do[/name] they have to literally mean these things, or can it be an association?
[name]Phoebe[/name] - moon titan
[name]Selene[/name] - moon goddess
Belphoebe - “beautiful moon”
[name]Celeste[/name], [name]Celestine[/name] - “heavenly”
Esteri - “star”
Steren/Sterre - “star”
[name]Ceridwen[/name] - welsh goddess related to the moon
[name]Chandra[/name] - “moon”
[name]Sol[/name], [name]Soleil[/name] - “sun”
[name]Etoile[/name] - “star”
Sitara - “starlight”
[name]Hoshi[/name] “star”
Solaris/Solara “of the sun”
[name]Lumina[/name] “sunshine”
Parvani “full moon”
Mizuki “beautiful moon”
[name]Solveig[/name], Sunna “sun”
[name]Tara[/name] “star”
Tesni “warmth of the sun”
[name]Abraxas[/name] - a solar deity
[name]Apollo[/name] - sun god
[name]Helios[/name] - sun god
Hyperion - titan of the sun
[name]Sirius[/name] - a star
[name]Tariq[/name] - the morning star
[name]Ravi[/name] - “sun”
[name]Elio[/name] “the sun”
[name]Ilo[/name] “sunshine”
Llorien “moon”
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Comet[/name]
[name]Jupiter[/name]
[name]Mars[/name]
[name]Venus[/name]
Soleis
[name]Jupiter[/name]'s moons:
([name]Io[/name], Europa, Ganymede and [name]Callisto[/name])
My favorites are:
[name]Celine[/name] (“heaven”)
[name]Ciel[/name] (see-[name]ELL[/name], “sky”)
I love these types of names! You may already know it but [name]Sora[/name] means “sky” in Japanese. It’s one of my favorites.
[name]Ciel[/name] is really beautiful!
[name]Mimosa[/name] is a star
[name]Celeste[/name]
Lol but seriously, Estée is pretty! It’s a nn for [name]Estelle[/name].
Cléophée - apparently means celebration and rising of a star
Girls
Izarra - ‘star’
[name]Ayla[/name]/Iyla - “moonlight”
[name]Estee[/name]/[name]Esther[/name] - ‘star’
[name]Zelenia[/name] - from the moon-goddess [name]Selene[/name]/[name]Selena[/name]. [name]Zelenia[/name] is a legit variant.
[name]Phoebe[/name] - another moon goddess. Also related to the name Belphoebe - beautiful moon. This was mentioned upthread already, I just happen to like it.
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Lyra[/name]
[name]Callisto[/name]
[name]Danica[/name] - Related to [name]Venus[/name].
Hesper/Hesperia - [name]Evening[/name] star
[name]Celestine[/name]/[name]Celestina[/name]/[name]Celestia[/name] - heaven/sky
[name]Aeliana[/name]/[name]Eliana[/name] - ‘sun’
[name]Twila[/name] - Thought to be derived from a Cajun variant of étoile, “star”
[name]Ayelet[/name] - ‘morning star’
Boys
[name]Cyrus[/name] - ‘sun’
[name]Samson[/name] - ‘sun’
[name]Orion[/name]
Cælestis
Aelius - ‘sun’
[name]Tariq[/name] - ‘morning star’
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
I like:
[name]Araceli[/name]
[name]Nebula[/name]
Asherah
[name]Pallas[/name]
[name]Cassiopeia[/name]
[name]Libra[/name]
[name]Ra[/name]
[name]Orion[/name]
[name]Sirius[/name]
[name]Rigel[/name]
[name]Horus[/name]
Hyperion
[name]Draco[/name]
Thoth