The galaxy is beautiful and mysterious. There are lots of stars shining in the night sky, just like the eyes of your little babies. When coming up to baby names, celestial boy names and girl names are great options. Here comes our selection of 30
celestial baby names for your beloved boys and girls, these names are inspired by galaxy, planets, satellites, constellations and single stars. Each of these names have great meanings and stories, just check out the below list and select your favorite baby name.
Celestial Boy Names
Aero: Aero is a Greek prefix relating to flight and air. In British English, it is used as an adjective related to flight. For example, as a shortened substitute for aeroplane, which is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. The color Aero is a shade of Air Force blue.
Bellatrix: Bellatrix is a Latin name means "female warrior; beautiful bringer of light" and it is a star in the Orion constellation. In the Harry Potter series, Bellatrix is the evil character played by Helena Bonham Carter, if you care that do not use it as your girl name.
Cosmo: Cosmo is a Italian name means "order, harmony, beauty." Saint Cosmos, a martyr, was patron saint of the Italian city of Milan. Now also the name of an American soccer team.
Izar: Basque name means "star." It is used more for girls in Europe, but definitely sounds masculine enough for a boy.
Jupiter: Latin name means "father." Also the supreme god in Roman mythology and the largest planet, he presided over the heavens and light, and was responsible for the protection and laws of the Roman state.
Mars: In ancient Roman religion and myth, Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him, and in October, which began the season for military campaigning and ended the season for farming. Also the name of the fourth planet in the solar system.
Mercury: The name of the Roman god of trade, merchants, and travellers, later equated with the Greek god Hermes. This is also the name of the first planet in the solar system.
Neptune: The god of fresh water springs and the sea in Roman mythology, approximately equivalent to the Greek god Poseidon. This is also the name of the eighth planet in the solar system. Neptune was worshipped by the Romans also as a god of horses, under the name Neptunus Equester, a patron of horse-racing.
Orion: From Greek and Roman mythology, Orion was a mighty hunter and son of Poseidon. He loved the goddess Diana but was accidentally killed by her and thenceforth placed in the heavens as the constellation Orion. In Greek the name Orion means "rising in the sky; dawning."
Pluto: Latin name means "wealth," also an alternate name of Hades, the god of the underworld. This is also the name of a dwarf planet in the solar system, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered.
Rocket: Rocket comes from the Italian rocchetto, originally a word for a spindle, because of its shape. Rocket has been a popular celebrity baby name. Australian actor Sam Worthington and wife Lara Bingle welcomed a son named Rocket Zot in March 2015.
Vesper: Latin name means "evening star, evening prayer." Vesper Martini is the famous drink ordered by James Bond in both the book and the movie Casino Royale.Celestial Girl Names
Aurora: Latin name means "dawn." Also the Roman goddess of sunrise, and the princess in the popular fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. The name Aurora is often associated with the scientific term for the Northern Lights.
Cassiopeia: Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty. It is easily recognizable due to its distinctive 'W' shape, formed by five bright stars. The name Cassiopeia means "she whose words excel" in Greek.
Celeste: French name means "heavenly," Used as both a masculine and feminine name in France. Celeste is a softly pretty and somewhat quaint name with heavenly overtones, which kids might associate with Queen Celeste of Babar's elephant kingdom.
Cosima: The feminine version of the name Cosimo, which is derived from the Greek word meaning "order, decency." Cosima, the kind of elegant and exotic name the British upper classes love to use for their daughters, will almost certainly come into wider use.
Eartha: English name means "worldly, of the earth."
Galaxy: A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias, literally "milky", a reference to the Milky Way.
Gemini: Latin name means "twins." Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. The two brightest stars in the constellation, Castor and Pollux, are named for the mythological twin sons of Leda.
Io: In Greek mythology Io was a princess of Argus loved by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer in order to hide her from Hera. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Izarra: Spanish name means "star."
Luna: Latin name that means "moon." Luna was the Roman mythological goddess of the moon and is equated with the Greek Selene.
Moon: The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth, being Earth's only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits. Following Jupiter's satellite Io, the Moon is second-densest satellite among those whose densities are known.
Nova: Latin name means "new." Nova is a name that has the feel of both newness, from his meaning, and great energy from being an astronomical term for a star that suddenly increases in brightness, then fades. Also the name of a very nice, classic Chevy car.
Soleil: French name means "sun." A sunny and attractive name for your little girl.
Stella: Latin name means "star." Stella is wildly popular among the Malibu set and its star is sure to rise even higher. Designer Stella McCartney is a notable bearer, and Stella Adler was an influential acting teacher, with Brando one of her prize pupils.
Sunny: A very popular girl name inspired by weather. Michael "Flea" Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers did call his daughter Sunny Bebop and Adam Sandler named his Sunny Madeline.
Urania: Greek name means "heavenly." In Greek mythology Urania was the muse of astronomy and astrology, one of the nine Muses. Urania is a character in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.
Vega: Latin name means "star." Vega is a star in the Lyra constellation, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the norther celestial hemisphere. Vega is the brightest star in the summer sky. Chevy made a car called the Vega in the 1970's.
Venus: Latin name means "the loved one, beloved." Venus, the brightest planet in the night sky, was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
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