If you’re an independent thinking parent, we understand why you’re looking for an out-of-this-world name for your adorable little star child.
Fortunately, as we live in a universe packed with weird and wonderful planets and stars, there are countless numbers of space names for kids available to choose from.
Having consulted our very own baby space station, we’ve put together a list of over a hundred stellar names and monikers inspired by space travel, faraway planets, stars, and astronomy, from which we hope you’ll find the one that your heavenly bundle of joy will embrace happily for the rest of his life here on earth.
Female baby names
- Andromeda – Greek origin meaning “ruler of men”
- Asteria – Greek origin meaning “starry one”
- Atair – Arabic origin meaning “heavenly”
- Aurora – Latin origin meaning “dawn”
- Celeste – Latin origin meaning “heavenly”
- Cosmos – Greek origin meaning “order and harmony”
- Cybelle – Greek for “goddess of the cosmos”
- Danica – Slavic for “morning star”
- Dia – Greek origin meaning “divine”
- Ea – Sumerian origin meaning “goddess of the earth and air”
- Echo – Greek origin meaning “of the stars”
- Electra – Greek origin meaning “shining”
- Ellora – Indian origin meaning “cave of the stars”
- Estelle – French origin meaning “star”
- Gaea – Greek for “mother of the universe”
- Galaxia – Greek origin meaning “galaxy”
- Halley – English origin meaning “heavenly”
- Ishtar – Babylonian origin meaning “goddess of the morning star”
- Jai – Sanskrit origin meaning “victory of the moon”
- Janelle – French origin meaning “moon”
- Juno – Roman for “queen of the sky”
- Kailani – Hawaiian origin meaning “sea and sky”
- Lani – Hawaiian origin meaning “sky”
- Luna – Latin origin meaning “moon”
- Maia – Greek origin meaning “mother of the stars”
- Mariposa – Spanish origin meaning “butterfly of the stars”
- Nova – Latin origin meaning “new star”
- Nyx – Greek origin meaning “goddess of the night”
- Oriana – Latin for “from the heavens”
- Orion – Greek origin meaning “son of the dawn”
- Quasar – Arabic origin meaning “star of the heavens”
- Ramona – Spanish origin meaning “protector of the heavens”
- Selene – Greek origin meaning “moon goddess”
- Seraphina – Hebrew for “fiery one of the stars”
- Star – English origin meaning “bright one”
- Stella – Latin for “star of the sky”
- Tara – Sanskrit origin meaning “star”
- Terra – Latin origin meaning “earth goddess”
- Ursa – Latin origin meaning “bear of the heavens”
- Vesper – Latin origin meaning “evening star”
Male baby names
- Adan – Arabic for “space in the universe”;
- Adhiraj – Sanskrit for ‘ruler of space’;
- Amane – Japanese for “heavenly”;
- Anshu – Hindi for “ray of bright light”;
- Apollo – Greek for “god of the sun”;
- Atlas – Greek for “he who carries the world”;
- Bairn – Scottish for “star of the sky”;
- Callahan – Irish for “warrior of the clouds”;
- Cassiopeia – Greek for “brilliance of the stars”;
- Centauri – Latin for “distant stars”;
- Cosmo – Greek for “orderly universe”;
- Daksha – Sanskrit for ‘able to control the space’
- Darien – Gaelic for “the one from the stars”;
- Draco – Greek for “dragon of the sky”;
- Drake – Old English for “dragon of the stars”;
- Efron – Hebrew for “stone of the heavens”;
- Eoghan – Irish for “born of the yew tree”;
- Fard – Arabic for ‘creator of space’;
- Galen – Greek for “calm in the night sky”;
- Galileo – Italian for “bright one from the stars”;
- Garuda – Sanskrit for ‘king of the sky or space’;
- Hale – English for “strong, like the stars”;
- Huxley – English for “protector of the stars”;
- Jett – English for “black stone from the sky”;
- Kael – Gaelic for “warrior of the stars”;
- Landon – English for “long hill of the night sky”;
- Lyra – Greek for “lyre of the night sky”;
- Mason – Old English for “worker of the stars”;
- Orion – Greek for “hunter of the night sky”;
- Phoenix – Greek for “immortal bird of the stars”;
- Pollux – Greek for “twin star of the night sky”;
- Quinn – Irish for “counsel of the stars”;
- Radley – English for “red meadow of the stars”;
- Ravi – Hindi for “sun of the stars”;
- Rex – Latin for “king of the stars”;
- Ryder – Old English for “knight of the stars”;
- Saturn – Roman for “god of time and space”;
- Skye – Scottish for “island of the stars”;
- Sol – Spanish for “man of the sun”;
- Stark – Old Norse for “strong and powerful, like the stars”;
- Vega – Arabic for “falling star of the night sky
Unisex baby names
Aethelstan – Old English name meaning “noble stone from the sky.”
Atharva – Sanskrit for ‘space’ and ‘universe’.
Astral – Derived from Latin, meaning ‘starry’
Astro – Greek for ‘star’
Eclipse – From the Latin for ‘darkness’, symbolic of the dark sky
Ella – Greek for ‘sun’, symbolic of the sky
Galax – Derived from Greek, meaning ‘milky way’
Galaxy – From the Greek for ‘milky way’
Helios – Greek for ‘sun’, symbolic of the sky
Indra – Sanskrit for ‘lord of the sky’
Iola – Greek name meaning “violet sky.”
Jovian – Latin name meaning “of Jupiter.”
Mercury – Roman name meaning “messenger of the gods.”
Metis – Greek name meaning “wisdom of the heavens.”
Mira – Latin name meaning “wonderful in the sky.”
Pegasus – Greek for ‘winged horse’, symbolic of the night sky
Polaris – Latin for ‘north star’
Sirius – Latin for ‘the brightest star’
Sol – Latin for ‘sun’, symbolic of the sky
Stratos – Greek for ‘heavenly’, symbolic of the sky
