It was clearly written in the stars that you would welcome a beautiful, shining baby into the world exactly when you did, so we think it’s an out-of-this-world decision you’ve made to celebrate his arrival with a celestial-sounding name that means star.
Although the choice of names meaning star from cultures around the world is overwhelming, we’ve carefully leafed through them all and handpicked a sparkling list of those with the most symbolic and meaningful content.
Cast your eye over it at your leisure to unearth the perfect name for your one-in-a-million gift from the heavens.
Female baby names
- Aishwarya – Indian name meaning “star of wealth”.
- Astaria – Latin origin meaning ‘star’
- Astra – Latin origin meaning ‘star’
- Astraea – Greek origin meaning ‘star-like’
- Astrea – Greek origin meaning ‘star’
- Caelestis – Latin origin meaning ‘heavenly’
- Celeste – Latin origin meaning ‘heavenly’
- Estel – Latin origin meaning ‘star’
- Estella – Latin origin meaning ‘star’
- Fianna – Irish name meaning “bright star”.
- Hadar – Hebrew origin meaning ‘splendor’
- Hesper – Greek origin meaning ‘evening star’
- Hespera – Latin origin meaning ‘evening star’
- Hoshiko – Japanese name meaning “star child”.
- Ishta – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘star’
- Ixchel – Mayan name meaning “moon goddess”.
- Jyoti – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘light, lamp’
- Kalinda – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘sun, star’
- Karishma – Hindi origin meaning ‘miracle, divine star’
- Kesari – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘lion, saffron color’
- Laila – Arabic origin meaning ‘night, dark beauty’
- Lani – Hawaiian name meaning “heavenly”.
- Latika – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘star’
- Luma – Arabic origin meaning ‘shining, bright’
- Luna – Latin origin meaning ‘moon’
- Lyla – Greek name meaning “night”.
- Nila – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘blue, dark’
- Noor – Arabic origin meaning ‘light’
- Nysa – Greek origin meaning ‘home of the gods’
- Nyx – Greek name meaning “night”.
- Ornella – Italian origin meaning ‘flower, bell’
- Roshni – Hindi origin meaning ‘light’
- Seren – Welsh origin meaning ‘star’
- Shashi – Hindi origin meaning ‘moon’
- Shreya – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘auspicious’
- Sitara – Hindi origin meaning ‘star’
- Star – English origin meaning ‘star’
- Stella – Latin origin meaning ‘star’
- Tara – Sanskrit name meaning “star”.
- Usha – Sanskrit origin meaning ‘dawn’
- Vega – Arabic name meaning “falling star”.
Male baby names
- Alanzo – Spanish name meaning ‘light of the sun and star’
- Arcas – Greek name meaning ‘star’ or ‘constellation’
- Aster – Latin name meaning ‘star’
- Astor – Latin name meaning ‘star’
- Atharv – Indian name meaning ‘star’
- Avior – Latin name meaning ‘star of the sea’
- Aylan – Arabic name meaning ‘light of the moon and star’
- Bina – Indian name meaning ‘star’
- Brazos – Spanish name meaning ‘star’
- Callisto – Greek name meaning ‘most beautiful star’
- Dante – Italian name meaning ‘enduring star’
- Darby – Irish name meaning ‘free from envy and the star of the sea’
- Dhruv – Indian name meaning ‘immovable star’
- Esteban – Spanish name meaning ‘crowned in splendor and star’
- Estevan – Spanish name meaning ‘crowned in splendor and star’
- Estrella – Spanish name meaning ‘star’
- Estrello – Spanish name meaning ‘little star’
- Fintan – Irish name meaning ‘white fire and star’
- Gokul – Indian name meaning ‘star of the cowherd’
- Hoshika – Japanese name meaning ‘star of the heavens’
- Ishan – Indian name meaning ‘lord of the sun and star’
- Ishtar – Babylonian name meaning ‘star’
- Ishta – Indian name meaning ‘star’
- Janos – Hungarian name meaning ‘God’s gift and star’
- Jove – Latin name meaning ‘god of the sky and star’
- Kalen – Irish name meaning ‘slender and star’
- Keren – Hebrew name meaning ‘ray of light and star’
- Kojiro – Japanese name meaning ‘star of the second son’
- Lino – Italian name meaning ‘soft and star’
- Lucas – Latin name meaning ‘man from Lucania and star’
- Maalik – Arabic name meaning ‘master and star’
- Mavro – Greek name meaning ‘dark and star’
- Moran – Hebrew name meaning ‘star of God’
- Nacho – Spanish name meaning ‘God is gracious and star’
- Nana – Indian name meaning ‘star’
- Nizam – Indian name meaning ‘ruler and star’
- Orion – Greek name meaning ‘son of fire and star’
- Quasar – Arabic name meaning ‘star’
- Ravi – Indian name meaning ‘sun and star’
- Sirius – Greek name meaning ‘the brightest star’
Unisex baby names
- Blaze – English name meaning “a bright flame” or “bright one”
- Coy – English name meaning “bright one” or “shining star”
- Fay – English name meaning “fairy” or “bright one”
- Galen – Greek name meaning “calm”, “bright one” or “shining star”
- Hope – English name meaning “wish” or “star of hope”
- India – Sanskrit name meaning “gift from the stars”
- Jett – English name meaning “jet black” or “black star”
- Marzio – Italian name meaning “star of the sea”
- Nova – Latin name meaning “new” or “born of the stars”
- Phoenix – Greek name meaning “dark red” and “rising from the ashes”
- Quinn – Irish name meaning “wise” or “counsel from the stars”
- Remy – French name meaning “oarsman” or “star of the sea”
- Sera – Latin name meaning “heavenly” or “from the stars”
- Xanthus – Greek name meaning “golden-haired” or “star of the sea”
- Yetti – Hebrew name meaning “jewel” or “star of the sea”
- Zane – Hebrew name meaning “God is gracious” or “God is my star”
- Zina – Russian name meaning “light” or “bringer of light”
- Zuri – Swahili name meaning “beautiful” or “beauty of the stars”
