One of my favorite books growing up was a coffee table book full of space images. It completely captured my imagination. I remember spending hours and hours looking through every page over and over again. Maybe this is why I’ve always been interested in names with space-themed meanings and connections. Here are a couple lists with some of my favorites:

NAMES WITH SPACE-THEMED MEANINGS

These names have traditionally been given to girls:

• ASTERA – (Greek) star
• CÉLINE – (French) heavenly, celestial [There are tons of beautiful international variations of this one! Check out BABY NAMES MADE EASY for more.]
• CHANDRA – (Sanskrit) moon
• DANICA – (Slavic) morning star
• ESTELLE – (French) star
• HALA – (Arabic) moon’s halo
• LUNA – (Latin) moon
• MINA – (Hindi) Pisces
• NATESA – (Hindi) cosmic dancer
• SOLEIL – (French) sun
• TARA – (Sanskrit) shining star

These names have traditionally been given to boys:

• COSMO – (Greek) universe, order
• DESMOND – (Latin) universe, heavens
• JERICHO – (Hebrew) moon
• KIRAN – (Sanskrit) sunbeam, moonbeam
• NAMID – (Native American) star dancer
• PRANAV – (Hindi) primordial, universe
• QAMAR – (Arabic) moon
• RAVINDRA – (Sanskrit) mighty sun
• RINN – (Irish) star, constellation
• SAMSON – (Hebrew) sun
• TARIQ – (Arabic) night visitor, morning star

NAMES WITH ASTRONOMY CONNECTIONS

Here are some cool constellation and astronomy-related names that would make great baby names:

• ARIES
• CASSIOPEIA
• GEMINI
• LEO
• LIBRA
• LYRA
• NOVA
• ORION
• POLLUX
• SCORPIO
• SOLSTICE
• VEGA
• VENUS

More Baby Name Ideas

I have many more space-themed names in my book BABY NAMES MADE EASY. Let me know what your favorites are.

Happy naming ♥ Amanda