Names from the universe ⭐️🪐🌙☀️✨☄️

Hello! I have been studying cosmology and astronomy for a few years now. I’d love to give a future child a celestial name. I’m not currently pregnant or TTC, just looking into the future. I’ve compiled this list of galactic names. Feel free to “steal” any if you see one that tickles your fancy. ☄️

Boy names

Apollo- part of the Lunar missions; a Greek God who ruled over the sun and light

Archer- the Sagittarius constellation of a half man, half horse with a bow and arrow; said to signify freedom

Aries- the Star constellation of the Ram

Deimos- one of Mars’s moons

Kuiper- a belt of asteroids

Orion- a Star constellation named after a legendary Greek hunter

Perseus- a Star constellation

Rigel- a super sun in the constellation Orion that shines bright blue instead of the white/yellow that our sun burns

Sirius- the brightest star in the northern hemisphere

Girl names

Adhara- the name of the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. In Greek, it means “fair maiden”

Andromeda- a nearby galaxy said to collide with our own Milky Way galaxy in about 4 billion years

Astra- “of the stars”

Celeste- “of the galaxy”

Cressida- one of Uranus’s moons

Despina- one of Neptune’s moons

Elara- one of Jupiter’s moons

Eris- an asteroid in the Milky Way

Gaia- a Latin goddess of Earth

Luna- Latin for “moon”

Lyra- a constellation of stars in the shape of a harp

Stella- “star”

Thebe- one of Jupiter’s moons that is bright red in color

Vega- a bright Star in the harp constellation of Lyra