Celestial Names

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

So I'm playing with celestial names....stars, constellations, planets, moons, etc... Suggestions?

Comments

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

Luna, Venus, Orion

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Theres a local female roller derby team with a roller named Venus Penis....its the first thing I think of lol. Ruined a decent name for me LOL

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, I would say so lol.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of Andromeda. The girl in My Sister's Keeper is named this - goes by Anna - and I think it's pretty cute, though I don't think I'd actually use it.

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

That's actually kind of cute, but I would never use it either. :-) I think I would pick Andi for a nickname hypothetically.

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

Sirius

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I love it....but like so many of the cool celestial names....Harry Potter got to them before me lol. I've seen some of the movies, haven't read the books, but there are some awesome names in there. Then I think, who cares if people think I named my kid after Harry Potter lol.

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry about it. I seriously doubt Harry Potter will have the cross-generational appeal of Lord of the Rings and other fantasy classics.

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

We were seriously considering this name for our first son.

[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

I agree with this. Harry Potter stole all the good names. *shakes fist* :) My daughter is Luna so I've decided all other HP names are off limits now. lol Or else I might name my second son Neville.

[jexia]

Orion, Stella, Celeste

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Asteria, Caelum, Selene, Tanith

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Cosima.

[coffeecup37.livejournal.com]

Calisto. I think it's one of Jupiter's moon, but am far too lazy to Google and check for sure. :p

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

From my personal list of Celestial names =)

Girls:
Lyra - The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus.
Vega - The name of a star in the constellation Lyra.
Andromeda - constellation in the northern sky.
Noelani - Means "heavenly mist" in Hawaiian.
Alcyone - the name of the brightest of the Pleiades, the seven stars in the constellation Taurus.
Chandra - Means "moon" in Sanskrit
Rhiannon - Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen". In Welsh mythology Rhiannon was the goddess of fertility and the moon.
Juno - In Roman mythology Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance.
Luna - Means "the moon" in Latin. Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Antares - is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky
Aurora - Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
Layla - 'night' in arabic.
Lilith - of the night.
Bellatrix - star that marks the left shoulder of the constellation Orion.
Elanor - Means "star sun" in Sindarin.
Esther - possibly "star" in persian.
Cassiopea - a constellation.
Ciel - Sky in french.
Isis - In Egyptian mythology Isis was the goddess of the sky and nature.
Lani - "Sky, heaven" in Hawaiian.
Altair - name of a star in the constellation Aquila.
Arista - This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Kallisto - the Great Bear constellation.
Maia - In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
Phoebe - Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. The name appears in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae. In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. A moon of Saturn bears this name (in honour of the Titan).

Boys:

Aries - a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac.
Castor - The constellation Gemini contains a star by this name.
Draco - a constellation in the northern sky.
Orion - a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter killed by a scorpion sent by Gaia.
Sirius - The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σειριος (seirios) "burning".
Rigel - This is the name of the star that forms the left foot of the constellation Orion.
Gemini - a constellation.
Kaito - refers to the constellation Ursa Major.
Leo - a constellation.
Caelestis - Late Latin name which meant "of the sky, heavenly".
Helios - Means "sun" in Greek.
Pegasus - a constellation in the northern sky.
Zeru - "Sky" in basque
Apollo - the god of the sun and light.
Aton - Means "solar disk" in Egyptian.
Cyrus - Persian word khur "sun".
Lucius - derived from Latin lux "light".
Lux - "light" in Latin.

[ahsavka.livejournal.com]

I'm an irrationally huge fan of Antares. Ugh, I love it.

Also a major fan of Lyra, Orion, Lux, Luna, Isis...

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

right now that's my number two name =)

[wolff.livejournal.com]

My cousin's name is Nova. I really like it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__sail_awayx/]

A friends sister named her baby Alhena (Alaina) and said it was after a star or constallation. Haven't even thought to verify but I think its a nice name.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Luna, Nova, and Vega are my favorites! Rhea and Europa are guilty pleasures...

Side note: while looking these up, I discovered that Uranus' moons all have Shakespearean names! In theory you could name your child, say, Ophelia and claim both astronomy and theater as influences.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Aside from some that were already mentioned (Lux, Luna) I personally like Zora a lot. According to behindthename.com, it's a Slavic name meaning 'dawn'.

Also, here in The Netherlands the name "Sterre" has become immensely popular over the past years. The Dutch word for 'stars' is 'sterren', so they basically just left out the final 'n' =). It's pronounced like "STAIR-uh" and is unisex, although more popular for girls.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Estrella