Celestial and sky baby names
Every name links to its full page: meaning, origin, and its real popularity curve since 1890.
Aahana Sanskrit · commonly glossed as 'early dawn light' in baby-name references, though the precise Sanskrit root is debated
Aditya Sanskrit · the sun; a name of the Hindu sun god
Akari Japanese · light, brightness
Alohi Hawaiian · bright, radiant, shining
Alora English · modern coinage, possibly a blend involving Aurora
Alpha Greek · first
Angelina Italian · little angel; a beloved classic with a modern crossover boost
Anwar Arabic · luminous, brighter, radiant
Apollo Greek · god of music and light
Araceli Spanish · altar of the sky (from Nuestra Senora de Aracoeli)
Araceli Latin · 'altar of heaven', a Spanish Marian devotional title
Aries Latin · ram; zodiac constellation name
Artemis Greek · Greek goddess of the hunt; etymology uncertain
Arthit Thai · the sun (Sanskrit Aditya root)
Asahi Japanese · morning sun
Atlas Greek · the enduring one who holds the sky
Aurora Latin · dawn
Aylin Turkish · moon halo, of the moon
Bahram Persian · ancient Zoroastrian god of victory; the planet Mars
Bituin Filipino · star
Bulan Indonesian · moon
Candra Indonesian · moon
Celeste Latin · "heavenly, of the sky"
Celia Latin · heavenly (from Latin Caelia); famously borne by salsa queen Celia Cruz
Celina Greek · variant of Selena, traditionally associated with 'moon'
Celine French · form of Celina, related to Latin caelum "heaven"
Chandra Sanskrit · moon (the Hindu moon deity)
Chenxi Chinese · first light of dawn (晨曦)
Ching-Yu Cantonese · clear universe (澄宇)
Cielo Spanish · Spanish word meaning 'sky, heaven'
Citlali Nahuatl · star (Nahuatl citlalli); a heritage name growing among families honoring Indigenous Mexican roots
Cosmo Greek · order, harmony, universe
Cynthia Greek · moon goddess
Céleste French · heavenly
Côme French · order, harmony, universe
Daiki Japanese · great brightness
Dao Thai · star
Dhruv Sanskrit · fixed, immovable (the pole star in Hindu myth)
Electra Greek · shining, amber, radiant
Elio Italian · Italian form of Roman name Aelius, popularly linked to Greek 'helios' (sun)
Essie Persian · traditionally star (diminutive of Esther)
Estella Latin · from 'stella', meaning 'star'
Estelle French · star
Esther Persian · star
Estrella Spanish · star; a celestial classic
Estrella Spanish · star, from Latin stella
Fah Thai · sky
Fajar Indonesian · dawn
Fung Cantonese · phoenix (鳳)
Gilang Indonesian · bright, shining, radiant
Halo Greek · ring of light around the sun or moon
Haneul Korean · sky (a native Korean word name, unisex and hanja-free)
Heaven English · the celestial paradise; a tender celestial name
Heaven English · from the word "heaven"
Hikari Japanese · light
Hikaru Japanese · light, radiance
Hinata Japanese · sunny place, facing the sun
Hoku Hawaiian · star
Ilkay Turkish · first moon (İlkay)
Itzel Mayan · traditionally linked to a Maya moon goddess; embraced in recent decades as families reclaim Indigenous heritage names
Kailani Hawaiian · sea and sky
Kalani Hawaiian · the sky, the heavens; royal one
Kartika Indonesian · star
Keilani Hawaiian · heavenly glory, from kai (sea) and lani (sky)
Kiana Hawaiian · divine, moon goddess
Kiran Sanskrit · ray of light (a unisex crossover name used since the first big wave of Indian American immigration)
Kirana Indonesian · ray of light
Lani Hawaiian · sky, heaven, royal
Liora Hebrew · my light
Lucía Spanish · light; Spain's #1 girls' name for over a decade running
Luna Latin · moon
Lux Latin · light
Lyra Greek · "lyre", also the constellation
Malak Arabic · angel
Malama Hawaiian · to care for, to tend; moonlight
Malani Hawaiian · traditionally interpreted as 'peaceful heaven', from Hawaiian malu/malie (calm) and lani (sky)
Meilani Hawaiian · coined name meaning roughly 'heavenly' (lani = sky)
Meron Amharic · our light, our gift
Miku Japanese · meaning depends on the kanji chosen, often glossed as 'beautiful sky'
Ming Chinese · bright, brilliant (明); a pinyin name increasingly chosen outright as an American given name
Miray Turkish · moon halo
Nalani Hawaiian · the calm skies, the heavens
Nguyệt Vietnamese · moon
Noelani Hawaiian · heavenly mist, beautiful one from heaven
Noor Arabic · light
Nour Arabic · light (a popular unisex name across the Arab American community)
Nova Latin · new
Novah Latin · variant of Nova, 'new'
Novalee Latin · modern blend of Nova ('new') and Lee
Nur Turkish · light
Ora Hebrew · light
Orion Greek · traditionally son of fire; hunter constellation
Phoebe Greek · bright, radiant, shining one
Raito Japanese · a phonetic borrowing of the English word 'light,' popularized through manga and anime
Rangsan Thai · light, radiance
Ravi Sanskrit · the sun; a classic still used across generations
Rhea Greek · Titan goddess of Greek mythology, mother of the Olympian gods
Roksana Polish · traditionally linked to 'little star' (Polish form of Roxana)
Roxanna Persian · little star, dawn (variant of Roxana)
Roxanne Persian · little star, radiant
Roxie Persian · traditionally little star, radiant
Ryusei Japanese · dragon star, or shooting star depending on the kanji chosen
Selena Greek · from Selene, Greek goddess of the moon; famously borne by Tejano star Selena Quintanilla
Selena Greek · "moon goddess"
Selene Greek · moon, moon goddess
Selina Greek · variant of Selene, the moon
Sepideh Persian · dawn
Serafim Portuguese · burning one, of the six-winged angels (Portuguese form of the Italian Serafino)
Serafina Hebrew · fiery, angelic; a graceful heirloom name enjoying renewed popularity
Setareh Persian · star
Sitara Urdu · star
Sky English · the sky; nature/vocabulary word, ultimately from Old Norse sky
Skye Scottish · place, sky
Skyla English · modern feminine elaboration of Sky/Skylar
Skyler Dutch · scholar
Sol Latin · from Latin 'sol', meaning sun
Solana Spanish · sunshine, from Spanish sol
Soleil French · French word for 'sun'
Sora Japanese · sky
Soraya Arabic · Pleiades, princess
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