Traditional astronomy tends to group stars into constellations or asterisms and give proper names to those not to individual stars.

Celestial names and meanings. Most celestial baby names are of Ancient Greek origin or Ancient Egyptian origin. Refers to the lion constellation of the Zodiac Leo references the. One of the seven stars in the constellation Taurus.

This constellation consists of three conspicuous stars. The name of the star that marks the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. Luna is the top-ranked star and planet name for girls.

Maia was also the mother of Hermes in Greek mythology. In Greek Selene means the moon. Astrid this unique girl name means divinely beautiful and its inspired by space because its the name of the brightest moon of Uranus.

Basque name meaning sky URANUS. In Latin Luna means the moon. Many star names are in origin descriptive of the part of the constellation they are found in.

This celestial name is derived from a constellation. Orion originates from Greek mythology where Orion was a mighty hunter and the son of Poseidon. 21 rows Names with meanings.

Slavic myth name of a god of the sky and sun meaning clear and bright TXERU. Harry Potter fans will recognize this as the first name of Luna Lovegood. For boys the top-ranked star or planet name is Leo as in the constellation.