Star or Constellation Names

[Nightstar]

The girls in my family have all been named after stars, or a foreign version of the meaning of star (e.g. my name is Seren, which is star in Welsh)

But I'm having trouble coming up with boys names that don't sound daft.

So far the only one that seems vaguelly normal is Orion, which i dont like. Any suggestions?

David seems a bit pedestrian - though on the same note, could you try a magi name (from following a star): Caspar, Balthazaar or Melchior?

Of the suggestions on the thread so far, I think Cosmo is by far and away the best.

I was going to say Samson, meaning sun. I also like Neptune...! Maybe as a middle?

Freddie? (as in Starr ate my hamster)?

Ooh, I also like Neptune.

Yes, I think David is a bit dull, plus it will become Dave wont it, which is hardly going to fit in.

I'm concerned about bullying if I go with a name like Neptune. Samson is definitely safer. I love Caspar, it's definitely on the list!

I love Caspar too. Caspar Neptune sounds good to me :)

OK, just ran it past DH and he likes Caspar Leo. We might have a winner! Thank you all so much

Sterling - Little star,stellar

Dig - sanskrit for direction: sky. Tenuous link, but think its a fab name

Zachri - Hebrew - my shine

Bear - Great Bear is the nickname for Ursa Major?

LOl, my poor mum got Ursa

OP, I love your name. Seren is beautiful.

Thanks Faffalina, I love it too. I always wear Star jewellery, and people always say how pretty it is. So I recommend it to anyone considering!

Sterre (ster RUH) is stars in Dutch its a girls name but wondering if one of your family members has this name? Im really intriged at the names in your family.

Is your DH still ok with Casper Leo?

The geek in me says you'll attract LRP people. :(

I've seen nearly all of these names sellotaped to the side of a server.

Asterix for ds and Asta for dd

Arthur, for the Great Bear. So if your DH ends up baulking at Caspar, could go for Arthur Leo -two nice strong animals!

Greenzebra - never heard that one and no, noone has used it yet, I'll put it on my girls names list!

Yes, he's still happy with Caspar, or maybe Leo for first name instead.

Alpinepony - what are LRP people? I dont understand about the sellotaped to side of server thing?

ASTRAIOS (or Astraeus) was the Titan god of the stars and planets, and the art of astrology. By Eos (the Dawn) he was the father of the seasonal Winds and the Stars. The arrival of these Winds was heralded by the rising of certain constellations. Astraios also had a daughter named Astraia, the goddess of the constellation Virgo.

www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanAstraios.html

From the suggestions, I like

Leo
Cosmo
Edmund

Also saw one on another thread and its a name I love Callisto, she was a greek nymph who was a lover of Zues, she was turned into a bear and sent into the stars! BUt obviously its a girls name.

Can I chime in with Scorpius?