Astronomical baby names

[himym]

Looking for suggestions for astronomical names (linked with a mutual hobby between me and DH).

Currently we like but aren't sure of:

• Luna
• Nova
• Atlas
• Aries

Thoughts on these and any other suggestions? Thank you

Aurora?

Luna is beautiful

Calliope

Stella/Estella
Soleil
Venus

Cosmo/Cosima
Orion
Perseus
Sirius
Elara (moon of Jupiter)

My daughters middle name is Soraya which is an ancient Persian word for the pleiades! I absolutely love it ❤️❤️❤️

I wanted Carina (a constellation) but couldn’t get my husband to agree to it!

The reason we didn't go for Soraya as a first name was because we like the pronunciation So-ray-ah rather than So-rye-ah. That and we love out chosen first name that little bit more. But I call her by her first and second name all the time and it also gets abbreviated to Raya or Raya Sunshine 😍

In my teens I knew sisters called Mars and Aura. Always thought that was very cool.

Cassiopeia nn. Cassie?

Atlas isn't astronomical

Seren is Welsh for star and that's pretty.

Castor
Pollox
Bellatrix
Stella
Orion
Celeste
Cassiopeia
Apollo
Janus (probably not!)
Leo
Perseus
Sirius

Astrid
Stella
Seren
Ursula
Lyra
Cassiopeia
Valentina

Neil
Buzz
Leo
Edwin (after Edwin Hubble)
Stephen (Hawking)

Don't forget all the amazing astronomers! It sounds like you're looking for girls' names so don't forget Jocelyn (Bell), Caroline (Herschel) etc or astronauts like Mae (Jamison) etc. Or there's Astra/ Astrid (per ardua ad astra).

Some Norse names (popular in the north of Scotland): Solveig and Astrid

I love Atlas! Posted on here about it once but got a resounding "no way!" from mn...might still go for it if I ever have another boy though. I also like Luna - it was on our shortlist for a girl when I had DS. I actually like Aries and Nova too. Also was a fan of Orion but too similar to DH's name for us to use.

Celeste
Stella
Astrid
Talitha
Cassiopeia
Pandora
Skye
Polaris
Vesper
Belinda
Selene
Phoebe
Helia
Nashira
Andromeda

Ray
Leo
Oberon
Galileo
Jupiter
Cosmos
Artemis
Meteor
Lucien
Phoenix
Orion
Sol
Equinox
Copernicus
Helios
Neptune

Atlas isn't astronomical

I thought he was Titan of astronomy and carried the celestial spheres?

Andromeda - Anna for short if you like.
Stella is Latin for star

Phoebe
Portia

@Heratnumber7

Pollox


Probably not!

Sunny
Mercurio
Gaia

My bad.

Atlas and his brother Menoetius sided with the Titans in their war against the Olympians, the Titanomachy. When the Titans were defeated, many of them (including Menoetius) were confined to Tartarus, but Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of Gaia (the Earth) and hold up the sky on his shoulders.

If you look up Atlas on Wikipedia he gave his children really cool names!

@Heratnumber7

Selene - goddess of the moon.
Maybe Helios - sun god?

Halley