Names Categorized "celestial"

Aludra f Astronomy
Derived from Arabic العذراء (al-ʿadhrāʾ) meaning "the maiden". This is the name of a star in the constellation Canis Major.

Alya 1 f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish
Means "sky, heaven, loftiness" in Arabic.

Alyona f Russian, Ukrainian
Originally a Russian diminutive of Yelena. It is now used independently.

Amaterasu f Japanese Mythology
Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and 照 (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.

An 2 m Sumerian Mythology
Means "heaven, sky" in Sumerian. An was the supreme Sumerian god of the heavens, the father of Enlil and Enki. His cuneiform sign 𒀭 (dingir) was prefixed to the names of other deities in writing, though it was not pronounced.

Anahera f Māori
Means "angel" in Māori.

Anangikwe f Ojibwe
Means "star woman" in Ojibwe, derived from anang "star" and ikwe "woman".

Andromeda f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek aner) meaning "man" (genitive μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over" [1] [2] [3] . In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.

Angel m & f English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature [1] (itself derived from the Greek word angelos) meaning "messenger" [2] ). Saint Angelus was a 13th-century priest from Jerusalem. The name has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times.

Angelica f English, Italian, Romanian, Carolingian Cycle
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek angelos) meaning "messenger" [1] [2] . The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their Orlando poems (1483 and 1532), where she is the love interest of both Orlando and Rinaldo. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century.

Angelle f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Angel.

Antiman m Mapuche
Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche, from antü "sun" and mañku "condor".

Antinanco m Mapuche
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche, from antü "sun" and ñamko "eagle, hawk, buzzard".

Anu 2 m Semitic Mythology
Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian form of An 2, also adopted by the Hurrians and Hittites.

Aoto m Japanese
From Japanese 碧 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue, green" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" or 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Archimedes m Ancient Greek [1]
Derived from the Greek elements archos) meaning "master" and medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning" [2] [3] . This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician, astronomer and inventor.

Arcturus m Astronomy
From Ancient Greek , derived from

Areg m Armenian
Means "sun, bright" in Armenian (a poetic word).

Arev f Armenian
Means "sun" in Armenian.

Arevig f Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Arevik.

Arevik f Armenian
Means "like the sun" in Armenian.

Aries m Astronomy
Means "ram" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac. Some Roman legends state that the ram in the constellation was the one who supplied the Golden Fleece sought by Jason.

Arista f Astronomy
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.

Aristarchus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and archos) meaning "master" [1] [2] . This name was borne by Aristarchus of Samos, a 3rd-century BC Greek astronomer and mathematician.

Arpi f Armenian
Means "sun, ether" in Armenian (a poetic word).

Arpine f Armenian
Elaborated form of Arpi.

Arthit m Thai
Means "sun" in Thai, derived from the name of the Hindu god Aditya.

Arundhati f Hinduism, Hindi
The name of a star (also called Alcor), which was named after a type of climbing plant, meaning "not restrained" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief it is the name of the sage Vasishtha's wife, who is identified with the star.

Aster f & m English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which is derived via Latin from Greek aster) meaning "star".

Asteria f Greek Mythology
Feminine form of Asterios (see Asterius). In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus.

Asterion m Greek Mythology
Means "of the stars", derived from Greek aster) "star". This is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including a river god. This was also another name of the Minotaur.

Asterios m Ancient Greek [1] , Greek Mythology, Greek
Greek form of Asterius.

Asterius m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek , a derivative of aster) meaning "star" [1] . This is the name of several figures from Greek mythology, including another name of the Minotaur. It was also borne by a few early saints.

Asterope f Greek Mythology
Means "lightning, flash of light" in Greek. This is the name of several characters from Greek mythology, including a naiad who died fleeing Aesacus.

Astghik f Armenian Mythology, Armenian
Derived from Armenian . This was the name of the Armenian goddess of love and water, the consort of Vahagn.

Astra f English (Rare)
Means "star", ultimately from Greek aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.

Astraea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.

Astraia f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Astraea.

Astrophel m Literature
Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek aster) meaning "star" and philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella.

Atarangi f Māori
Means "morning sky" in Māori, from ata "morning" and rangi "sky".

Aton m Egyptian Mythology
Variant of Aten.

Aurora f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin [1] [2] . Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.

Aurore f French
French form of Aurora.

Awilix f Mayan Mythology
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a place name Awilizapan, or possibly from a Q'eqchi' Maya word meaning "swallow (bird)" [1] . This was the name of the K'iche' Maya goddess of the moon, night and death.

Ayan 1 m Bengali
Means "road, path, solar path" in Bengali, from Sanskrit ayana) meaning "path, progress".

Ayaru f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aiaru).

Aybars m Turkish
Possibly from Turkic ay meaning "moon" and bars meaning "leopard". This was the name of an uncle of Attila. He is also called Oebarsius, the Latinized form of his name.

Aybek m Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Aibek.

Ayberk m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and berk meaning "mighty, firm, solid".

Aybüke f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and büke meaning "queen, lady" (from Crimean Tatar) [1] .

Aydan 1 f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "from the moon", from Turkish and Azerbaijani ay "moon" combined with an ablative suffix.

Aydana f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aidana).

Aydos m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aidos).

Ayelet f Hebrew
Means "doe, female deer, gazelle". It is taken from the Hebrew phrase אַיֶלֶת הַשַׁחַר (ʾayeleṯ hashaḥar), literally "gazelle of dawn", which is a name of the morning star.

Ayfer f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and Persian فر (far) meaning "brilliance, splendour".

Aygerim f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Äigerım).

Aygül f Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz
Derived from the Turkic element ay meaning "moon" combined with Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" [1] [2] . In some languages this is also a name for a variety of flowering plant that grows in central Asia (species Fritillaria eduardii).

Aygul f Uyghur
Alternate transcription of Uyghur Arabic ئايگۈل (see Aygül).

Aygün f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic elements ay meaning "moon" and gün meaning "sun".

Ayhan m & f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and han meaning "khan, ruler, leader".

Ayjamal f Kyrgyz
Derived from Kyrgyz جمال (jamāl) meaning "beauty".

Aykorkem f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aikörkem).

Aykut m Turkish
Derived from the Turkic elements ay meaning "moon" and kut meaning "luck, good fortune" [1] [2] [3] .

Ayla 2 f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.

Aylin f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Elaborated form of Turkish, Azerbaijani or Kazakh ay meaning "moon".

Ayliz f Turkish (Modern)
Elaborated form of Turkish ay meaning "moon".

Aýnabat f Turkmen
Derived from Turkmen aý "moon" and nabat, a type of crystallized sugar candy.

Aynur f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Means "moonlight" in Turkish, Azerbaijani and Uyghur, ultimately from Turkic ay meaning "moon" and Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light" [1] [2] .

Aysel f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "pure moon", derived from the Turkic elements ay "moon" and silig "clean, pure, beautiful" [1] [2] [3] .

Aysima f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and sima meaning "face" (of Persian origin).

Aysu f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Derived from Turkish and Azerbaijani ay meaning "moon" and su meaning "water".

Aysun f Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" combined with an uncertain element.

Aytaç m & f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and taç meaning "crown" (of Persian origin).

Ayten f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and ten meaning "skin, body" (of Persian origin).

Aytore m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aitöre).

Ayym f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aiym).

Ayzere f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Aizere).

Ayzirek f Kyrgyz
Derived from Kyrgyz زیرک (zīrak) meaning "intelligent, clever".

Badr m & f Arabic
Means "full moon" in Arabic.

Badri m Georgian
Georgian form of Badr.

Bahram m Persian, Persian Mythology
Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning "victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.

Bakari m Swahili
From the Swahili name for the constellation Boötes.

Barun m Bengali
Bengali form of Varuna.

Başak f Turkish
Means "ear of wheat" in Turkish. This is also the Turkish name for the constellation Virgo.

Bellatrix f Astronomy
Means "female warrior" in Latin. This is the name of the star that marks the left shoulder of the constellation Orion.

Berkay m Turkish
Derived from Turkish berk meaning "mighty, firm, solid" and ay meaning "moon" [1] [2] [3] .

Betelgeuse m Astronomy
The name of the star that marks the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. It is derived from Arabic يد الجوزا (yad al-Jawzā) meaning "the hand of Jawza". جوزا (Jawzā) meaning "central one" was the old Arabic name for the constellation Orion (also for Gemini).

Bituin f Tagalog
Means "star" in Tagalog.

Budur f Arabic
Means "full moons" in Arabic (a plural form of Badr).

Bulan f Indonesian
Means "moon" (or "month") in Indonesian.

Byeong-ho m Korean
From Sino-Korean 炳 (byeong) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" combined with 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast" or 昊 (ho) meaning "summer, sky, heaven". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Byung-ho m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병호 (see Byeong-ho).

Caelestinus m Late Roman
Latin name, a derivative of Caelestis. This name was borne by five popes (usually spelled Celestine in English).

Caelestis m Late Roman
Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of caelum "heaven, sky".

Caelestius m Late Roman
Variant of Caelestis. This was the name of a noted follower of the Christian heretic Pelagius.

Caelia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Caelius.

Caelina f Late Roman
Feminine form of Caelinus.

Caelinus m Late Roman
Latin name that was itself derived from the Roman family name Caelius, or directly from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".

Caelius m Ancient Roman [1]
Roman family name that was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".

Caelum m English (Rare)
Variant of Calum. It is also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, though in this case it means "chisel" in Latin, referring to its shape. The constellation is pronounced with an initial s sound.

Callisto 2 f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Kallisto. A moon of Jupiter bears this name.

Carina 1 f English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Ancient Roman [1] [2]
Latin name derived from carus meaning "dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr. It is also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, though in this case it means "keel" in Latin, referring to a part of Jason's ship the Argo.

Cassiopeia f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κασσιέπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice". In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.

Castor m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek name κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.

Céleste f & m French
French feminine and masculine form of Caelestis.

Celeste f & m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Celestia f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Caelestius.

Célestin m French
French form of Caelestinus.

Celestina f Spanish, Italian
Latinate feminine form of Caelestinus.

Célestine f French
French feminine form of Caelestinus.

Celestine f & m English
English form of Caelestinus. It is more commonly used as a feminine name, from the French feminine form Célestine.

Celestino m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Caelestinus.

Celestyn m Polish
Polish form of Caelestinus.

Celestyna f Polish
Polish feminine form of Caelestinus.

Célia f Portuguese, French
Portuguese and French form of Celia.

Cèlia f Catalan
Catalan form of Celia.

Celia f English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius. Shakespeare used it in his play As You Like It (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking public at large. It is sometimes used as a short form of Cecilia.

Celina f Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Polish, Portuguese and Spanish form of Céline. This name can also function as a short form of Marcelina.

Céline f French
French feminine form of Caelinus. It was borne by a 5th-century Frankish saint from Laon. Additionally, this name ca function as a short form of Marceline.

Celio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelius.

Chan m & f Khmer
Means "moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit candra).

Chander m Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi चन्द्रा (see Chandra).

Chandra m & f Hinduism, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चण्डा (spelled with a long final vowel).

Chandrakant m Marathi, Hindi
Means "beloved by the moon", derived from Sanskrit candra) meaning "moon" and kānta) meaning "desired, beloved". This is another name for the moonstone.

Chandrakanta f Hindi
Feminine form of Chandrakant.

Chandrashekhar m Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia
Means "crown of the moon", derived from Sanskrit candra) meaning "moon" and śekhara) meaning "crest, peak, crown". This is an epithet of the Hindu god Shiva.

Channary f Khmer
Means "moon-faced girl" from Khmer

Chantha f & m Khmer
From Pali canda meaning "moon", ultimately from Sanskrit candra).

Chantrea f & m Khmer
Means "moonlight" in Khmer.

Cholpon f Kyrgyz
Means "Venus (planet)" in Kyrgyz.

Ĉiela f Esperanto
Means "heavenly, from the sky" in Esperanto, from ĉielo "sky", ultimately derived from Latin caelum.

Cielo f Spanish
Means "sky, heaven" in Spanish. In Mexico this name was popularized by a character named María del Cielo, called Cielo, on the telenovela Por tu amor (1999).

Citlali f Nahuatl
Variant of Citlalli.

Citlalli f Nahuatl
Means "star" in Nahuatl [1] .

Csilla f Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

Dalva f Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese estrela d'alva meaning "morning star, Venus".

Danguolė f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian dangus meaning "sky, heaven" and a diminutive suffix.

Danica f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian, English
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

Danika f English (Modern)
Variant of Danica.

Dara 2 m & f Khmer
Means "star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit tārā).

Dawa m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "moon, month" in Tibetan.

Deimos m Greek Mythology
Means "terror" in Greek. This was one of the sons of the Greek god Ares. Also, a moon of Mars bears this name.

Deneb m Astronomy
Derived from Arabic ذنب (dhanab) meaning "tail" [1] . This is the name of a star in the constellation Cygnus.

Denica f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Denitsa).

Devaki f Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
From Sanskrit deva) meaning "god". According to the Hindu epic the Mahabharata she was the wife of Vasudeva and the mother of Krishna.

Diana f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Armenian, Georgian, Roman Mythology
Means "divine, goddesslike", a derivative of Latin dia or diva meaning "goddess" [1] [2] . It is ultimately related to the same Indo-European root *dyew- found in Zeus . Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.... [more]

Diantha f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").

Dilay f Turkish
Derived from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart" and Turkish ay meaning "moon" [1] [2] .

Dinesha m Hinduism
Means "day lord" from Sanskrit dina) meaning "day" and īśa) meaning "lord". In Hindu texts this is used as a name of the sun.

Divina f Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From Spanish or Portuguese divina meaning "divine, godlike".

Divya f Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Means "divine, heavenly" in Sanskrit.

Draco m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name [1] . This was the name of a 7th-century BC Athenian legislator. This is also the name of a constellation in the northern sky.

Drakon m Ancient Greek [1]
Greek form of Draco.

Dyaus m Hinduism
From Sanskrit , ultimately connected to the name of the Indo-European god *Dyēws. In the Rigveda he is the sky god, the consort of the earth goddess Prithvi. He is also called Dyaus Pita meaning "father sky". His name is cognate with other Indo-European theonyms such as Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter .

Dyaus Pita m Hinduism
Form of Dyaus suffixed with the Sanskrit epithet

Dzvezda f Macedonian
Means "star" in Macedonian.

Dzvezdan m Macedonian
Masculine form of Dzvezda.

Eartha f English
Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a. It has been used in honour of African-American philanthropist Eartha M. M. White (1876-1974). Another famous bearer was American singer and actress Eartha Kitt (1927-2008).

Eguzki m Basque
Means "sun" in Basque.

Eguzkiñe f Basque
Feminine form of Eguzki.

Eki m Basque
Means "sun" in Basque, a variant of Eguzki.

Elaina f English
Variant of Elaine.

Elaine f English, Arthurian Cycle
From an Old French form of Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of Pelles, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian epic Idylls of the King (1859).

Elanor f Literature
Means "star sun" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Samwise's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.

Elay f Azerbaijani
From Azerbaijani el meaning "country, society" and ay meaning "moon".

Elen f Welsh, Armenian, Czech
Welsh and modern Armenian form of Helen, as well as a Czech variant form. This was the name of a 4th-century Welsh saint, traditionally said to be the wife of the Roman emperor Magnus Maximus. According to the Welsh legend The Dream of Macsen Wledig (Macsen Wledig being the Welsh form of Magnus Maximus), she convinced her husband to build the roads in Wales.

Elena f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, German, English
Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Yelena).

Elene f Georgian, Sardinian, Basque
Georgian, Sardinian and Basque form of Helen.

Eleni f Greek
Modern Greek form of Helen.

Elgün m Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic elements el "country, society" and gün "sun".

Élia f French
French form of Aelia or a feminine form of Élie.

Èlia f Catalan
Catalan form of Aelia.

Elia 2 f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Elio.

Eliana 1 f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English (Modern)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Éliane.

Éliane f French
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name Aelius. This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr from Amasea.

Elianna f English (Modern)
Variant of Eliana 1.

Eliina f Finnish
Finnish form of Helen.

Elin f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Welsh
Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.

Elīna f Latvian
Latvian form of Helen.

Elina f Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.

Élio m Portuguese, French
Portuguese form of Aelius, also adopted into French.

Elio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aelius. This is also the Italian form of Helios.

Eliodoro m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Heliodoro.

Ellen 1 f English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian
Medieval English form of Helen. This was the usual spelling of the name until the 19th century, when the form Helen also became common.

Elliana f English (Modern)
Variant of Eliana 1.

Ellianna f English (Modern)
Variant of Eliana 1.

Elrond m Literature
Means "star dome" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Elrond is the elven ruler of Rivendell.

Elya f French (Modern)
Variant of Élia.

Elyo m French (Modern)
Variant of Élio.

Enheduanna f Sumerian
From Sumerian En-hedu-anna, derived from 𒂗 (en) meaning "lady, high priestess" combined with 𒃶𒌌 (hedu) meaning "ornament" and the god's name An 2. This was the Sumerian title of a 23rd-century BC priestess and poet, identified as a daughter of Sargon of Akkad. Presumably she had an Akkadian birth name, but it is unrecorded. She is regarded as one of the earliest known poets.

Essie f English
Diminutive of Estelle or Esther.

Estel f Catalan
Catalan cognate of Estelle.

Estela f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Estelle.

Estelita f Portuguese, Spanish
Diminutive of Estela.

Estella f English
Latinate form of Estelle. This is the name of the heroine, Estella Havisham, in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).

Estelle f English, French
From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella . It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).

Esther f English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אֶסְתֵר (ʾEsṯer), which possibly means "star" in Persian [1] [2] . Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar [3] . The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia. The king's advisor Haman persuaded the king to exterminate all the Jews in the realm. Warned of this plot by her cousin Mordecai, Esther revealed her Jewish ancestry and convinced the king to execute Haman instead. Her original Hebrew name was Hadassah .... [more]

Estrella f Spanish
Spanish form of Stella 1, coinciding with the Spanish word meaning "star".

Eun-ju f Korean
From Sino-Korean 恩 (eun) meaning "kindness, mercy, charity" or 銀 (eun) meaning "silver" combined with 珠 (ju) meaning "jewel, pearl" or 宙 (ju) meaning "sky, heaven". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.

Evren m & f Turkish
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Feray f Turkish
Derived from Persian فر (far) meaning "brilliance, splendour" and Turkish ay meaning "moon".

Ganymede m Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
From Greek γάνυμαι (ganymai) meaning "to be glad" and medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology this was the name of a beautiful boy who was abducted by Zeus to become the cupbearer to the gods, the successor of Hebe. A moon of Jupiter is named after him.

Gemini m Roman Mythology, Astronomy
Means "twins" in Latin. This is the name of the third sign of the zodiac. The two brightest stars in the constellation, Castor and Pollux, are named for the mythological twin sons of Leda.

Gotzon m Basque
Means "angel" in Basque.

Gülay f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rose moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from gül, ultimately Persian گل (gol), meaning "rose" combined with ay meaning "moon" [1] [2] [3] .

Günəş f Azerbaijani
Means "sun" in Azerbaijani.

Günay f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic elements gün "sun" and ay "moon".

Günel f Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic elements gün "sun" and el "country, society".

Güneş f Turkish
Means "sun" in Turkish.

Hala f Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.

Halcyone f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Alcyone), via the misspelled variant ἅλς (hals) meaning "salt, sea".

Hale 1 f Turkish
Turkish form of Hala.

Halkyone f Greek Mythology
Greek variant (or misspelling) of Halcyone.

Haneul f & m Korean
Means "heaven, sky" in Korean.

Haru m & f Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Haruka f & m Japanese
From Japanese 遥 (haruka) meaning "distant, remote". It can also come from 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.

Haruki m Japanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness" or 生 (ki) meaning "living". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Haruko f Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

Haruto m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", 遥 (haru) meaning "distant, remote" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Haul m Welsh (Rare)
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Heavenly f English (Modern)
From the English word meaning "of the heavens, celestial, divine".

Heirani f Tahitian
From Tahitian hei "crown, garland" and raʻi "heaven, sky".

Heleen f Dutch
Dutch variant of Helen.

Heleena f Finnish
Finnish variant of Helena.

Heleentje f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of Helen.

Helen f English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek [1] [2] [3] , probably from Greek [4] [5] [6] , or possibly related to selene) meaning "moon" [7] . In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne by the 4th-century Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem.... [more]

Heléna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Helen.

Helēna f Latvian
Latvian form of Helen.

Helena f German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).

Hélène f French
French form of Helen.

Helene f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Ancient Greek form of Helen, as well as the modern Scandinavian and German form.

Heli 2 f Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of Helena. In Estonian this coincides with the word heli meaning "sound".

Hélia f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Helios.

Hélio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Helios.

Heliodoro m Spanish, Portuguese
From the Greek name ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" and doron) meaning "gift" [1] [2] . Saint Heliodoro was a 4th-century bishop of Altino.

Heliodoros m Ancient Greek [1]
Greek form of Heliodoro.

Helios m Greek Mythology
Means "sun" in Greek [1] . This was the name of the young Greek sun god, a Titan, who rode across the sky each day in a chariot pulled by four horses. His sister was the moon goddess Selene.

Helius m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Helios.

Hellen f English
Variant of Helen.

Hilal m & f Arabic, Turkish
Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, also referring to the new moon on the Islamic calendar. As a given name it is typically masculine in Arabic and feminine in Turkish.

Hina 1 f Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hina 2 f Polynesian Mythology, Tahitian
From a Polynesian word meaning "grey, white, silver". This is the name of a Polynesian goddess linked to the moon.

Hinata f & m Japanese
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Hiroto m Japanese
From Japanese 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" or 博 (hiro) meaning "command, esteem" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, glide" or 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation. Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Hnub f Hmong
Means "sun" in Hmong.

Hōkūlani f Hawaiian
Means "heavenly star" from Hawaiian hōkū "star" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Hoshi f Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Hoshiko f Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Houa f Hmong
Means "clouds" in Hmong.

Hyperion m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek hyper) meaning "over" [1] . In Greek myth this was the name of a Titan who presided over the sun and light. By Theia he was the father of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos.

Iah m Egyptian Mythology
From Egyptian jꜥḥ meaning "moon". In Egyptian mythology this was the name of a god of the moon, later identified with Thoth.

Iapetus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Iapetos. This is the name of one of Saturn's moons.

Ilargi f Basque
Means "moon" in Basque, a compound of hil "month" and argi "light".

Ileana f Romanian, Spanish, Italian
Possibly a Romanian variant of Elena. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and rescued by a heroic knight.

Ilinca f Romanian
Romanian diminutive of Elena.

İlkay f & m Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

Il-seong m Korean
From Sino-Korean 日 (il) meaning "sun, day" and 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded". Other hanja character combinations are possible. A notable bearer was Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), the first leader of North Korea.

Inanna f Sumerian Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian nin-an-a(k) meaning "lady of the heavens", from 𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of 𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband Dumuzi took her place.... [more]

Indu f Hindi
Means "bright drop" in Sanskrit. This is a name for the moon.