Celestial Baby Names

Baby names drawn from the moon, stars, sun and light — luminous, celestial choices, each with its real meaning and origin.

First ray of the sun · Sanskrit

Light, brightness · Japanese

Bright, clear · Japanese

Dawn · Spanish

Radiant, beautiful · Irish

Bright, shining · Sanskrit

Morning sun · Japanese

Dawn · Latin

Morning, dawn (晨) · Chinese

Bright, clear · Italian

Bright, clear · Latin

Sun; or lord · Persian

Morning star · Slavic

Pole star; steadfast · Sanskrit

Divine, heavenly light · Sanskrit

Lamp, light · Sanskrit

Sun, light · Scottish

Bright, beautiful · Welsh

Of uncertain origin, often “light” · Greek

Bright, shining light · Greek

Light · Welsh

Star · Persian

Light, bright (光) · Chinese

Sun, light; spring · Japanese

Sun, light; soar · Japanese

Torch, light · Greek

Light, radiance · Japanese

Sun hollyhock · Japanese

Sun, light; greens · Japanese

Sunny place · Japanese

The sun; Lord Shiva · Sanskrit

Night · Arabic

My light · Hebrew

Light-bringing; from Lucania · Latin

Light · Spanish

Light · French

Light · Latin

From Lucania; light · Greek

Moon · Latin

Like the moon · Persian

Bright; sprout · Japanese

Bright (明) · Chinese

Bright, radiant · Irish

Light · Arabic

Honour; light · Irish

New · Latin

Night · Greek

Hunter · Greek

Bright, radiant · Greek

Dawn, radiant · Persian

Radiance, brilliance · Arabic

Moon · Greek

Star · Welsh

Star · Persian

Sun's strength · Norse

The Pleiades · Persian

Star · Latin

Sun · Korean

Star · Sanskrit

Morning star · Arabic

Moon child · Japanese

My light, my flame · Hebrew

Dawn, morning · Sanskrit

Rosy dawn clouds (霞) · Chinese

Moon (月) · Chinese

Flower; radiant · Arabic

Dawn · Slavic

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