Curated list · 32 names
Celestial girl names
Celestial girls' names have had one of the great American runs of the last twenty years. Stella, Luna, Aurora, Nova, Estella, Astra, Astrid, Seren (Welsh for star), Esther (possibly Persian for star). Some are explicit (Stella means star); others are atmospheric (Nova means new). They pair beautifully with vintage middle names and feel both classical and contemporary at once.
Luna
SteadyLatin · girl
Latin for 'moon'.
Eleanor
SteadyEnglish · girl
Old French; likely 'bright, shining one'.
Aurora
Rising· girl
Latin aurora, 'dawn' — Roman goddess of sunrise.
Nora
SteadyItalian · girl
Short for Honora, Eleanor, or Norah; 'honor' or 'light'.
Stella
Steady· girl
Latin for 'star'.
Leilani
Rising· girl
Hawaiian, 'heavenly flowers' or 'royal child'
Ayla
Rising· girl
Turkish, 'halo of moonlight'; Hebrew, 'oak tree'
Iris
Rising· girl
Greek goddess of the rainbow.
Daisy
Rising· girl
From the daisy flower; Old English 'day's eye'.
Lucia
Rising· girl
From Latin lux, 'light'; feminine form of Lucius
Nevaeh
Falling· girl
Modern American coinage; 'heaven' spelled backward
Celeste
Rising· girl
From Latin caelestis, 'heavenly'
Celine
Rising· girl
French, from Latin caelum, 'heaven' or 'sky'
Nyla
Rising· girl
Arabic, 'winner'; Sanskrit nila, 'deep blue'
Kaylani
Rising· girl
Hawaiian kai, 'sea,' and lani, 'heaven/sky'
Diana
Steady· girl
Roman goddess of the hunt and moon, from PIE dyew, 'divine'
Selena
Steady· girl
Latinate form of Greek Selene, moon goddess
Kailani
Steady· girl
Hawaiian, kai 'sea' and lani 'sky' — 'sea and sky'
Leia
Steady· girl
Hebrew Leah, 'weary'; Hawaiian, 'child of heaven'
Luciana
Rising· girl
Italian/Spanish feminine of Lucian, from Latin lux, 'light'
Ailani
Rising· girl
Hawaiian, 'high chief' or 'heavenly one', from lani, 'sky'
Malani
Rising· girl
Hawaiian, from lani, 'sky' or 'heaven'
Aurelia
Rising· girl
From Latin aureus, 'golden'
Kalani
Rising· girl
Hawaiian, 'the heavens' or 'the royal one', from ka + lani
Itzel
Rising· girl
Classical Maya, linked to moon goddess Ixchel
Aylin
Steady· girl
Turkish, 'halo of the moon'; from ay, 'moon'
Zariah
Rising· girl
Modern variant of Zara, Arabic/Hebrew 'flower, to shine'
Kira
Falling· girl
Greek Kyra, 'lady'; Japanese kira, 'glitter, shine'
Adhara
Rising· girl
From Arabic al-'adhara, 'the maidens'; a star in Canis Major
Heaven
Falling· girl
From Old English heofon, 'sky' or dwelling of the divine
Skye
Steady· girl
From Old Norse for 'cloud island', after the Scottish isle
Lyra
Rising· girl
Latin for 'lyre', the constellation of Orpheus's harp