Adhara

Adhara points skyward. It belongs to the second-brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, its name drawn from the Arabic al-'adhara, meaning "the maidens." Long familiar to astronomers and stargazers, the name has crossed into broader use most visibly across Latin America, and in recent years it has begun appearing on American charts, now at 471. Three syllables move like a wave, with stressed rhythm at the center and a soft, breath-released ending. It reads as poetic and slightly celestial, a name that carries the faint hush of an observatory. Uncommon, lyrical, and quietly extraordinary.