Space-Age Baby Names

Check out this fantastic list of baby boy and baby girl names inspired by astronauts, planets, spacecraft and more!

Star, moon and planet baby names

Nearly a billion stars have names, and what beautiful names they are! Would you give your baby a name like Andromeda, Gemini or Orion?

Star names for girls: Aquarius, Aquila, Ara, Ariel, Calypso, Carina, Cassiopeia, Corona, Lira, Phoebe, Rhea, Sagitta, Ursa, Vela and Venus.

Star names for boys: Draco, Indus, Jupiter, Leo, Mars, Perseus, Phoenix, Triton and Virgo. Check out more Lucky baby names and the stars >>

Astronomer baby names

Turn your baby into a stargazer with one of these names inspired by the world’s most famous astronomers: Claudius (Ptolemy), Clyde (Tombaugh), Edmund (Halley), Galileo (Galilei), Johannes (Kepler), Maria (Mitchell), Nicholas (Copernicus) and Tycho (Brahe).

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Astronaut baby names

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin beat American astronaut Alan Shepard to be the first man in space. Since then, many have followed – including these memorable space explorers: John (Glenn), James (Lovell, Jr.), Neil (Armstrong), Buzz (Aldrin), Sally (Ride) and Kathryn (Thornton).

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Spacecraft baby names

Every NASA rocket and satellite is given a significant name. The names reflect everything from astronomy and exploration to music and colors to weapons and communications.

For girls: Alexis, Anatolia, Ariane, Astrid, Aurora, Cerise, Dawn, Galaxy, Juno, Selene, Starlette and Strela.