Celestial Names,
Heavenly Names, Planet Names
Planet names and names that mean asteroid, comet, heaven, heavenly, sky, etc.
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FEMALE NAMES:

1. ALIA: Variant of Arabic Alya, meaning "heaven, sky."

2. ALIAH: Variant of both Arabic Alya, meaning "heaven, sky," and Arabic Aliyah, meaning "the high, exalted one."

3. ALYA: Arabic name meaning "heaven, sky."

4. AMATERASU: Japanese myth name of a sun goddess who ruled the heavens, meaning "shining over heaven."

5. ANAHITA: Persian myth name of a goddess of fertility and water, meaning "immaculate." This is also the Persian name for the planet Venus.

6. ANONA: Variant of Sumerian Anonna, meaning "lady of Heaven."

7. ANONNA: Variant of Sumerian Inanna, meaning "lady of Heaven." 

8. AOLANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly cloud."

9. ARACELI: Spanish name meaning "altar of the sky."

10. ARACELIS: Variant of Spanish Araceli, meaning "altar of the sky."
11. ARACELY: Variant of Spanish Araceli, meaning "altar of the sky."
12. ARCELIA: Variant of Spanish Araceli, meaning "altar of the sky."

13. CAELESTIS: "Heavenly." One of the goddess Diana's titles given to her by classical writers: Dea Caelestis, Diana Caelestis. She was also called Urania and identified with Astarte/Ashtoreth, Aphrodite/Venus. 

14. CAELIA (Cćlia): Feminine form of Roman Caelius, possibly meaning "heaven."

15. CÉLESTE: French feminine form of Latin Caelestis, meaning "heavenly."
16. CELESTE: English and Italian form of French Céleste, meaning "heavenly."
17. CELESTINA: Feminine form of Italian/Spanish Celestino, meaning "heavenly."
18. CÉLESTINE: Feminine form of French Celestin, meaning "heavenly."
19. CELESTINE: English feminine form of Latin Caelestinus, meaning "heavenly."
20. CELESTYNA: Feminine form of Polish Celestyn, meaning "heavenly."
21. CÉLIA: Portuguese form of Latin Caelia, probably meaning "heaven."
22. CELIA: English and Italian form of Latin Caelia, probably meaning "heaven."
23. CELINE (Céline): French feminine form of Roman Caelinus, meaning "heaven."
24. CHIELA: Esperanto name meaning "heavenly."
25. CIEL: English name derived from the French word for "sky."
26. CORDELIA: Name of a legendary queen of the Britons. Also the name of moon of Uranus and an asteroid both of which were named after a Shakespeare character who bore this name. Most sources say it does not have a genuine Celtic origin and believe it to be an elaboration of the Latin word cor, meaning "heart."
27. DI: English nickname for Roman Diana and French Diane, meaning "divine, heavenly."
28. DIANA: Roman myth name of a goddess of the moon and hunting, meaning "divine, heavenly."
29. DIANE: French form of Roman Diana, meaning "divine, heavenly."
30. DIANN: English variant of French Diane, meaning "divine, heavenly."
31. DIANNA: Variant of Roman Diana, meaning "divine, heavenly."
32. DIANNE: Variant of French Diane, meaning "divine, heavenly."
33. DIDI: English nickname for Roman Diana, meaning "divine, heavenly." 
34. DIJANA: Slavic form of Roman Diana, meaning "divine, heavenly."
35. DIVINA: English name derived from the word divine, meaning "goddess-like" or "from heaven."
36. DYAN: English variant of Dianne, meaning "divine, heavenly."
37. HEAVEN: English name derived from the vocabulary word, itself from Old English heofon, meaning "home of God," earlier "sky." Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *khemina-, itself from Proto-Indo-European *kem-/*kam-, meaning "to cover."
38. INANA: Variant of Sumerian Inanna, meaning "lady of Heaven."
39. INANNA: "Lady of Heaven." Sumerian goddess of the sky, earth, love, fertility and war. Equated with Assyrian Ishtar, Greek Astarte and Aphrodite, and Roman Venus.
40. KAILANI: Hawaiian name meaning "sea and sky."
41. KIANA: Hawaiian form of Diana, meaning "divine, heavenly."

42. LANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heaven, sky."

43. LEIA: Hawaiian name meaning "child of heaven."

44. LEILANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly flowers."

45. MARICELA: Contracted form of Spanish María Celia, meaning "beloved-heaven."

46. MAPIYA: Native American Sioux name meaning "sky."

47. MINOO: Variant of Persian Minu, meaning "heaven, paradise."

48. MINU: Persian name meaning "heaven, paradise."

49. NALANI: Hawaiian name meaning "the heavens."

50. NEVAEH: Modern English name created by spelling "heaven" backwards.

51. NOELANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly girl; mist of heaven."

52. OKELANI: Hawaiian name meaning "from heaven."

53. OTTHILD: "Battle of fortune." German name composed of the elements od "fortune, wealth" and hild "battle." This name was given to an asteroid discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg, Germany on March 18, 1923. 

54. OURANIA: Greek myth name of a muse of astronomy, derived from the word ouranios, meaning "heavenly."

55. QUIANA: English variant of Hawaiian Kiana, meaning "divine, heavenly."

56. QUIANNA: Variant of Quiana, meaning "divine, heavenly."

57. SORA: Japanese name meaning "sky."

58. URANIA: Latin form of Greek Ourania, meaning "heavenly."

59. VENUS: Roman myth name of a goddess of love, meaning "love." This is also the name of the second planet in our solar system.

MALE NAMES:

1. AN: Name of a Sumerian god of the heavens, meaning "heaven; sky."

2. ANHUR: Egyptian myth name of a sky god, meaning "skybearer," or "brings back the distant one." 

3. ANU: Babylonian form of Sumerian An, name of a god of the heavens, meaning "heaven; sky."

4. ARISTARCHOS: Greek name derived from the elements aristos "excellence" and arche "origin/source." It is a biblical name as well as the name of several historical figures: a companion of St. Paul; a Greek tragic poet; a Greek critic and grammarian; and a Greek astronomer and mathematician. It is also the name of an asteroid and a crater on the Moon.

5. BAHRAM: Persian personal name, and name for the planet Mars, meaning "victory."

6. CAELESTINUS (Cćlestinus): Variant of Latin Caelestis, meaning "heavenly."
7. CAELESTIS (Cćlestis): Latin name meaning "heavenly."
8. CAELINUS: Roman family name derived from Caelius, meaning "heaven."
9. CAELIUS (Cćlius): Old Roman family name, probably derived from the element cćlum, meaning "heaven."
10. CELESTIN (Célestin): French form of Latin Caelestinus, meaning "heavenly."
11. CELESTINO: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Caelestinus, meaning "heavenly."
12. CELESTYN: Polish form of Latin Caelestinus, meaning "heavenly."
13. CELINO: Italian/Spanish form of Roman Caelinus, meaning "heaven."
14. CELIO: Italian/Spanish form of Roman Caelius, meaning "heaven."
15. DASHIELL (pron. daSHEEL): "Heavenly." Americanized form of the French surname De Chiel used as a forename, composed of the French elements de "of" and chiel "heaven." 
16. GOKER (Göker): Turkish name meaning "man of the sky."

17. JUPITER: Roman myth name of the god of the Roman state, in charge of laws and social order. Equivalent of Greek Zeus, meaning "god." 

18. LANGIT: Chamoru and Tagalog (Philippine) name meaning "heaven."

19. MAHPEE: Native American Sioux name meaning "sky."

20. MARS: Myth name of the Roman god of war. Mars has no Indo-European derivation and is most likely derived from the name of the Etruscan god Maris, meaning "of the sea." He later became associated with Ares, the Greek god of "war."

21. MERCURY: Myth name of a Roman god who was originally the god of tradesmen and thieves. The first planet of the solar system was named after him. The name is related to the Latin word merx from which we get the words "mercantile," "merchant," "mercenary," and even "mercy."

22. NEPTUNE: Latin myth name of a god of horses and the sea, derived from Latin Neptunus. The etymology of both Neptune and Poseidon are uncertain, but Poseidon, also known as "earth-shaker," may mean "distribution-lord." Neptune is also the name of a planet in the solar system.

23. ORION: Greek myth name of one of the Titans, a primordial hunter who was killed by a scorpion. A constellation was named after him. If the name is truly Greek, it means "mountain man." If it is of Akkadian origin, it means "light of heaven."

24. OSKARBI: Basque name meaning "clear sky."

25. ORTZI: Basque name meaning "sky."

26. OURANOS: Original Greek form of Latin Uranus, meaning "the heavens."

27. PHOBOS: Greek myth name of a son of Ares, meaning "fear." This is also the name of a moon of the planet Mars.

28. PLUTO: Latin form of Greek Plouton, meaning "wealth," myth name of a god of the underworld after whom the planet was named.

29. RANGI: Maori myth name of a sky god, meaning "sky."

30. SATURN: Roman myth name of a god of agriculture, after whom a planet in our solar system was named, from Latin Saturnus, possibly meaning "to sow." 

31. SVAROG: Slavic myth name of a god of the sky and sun, meaning "clear and bright."
32. TXERU: Basque name meaning "sky."

33. URANUS: Latin form of Greek Ouranos, myth name of the husband of Gaia and the father of the Titans, meaning "the heavens."

34. ZERU: Basque name meaning "sky."

35. ZION: Hebrew name taken from a place name, meaning "homeland" and "heaven." 

UNISEX NAMES:

1. HANEUL: Korean unisex name meaning "heaven, sky."

2. KALANI: "The sky/heaven." Hawaiian unisex name composed of the elements ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky."

3. SKY: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning simply "sky."

4. SKYE: Variant of English unisex Sky, meaning "sky."

5. XIHUITL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "year" or "comet."