The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

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Celestial

Stars, moons and skies

34 names

Japanese

Akari

Brightness and village in one Japanese spelling

FamiliarRising
Turkish

Evren

Universe; cosmos

FamiliarRising
Hawaiian

Kalani

The heavens

Familiar
English · Old Norse

Sky

Sky

Familiar
Korean · Spanish

Sol

Pine in Korean; sun in Spanish

FamiliarRising
English

Sunday

Sunday; its older English formation means day of the sun

FamiliarRising
English

Sunny

Sunny; cheerful

Familiar
Irish · Khmer · Persian

Dara

Fruitful; fertile in the Irish name family

Uncommon
Sanskrit

Kiran

Ray of light

Uncommon
Japanese

Sora

Sky in one Japanese spelling

Uncommon
Sanskrit

Ashwini

First of the lunar stars

Rare gem
English · Greek

Aster

Aster flower; star

Rare gem
Turkish · Turkic

Aytaç

Moon crown

Rare gem
Arabic

Badr

Full moon

Rare gem
Turkish · Turkic

Güneş

Sun; sunshine

Rare gem
Korean

Haneul

Sky; heaven

Rare gem
Japanese

Hikaru

Light or brightness in one Japanese spelling

Rare gem
Arabic

Hilal

Crescent moon

Rare gem
Hawaiian

Hoku

Star in Hōkū; Hoku also names a lunar night

Rare gem
Turkish

İlkay

New moon; first moon

Rare gem
Persian

Mahtab

Moonlight

Rare gem
Chinese

Ming

Brightness with the cited Chinese characters

Rare gem
Punjabi

Navjot

New light

Rare gem
Swahili

Nuru

Light

Rare gem
Persian · Hindi · Urdu

Parvin

The Pleiades

Rare gem
Sanskrit

Shashi

The moon

Rare gem
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