Constellation Baby Names for Your Little Superstar

Preparing for a new baby comes with many decisions, and one of the most difficult is what to name them. If you're hoping to raise a future astronaut or have been making guesses about your baby's astrological sign, a name inspired by the stars might be just what you're looking for.

From common star-based names like Stella or Leo to more unique names like Crux and Hydra, the options are as vast as the night sky itself. To help narrow down your search, we gathered 50 constellation baby names below to help spark some inspiration.

Alnair

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: The bright one
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Alnare, Alnayr, Alynair
• Peak Popularity: The name Alnair is a more rare name and has not yet reached the top 1,000 baby names.
  

Altair

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: This gender-neutral baby name means falcon or flying eagle and is also the name of a star in the Aquila constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Altare, Altayr, Alytair
• Famous Namesakes: Brazilian football player, Altair Gomes de Fiqeiredo; Mexican actress, Altair Jarabo
  
• Peak Popularity: Altair is another less common name and has never ranked in the top 1,000 baby names.
  

Apus

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: The Apus constellation represents a bird-of-paradise.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Appus, Apys
• Peak Popularity: Apus is a rare name that has not yet made it onto the top 1,000 baby names charts.
  

Aquila

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: This name means Eagle but can also refer to the Aquila constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Aquilla, Achillia, Quill
• Famous Namesakes: Papua New Guinean footballer, Aquila Emil; Pakistani scholar, Aquila Berlas Kiani
• Peak Popularity: The name Aquila has never appeared in the top 1,000 baby names.
  

Ara

• Origin: Arabic, Armenian
• Meaning: Ara is a constellation visible in the Northern Hemisphere from the months of May, June, and July.
• Famous Namesakes: Canadian film director, Ara Ball; American lawyer, Ara Bartlett; Armenian composer, Ara Dinkjian; Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, Ara Guler
• Peak Popularity: In 1901 Ara ranked as the 559th most popular girl name. It stayed in the top 1,000 girl names until 1918 and has not made the list since.

Aries

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Aries is an astrological sign representative of people born from March 21 to April 19. It is symbolized as a ram.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Arys
• Famous Namesakes: American comedian and actor, Aries Speers; American actress, Aries Sanders
• Peak Popularity: In 2023 the name jumped to #786 on the list of most popular boy names.

Blaze

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Flame, fire
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Blaize, Blayze
• Famous Namesakes: English singer, Blaze Bayley; Macedonian writer, Blaže Koneski
• Peak Popularity: Blaze was most popular in 2015 when it became the 707th most popular name for boys. Since then it has remained within the top 900 most popular names.

Caelum

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Caelum means in Latin and is the name of a constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Cae, Cael, Caelem, Caelim
• Peak Popularity: Caelum has never been in the top 1,000 baby names.

Capella

• Origin: Arabic, Italian, Latin
• Meaning: Capella is the name of the brightest star in the Auriga constellation, and one of the brightest stars in the sky.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Capel, Capelle
• Peak Popularity: The name Capella has not yet arrived on the top 1,000 baby names list.

Carina

• Origin: Italian and Brazilian
• Meaning: Dear little one; the keel of a ship. The Carina constellation represents the ship that was sailed in Greek mythology in search of the golden fleece.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Cari, Carinae, Karina
• Famous Namesakes: Swedish politician, Carina Adolfsson Elgestam; American author, Carina Axelsson; British singer-songwriter, Carina Round; Hong Kong actress and singer, Carina Lau
• Peak Popularity: The name Carina became one of the 1,000 most popular baby girl names in 1976 and stayed there until 2010. The name peaked in 1995 at #383.

Castor

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Castor means twin brother, a definition that comes from it being the name of the second-brightest star in the Gemini constellation. Castor is the twin star of another named Pollux.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Caster
• Famous Namesakes: Brazilian entrepreneur, Castor de Andrade
• Peak Popularity: Castor is a less common name that has not yet reached the top 1,000 baby names chart.

Cepheas

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Cepheas means "the king," and the constellation Cepheas is named after a Greek mythological king of Aethiopia.
• Peak Popularity: The name Cepheas has never appeared on the top 1,000 baby name charts.
  

Cetus

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Cetus is a constellation that represents a whale or sea monster. Both Perseus and Hercules attempted to slay this monster in Greek mythology.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Cetis
• Peak Popularity: Cetus has never made it to the top 1,000 names list.
  

Crux

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: The Crux constellation is named after the Latin word for cross.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Cruxx
• Peak Popularity: Crux has never been a top 1,000 baby name.
  

Delphinus

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Delphinus is also a small constellation named after the Greek mythological dolphin that rescued Arion, a poet, from drowning.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Del, Delph, Delphin, Delphini, Delphinius
• Peak Popularity: Delphinus has yet to enter top baby name charts.
  

Destiny

• Origin: English, Latin
• Meaning: Fate, fortune
• Famous Namesakes: American track and field athlete, Destiny Carter; singer Destiny Clark; American girl-group Destiny's Child
• Peak Popularity: Destiny reached its peak position in 2001 when it reached position 22 but has been in the top 1,000 baby names since first appearing in 1975.
  

Dorado

• Origin: Spanish; Latin
• Meaning: Dorado is a constellation that represents the swordfish.
• Peak Popularity: The name Dorado is rare and has never been a top 1,000 baby name.

Draco

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: The Draco constellation is named after the Latin word for dragon.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Drac, Drak, Drako, Drayco
• Famous Namesakes: Draco Lucius Malfoy, a character in the fictional series Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling.
• Peak Popularity: The name Draco is rare and not on the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Eridanus

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: Eridanus is a constellation that represents a river flowing from Orion to Achernar.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Danus, Eri, Erid, Eridan, Eridani, Eridanis
• Peak Popularity: Eridanus is not a popular name and has never appeared in the top 1,000 baby name lists.

Gemini

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: One of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac, Gemini is located between Taurus and Cancer. It is known as the twins constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Gem, Gemi
• Peak Popularity: The name Gemini is not a top 1,000 baby name.
  

Grus

• Meaning: Grus is the name of a constellation and Latin for crane.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Gru, Gruis
• Famous Namesakes: Gru is the name of the main fictional character from the animated movie Despicable Me.
• Peak Popularity: Grus is a rare name that has not yet appeared on popular name charts.

Hao

• Origin: Vietnamese
• Meaning: This gender-neutral name means good, great, or queen.
• Famous Namesakes: Chinese author, Hao Jingfang; Chinese actress, Hao Lei
• Peak Popularity: Hao has never been on the top 1,000 baby name charts.
  

Hamal

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: Hamal is the name of a star in the Aries constellation. It means lamb, sheep, or lamb.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Hamaal
• Peak Popularity: The name Hamal is not common enough to have appeared on the top 1,000 baby name charts.
  

Hydra

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: The Hydra constellation was named after the multi-headed Greek mythological lake monster by the same name.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Haidra, Hydrae
• Peak Popularity: Hydra has never been a top-1,000 baby name.

Hydrus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: The Hydrus constellation is much smaller than it's counter part Hydra. While Hydra refers to a female water snake, Hydrus refers to a male water snake.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Haidrus, Hydraes
• Peak Popularity: This is a rare name that has never been on the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Indus

• Origin: Indian, Dutch
• Meaning: Indus is the name of a large river that flows through Pakistan, India, and Tibet. It is also the namesake of the Indus constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Indy
• Famous Namesakes: American actress, Indus Arthur
• Peak Popularity: The name Indus has not yet reached top 1,000 baby name status.

Journey

• Origin: American, English
• Meaning: Going from one place to another, a day's time
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Journee, Jorney, Jurney
• Famous Namesakes: Journey Green, son of actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green
• Peak Popularity: The name Journey has been in the top 1,000 names for girls since 1999. It reached peak popularity at #226 in 2018.
  

Leo

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Leo is one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac. It is represented as a lion.
• Famous Namesakes: American actor, Leo DiCaprio; American baseball player, Leo Durocher
• Peak Popularity: Leo is a popular gender-neutral name and has ranked as a top 1,000 name for both boys and girls. It has been a top 1,000 boy name since 1900 and peaked in 2023 at rank #18. It is less popular for girls, and only reached the top 1,000 girl names and, at its most popular, it reached #842 in 1908.

Libra

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: One of the 12 constellations of the zodiac, Libra is represented by a scale or balance.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Lib, Libby, Librae
• Peak Popularity: Libra has never been a top 1,000 baby name.

Lynx

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: A lynx is a type of large cat but also means light or brightness. It is also shares it's name with the Lynx constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Links, Lynxx
• Peak Popularity: The name Lynx is rare and has never been in the top 1,000.

Lyra

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Lyra means harp player and is also the name of a constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Lira, Lyrae
• Famous Namesakes: Northern Irish journalist and author, Lyra McKee; Indonesian actress, Lyra Virma
• Peak Popularity: Lyra arrived in the top 1,000 baby names for girls in 2015, at #977 and has stayed within the list of popular names since. It was most popular in 2023 as the 481st most popular name.

Ma Wei

• Origin: Chinese
• Meaning: Ma Wei is a star in the Centaurus constellation. It also means horse's tail.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Ma Wai, Mah Wei
• Peak Popularity: The name Ma Wei has never been a top 1,000 name.
  

Norma

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Norma is a small constellation and the name means from the North or a carpenter's square.
• Famous Namesakes: American actress, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe); Canadian-American actress, Norma Shearer
• Peak Popularity: Norma reached the top 1,000 baby names chart in 1900 and stayed until 2002. It was most popular in 1931 and 1932 at spot #22.
  

Orion

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Orion means the hunter or rising in the sky. It is also the name of a constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Oryon, O'Ryan
• Famous Namesakes: American politician, Orion Clemens; British actress, Orion Ben; American pianist, Orion Weiss
• Peak Popularity: Orion reached it's peak popularity at spot #300 on the list of popular boys names in 2018.

Polaris

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Polaris means pole star or north star.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Laris, Palaris, Palarys, Polarys
• Famous Namesakes: Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a fictional character from Marvel comic books. 
• Peak Popularity: Polaris has never appeared in the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Pollux

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Pollux is the brightest start in the Gemini constellation. It means twin brother.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Paulux, Polux, Lux
• Famous Namesakes: Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri.
• Peak Popularity: The name Pollux has never been in the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Phoenix

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Pheonix is the name of a mythological bird, a dark red color, represents immortality, and is a minor constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Fenix, Nix, Nixie
• Famous Namesakes: American actor, Phoenix List; American actress, Phoenix Best
• Peak Popularity: Phoenix is a popular gender-neutral name. It has been a top 1,000 girl name since 2003 and a top 1,000 boy name consistently since 1997.

Pisces

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Another one of the 12 zodiac constellations, Pisces means fish.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Pyces
• Peak Popularity: The name Pisces is not that common and therefore not on the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Rigel

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: Rigel is the name of a star in the Orion constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Rig, Rigelle
• Famous Namesakes: Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung and his wife Henrietta Kapteyn (daughter of the astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn) named their daughter Rigel
• Peak Popularity: The name Rigel is rare and has never been a top 1,000 baby name.
  

Sagitta

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Sagitta is a constellation that's name stems from the Latin word for arrow. The constellation is shaped like it's Latin namesake.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Gitta, Saggita, Sagi
• Peak Popularity: The name Sagitta isn't a popular name and has never been in the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Sagittarius

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Sagittarius is a zodiac constellation thats name is Latin for archer.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Sagitt, Tari, Rus
• Peak Popularity: The name Sagittarius is not a popular name and has yet to hit the baby name charts.

Scorpius

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Scorpius is a constellation that represents the scorpion.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Scorp, Scorpio
• Famous Namesakes: Scorpius is the Scarran/Sebacean hybrid commander of the Peacekeeper force in the Star Wars series.
• Peak Popularity: The name Scorpius has yet to hit the top 1,000 baby name charts.

Sirius

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Meaning glowing or scorcher, Sirius is a star in the Canis Major constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Siri, Sirias
• Famous Namesakes: Sirius is the name of Harry's godfather in the Harry Potter series.
• Peak Popularity: Sirius has yet to reach the top 1,000 name charts.

Shaula

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: The star, Shaula, is the brightest in the Scorpius constellation. Because of its placement in the constellation, it is known as the stinger.
• Famous Namesakes: Shaula is a character in the 2014 Japanese dark fantasy novel series Re: Zero- Starting Life in Another World.
• Peak Popularity: The name Shaula is rare and has never been a top-1,000 baby name.
  

Stella

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Star
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Stela
• Famous Namesakes: American actress, Stella Adler; English fashion designer, Stella McCartney
• Peak Popularity: Stella has been a top 1,000 baby name pretty consistently since 1900. It has waxed and waned in popularity over the years and reached it's peak of popularity at spot #38 in 2018.
  

Taurus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Taurus is a zodiac constellation that is represented by the bull.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Tauri
• Peak Popularity: Taurus is not a common name and has never been a top baby name.

Tucana

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: The name of a constellation, Tucana means toucan.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Toucana, Tucanae
• Peak Popularity: The name Tucana is not common and has yet to reach the top 1,000 baby names chart.

Vega

• Origin: Arabic, Spanish
• Meaning: Meaning stooping eagle or dweller in the meadow, Vega is also a star in the Lyra constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Vegas
• Famous Namesakes: Indonesian singer and comedian, Vega Darwanti; Chinese actor, Vega Li
• Peak Popularity: The name Vega has never been on the top 1,000 baby name charts.
  
  

Vela

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Meaning the sails, shore, or coast, Vela is also the name of a constellation.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Vel, Vella
• Famous Namesakes: Bulgarian partisan, Vela Peeva; Sri Lankan-American economist, Vela Velupillai
• Peak Popularity: Vela is not a common baby name and has never been in the top 1,000 name charts.

Virgo

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: The name Virgo means the maiden. Virgo is also one of the 12 zodiac constellations.
• Alternative Spellings & Variations: Virgie, Virgae
• Peak Popularity: The name Virgo has never been on the top 1,000 baby name charts.

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