Names that mean sky, star, moon or sun
Stella ("star"), Luna ("moon"), Aurora ("dawn") and Celeste ("heavenly") come from Latin; Leilani, Kalani and Nalani use Hawaiian lani, "sky, heaven"; Lyra is a constellation, and Heaven is simply the English word.
Girl names (29)
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Rank 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | moon | Latin | #27 |
| Aurora | dawn | Latin | #15 |
| Stella | star | Latin | #52 |
| Leilani | heavenly lei; royal child | Hawaiian | #60 |
| Iris | rainbow | Greek | #61 |
| Kaylani | sea and sky (variant of Kailani) | Hawaiian | #185 |
| Selena | Greek | #268 | |
| Celeste | heavenly | Latin | #188 |
| Kalani | the heavens; the chief (Hawaiian) | Hawaiian | #387 |
| Sunny | sunny, cheerful | English | #390 |
| Lyra | lyre (the constellation) | Greek | #435 |
| Heaven | heaven | English | #543 |
| Nalani | the heavens (Hawaiian) | Hawaiian | #414 |
| Estella | star | Latin | #509 |
| Sariyah | a cloud that comes by night (Arabic) | Arabic | #625 |
| Estrella | star (Spanish) | Spanish | #612 |
| Estelle | star | Latin | #573 |
| Adhara | virgins (Arabic star name) | Arabic | #370 |
| Celia | heavenly (Latin Caelia) | Latin | #774 |
| Solana | sunny place (Spanish) | Spanish | #495 |
| Araceli | altar of heaven | Latin | #746 |
| Stormi | stormy (word name) | English | #910 |
| Zora | dawn (Slavic) | Slavic | #969 |
| Cielo | sky, heaven (Spanish) | Spanish | #795 |
| Soleil | sun (French) | French | #758 |
| Soraya | the Pleiades (star cluster) | Persian | #868 |
| Leylani | heavenly lei; royal child (via Leilani) | Hawaiian | #971 |
| Dawn | dawn (word name) | English | #2,174 |
| Misty | misty, from the English word mist | English | #4,140 |
Boy names (3)
How names get on this list
Our editors read each name's documented etymology and tag a theme only when the roots of the name carry that meaning. Popular explanations without support (folk etymologies) don't count, and names whose origin is uncertain are left out unless every explanation agrees. The list covers the roughly 2,000 most used names we have researched so far, ordered by the number of US babies in the last five years. How we research meanings.