Names That Mean Star

A bright and sparky Basque name with a lovely celestial meaning.

Izar

Properly written with accents: Réaltín. This increasingly popular Irish name is derived from réalta, meaning "star". Réiltín is a variant spelling.

Realtin

Reiltin

Astghik is a popular baby girl name in Armenia as well as the name of the Armenian goddess of love, beauty, and water. Her name is derived from astġ, the Armenian word for "star".

Astghik

Said to refer to either Jupiter or Venus, either of which would be preferable as a name. 

Vespera

As a name, Morningstar is the English translation of Morgenstern, a German-Jewish surname. The planet Venus is called Morningstar when it is visible before sunrise.
 
Several brands are associated with the name Morningstar, including a vegetarian food company and the investment research and management firm.

Morningstar

A radiant celestial name given in Hungary, meaning "shining star". It was invented by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for his 1803 novel, 'Jólánka, Etelkának leánya' (who also invented 'Jólánka!), who took it literally from the Hungarian word for star, csillag.

Csilla

A starry Greek name which may appeal to those who like Aster and Orion, Asterion is borne by a number of figures in Greek mythology, including a king of Crete, one of Jason's Argonauts, and a river god of Argos. Perhaps most notably, however, it is the name of the Minotaur — also called the Minoan Bull — who lived in the Labyrinth in Crete
 
Described as being part bull and part man, the Minotaur was the son of Pasiphaë, the queen of Crete and a scared bull. The queen was cursed by Poseidon to fall in love with the bull, in order to punish her husband, King Minos, who was meant to sacrifice it to the sea god, but instead kept it due to its beauty. 
 
The name also appears in the form Asterius, while Astraea is considered a feminine variation. It also coincides with a word for a part of the skull.

Asterion

The goddess of dawn, twilight, and dusk, is also the patron goddess of beauty, virgin women, and flowers in Incan mythology.

Ch'aska

Chaska

This French word for star sounds like even more of a celebrity-worthy choice than Star or Esther or Estella or Stella. But count on English speakers who never took high school French to stumble over the pronunciation.

Etoile

The astronomical Polaris is better known as the North Star, the brightest star in the Ursa Minor constellation. It's also the name of a character in the Marvel Universe, the daughter of Magneto.
 
Similar in feel to Orion, Mars, and Atlas, Polaris was chosen by Love is Blind stars Bliss Poureetezadi and Zack Goytows for their son in 2026.

Polaris

The Māori name for Venus as a night or morning star – the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon. A notable bearer is rugby player Tawera Kerr-Barlow.

Tawera

Hespero is a more user-friendly version of Hesperos, in Greek mythology the personalification of the Evening Star.

Hespero

One of the many variations of Hesperos, in Greek mythology the personification of the Evening Star.

Hesperios

Esterelle, an antique relative of Estelle and Esther, is the name of a fairy in a medieval French legend who granted fertility and guarded pregnant women.

Esterelle

Evenstar is an old name for the planet Venus, the "evening star" of astronomy. Lord of the Rings fans may recognize it as a name of Arwen Undómiel.