Names That Mean Star
10 names whose etymology relates to “star” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
EstherFrom Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (…
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EstelleAPI Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr.
LeiaFrom the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977).
DanicaFrom Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus).
StarrAs an English surname, from the noun star. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Star.
StarAs a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). * Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). * As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff,…
StarlaPossibly derived from the word star.
TariqBorrowed from Arabic طَارِق (ṭāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to knock, to rap”).
AnakinCoined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1974 in early drafts of Star Wars, which included a character named Annikin Starkiller. First appeared in 1977 in the novel…
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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