We’ve undoubtedly entered a new space age, with space tourism just on our doorstep. Now more than ever we’re looking to the stars as the final frontier.
These badass space names cover several space-related topics, from scientific discoveries to explorations. They also showcase the brilliance of the constellations and stars and the movements of planets, stars, sun, moon, and other intergalactic bodies.
If you are looking for a name with cosmic attributes and celestial vibes, we have created a compilation of badass space names and space-related names that you’ll find out of this world!
200 Badass space names for both boys and girls
Below we have compiled a list of 100 badass space names for boys as well as 100 space names for girls for you to choose from!
100 Badass space names for boys
Alpha – may refer to the Alpha Centauri star system
Aquarius – is a constellation in the Western Zodiac
Archer – another name for the Sagittarius constellation
Archimedes – A greek mathematician and Astronomer, who presented the first known heliocentric model which places the sun at the center of the universe
Armstrong – related to Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon
Asteroid – a minor planet of the inner Solar System
Atlas – a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus
Axis – an imaginary straight line around which an object spins, the Earth spins on its axis
Barlow – may refer to the Barlow lens used by astronomers
Branson – associated with Richard Branson who is the found of Virgin Galatic and the first to go into space using his own spacecraft
Buzz – a character in Toy Story franchise who is a space ranger
Castor – second brightest object in the Gemini constellation
Centaurus – one of the largest constellations and is located in the southern sky
Chronos – the measure of quantitative time or an exact time
Ciro – Italian variation of ‘Cyrus’ meaning’ the sun’
Cirrus – pertains to the cirrus cloud which is wispy feathery cloud
Comet – an icy, small Solar System body
Corvus – a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Cosmo – in astronomy, the entire physical universe considered as a unified whole
Crater – can refer to Lunar craters formed by impacts on the surface of Earth’s moon
Crux – a constellation of the southern sky that is centered on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross
Dorado – The Dorado Group is a loose concentration of galaxies containing both spirals and ellipticals.
Draco – a constellation in the far northern sky
Drake – a probabilistic argument used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy
Dritan – Albanian name meaning ‘light’
Equinox – an event in which a planet’s subsolar point passes through its Equator
Flare – solar flare is an intense burst of radiation from releasing magnetic energy associated with sunspots.
Flash – Light flashes are unusual visual phenomena observed in space and caused by the interaction of energetic cosmic-ray particles with the human visual system.
Galaxy – a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity
Galileo – Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer
Geo – Latin word meaning Earth or Ground
Hadar – another name for Beta Centauri, which is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus
Halcyon – also called the Halcyon Colony, or simply the Colony, is a star system on the fringe of known space
Hamlet – An 8-year-old William Shakespeare might have been potentially one of the viewers of the Tycho supernova in 1572, who would go on to describe it in an early passage of “Hamlet” at the turn of the 17th century.
Helios – god and personification of the Sun in Greek mythology
Hercules – a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles
Hermes – Greek mythology name for the Roman god Mercury
Herschel – from Frederick William Herschel, who was a German-born British astronomer and composer
Hoku – to soar, fly
Hubble – Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remained in operation
Hyperion – also known as Saturn VII, is a moon of Saturn
Jupiter – the largest planet in the solar system
Kepler – Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and writer of music
Kylo – a dark warrior in Star Wars
Leo – one of the constellations of the zodiac
Lucero – means light source, bright star, morning star in Spanish
Luke – a NASA astronaut candidate
Lynx – one of the more recently recognized constellations
Major – larger (in Latin) used to describe large constellations such as Ursa Major, Canis Major etc
Mars – the fourth planet from the sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System
Marvin – Marvin the Martian is an extraterrestrial Looney Toons character
Mercury – Meridian
Meridian – The term meridian comes from the Latin meridies, meaning “midday”
Moonbeam – a ray of light from the moon
Neil – Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon
Neptune – eighth planet from the sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System
Newton – Isaac Newton was one of the first to make a reflecting telescope
Nimbus – another word associated with clouds. Adding “nimbus” means precipitation is falling from the cloud
Nova – in Greek is the god of space, time, and reality
Oberon – is the second-largest moon of Uranus
Orbit – An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object takes around another object or center of gravity.
Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible worldwide.
Orpheus – The Lyra constellation is associated with the myth of the Greek musician and poet Orpheus
Pallas -the second asteroid to have been discovered
Pavo – is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for “peacock”
Pegasus – constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology
Phoenix – a minor constellation in the southern sky. Named after the mythical bird phoenix
Polaris – a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.
Pollux – the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.
Proteus – also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune’s largest inner satellite.
Pulsar – a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles.
Quantum – is the smallest discrete unit of a phenomenon
Rigel – also called Beta Orionis, one of the brightest stars in the sky, intrinsically as well as in appearance.
Rocket – deliver satellites to space where they can begin to do their important work.
Ryker – in Star Wars, Ardiff Ryker was a noted Human male who held the rank of captain within the Imperial Starfleet of the Galactic Empire.
Samson – Hebrew word meaning “sun” or “sun child”
Saturn – is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.
Scorpio – a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way
Sirius – also called Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky
Sky – the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
Sol – sun in Latin
Sterling – a variant of the Old English names Stirling and Starling, meaning “little star.”
Styx – is the second-closest known satellite to Pluto
Suhail – is the common name of several stars typically seen near the southern horizon
Taurean – Taurus is a large constellation in the northern sky.
Titan – Saturn’s largest moon and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System.
Tonatiuh – is a giant star located in the constellation of Cassiopeia
Triton – is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, and was the first Neptunian moon to be discovered
Tycho – Tycho Brahe was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope
Vesper – The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus
Virgo – is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for maiden
Vulcan – was a theorized planet that some pre-20th century astronomers thought existed in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun.
Xing – Yi Xing, born Zhang Sui, was a Chinese astronomer
Yuri – Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.
Zeke – Zero Kinetic Energy
Zeus – identical to the Roman god Jupiter
Zion – s of Hebrew origin meaning “highest point.”
Zohran – a Muslim Boy name that means “Sun”
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Galaxy – a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity
Galileo – Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer
Geo – Latin word meaning Earth or Ground
Hadar – another name for Beta Centauri, which is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus
Halcyon – also called the Halcyon Colony, or simply the Colony, is a star system on the fringe of known space
Hamlet – An 8-year-old William Shakespeare might have been potentially one of the viewers of the Tycho supernova in 1572, who would go on to describe it in an early passage of “Hamlet” at the turn of the 17th century.
Helios – god and personification of the Sun in Greek mythology
Hercules – a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles
Hermes – Greek mythology name for the Roman god Mercury
Herschel – from Frederick William Herschel, who was a German-born British astronomer and composer
Hoku – to soar, fly
Hubble – Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remained in operation
Hyperion – also known as Saturn VII, is a moon of Saturn
Jupiter – the largest planet in the solar system
Kepler – Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and writer of music
Kylo – a dark warrior in Star Wars
Leo – one of the constellations of the zodiac
Lucero – means light source, bright star, morning star in Spanish
Luke – a NASA astronaut candidate
Lynx – one of the more recently recognized constellations
Major – larger (in Latin) used to describe large constellations such as Ursa Major, Canis Major etc
Mars – the fourth planet from the sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System
Marvin – Marvin the Martian is an extraterrestrial Looney Toons character
Mercury – Meridian
Meridian – The term meridian comes from the Latin meridies, meaning “midday”
Moonbeam – a ray of light from the moon
Neil – Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon
Neptune – eighth planet from the sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System
Newton – Isaac Newton was one of the first to make a reflecting telescope
Nimbus – another word associated with clouds. Adding “nimbus” means precipitation is falling from the cloud
Nova – in Greek is the god of space, time, and reality
Oberon – is the second-largest moon of Uranus
Orbit – An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object takes around another object or center of gravity.
Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible worldwide.
Orpheus – The Lyra constellation is associated with the myth of the Greek musician and poet Orpheus
Pallas -the second asteroid to have been discovered
Pavo – is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for “peacock”
Pegasus – constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology
Phoenix – a minor constellation in the southern sky. Named after the mythical bird phoenix
Polaris – a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.
Pollux – the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.
Proteus – also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune’s largest inner satellite.
Pulsar – a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles.
Quantum – is the smallest discrete unit of a phenomenon
Rigel – also called Beta Orionis, one of the brightest stars in the sky, intrinsically as well as in appearance.
Rocket – deliver satellites to space where they can begin to do their important work.
Ryker – in Star Wars, Ardiff Ryker was a noted Human male who held the rank of captain within the Imperial Starfleet of the Galactic Empire.
Samson – Hebrew word meaning “sun” or “sun child”
Saturn – is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.
Scorpio – a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way
Sirius – also called Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky
Sky – the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
Sol – sun in Latin
Sterling – a variant of the Old English names Stirling and Starling, meaning “little star.”
Styx – is the second-closest known satellite to Pluto
Suhail – is the common name of several stars typically seen near the southern horizon
Taurean – Taurus is a large constellation in the northern sky.
Titan – Saturn’s largest moon and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System.
Tonatiuh – is a giant star located in the constellation of Cassiopeia
Triton – is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, and was the first Neptunian moon to be discovered
Tycho – Tycho Brahe was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope
Vesper – The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus
Virgo – is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for maiden
Vulcan – was a theorized planet that some pre-20th century astronomers thought existed in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun.
Xing – Yi Xing, born Zhang Sui, was a Chinese astronomer
Yuri – Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.
Zeke – Zero Kinetic Energy
Zeus – identical to the Roman god Jupiter
Zion – of Hebrew origin meaning “highest point.”
Zohran – a Muslim Boy name that means “Sun”
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Adhara – a bright star in the Northern Hemisphere constellation Canis Major (Great Dog)
Adita – The name Aditya, in the singular, is taken to refer to the sun god Surya in Hinduism
Alasia – “Alasia” has been given to a star shining 137 light years away
Arcelia – means “altar of the sky”
Aruna – Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn light or rising sun.”
Ascella – a multiple-star system located in the constellation Sagittarius.
Astrid – star-like in radiance from the Greek Astron
Atria – Persian origin, meaning “brightness.”
Aurora – commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth’s sky
Badar- means full moon in Arabic
Belinda – an inner satellite of the planet Uranus
Bianca – means light or Shining
Caelia – a Latin name, meaning “Heavenly”
Calista – or Jupiter IV, is the second-largest moon of Jupiter, after Ganymede
Calypso – is a Trojan (trailing moon) of the larger moon Tethys
Carina – a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship
Cassini – Gian Domenico Cassini was Italian-born French astronomer who, among others, discovered the Cassini Division, the dark gap between the rings A and B of Saturn
Cassiopeia – was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today.
Catalina – is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey
Celeste – Latin word meaning “heavenly.”
Ceres – means Rising sun
Ceyone – means Rising sun
Chara – a Sun-like yellow main sequence star located in the constellation Canes Venatici
Chasma – is a broad, deep, elongate trough or depression.
Cosima – Greek origin meaning universe
Crescent – astronomical symbol representing the moon
Cressida – one of the small, inner moons of Uranus.
Cybele – one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System
Danica – Slavic origin, meaning “morning star” or “Venus.”
Dione – a moon of Saturn
Divine – meaning “heavenly”
Elanna – Hebrew name meaning sun ray
Electra – a blue-white giant star in the constellation of Taurus
Eris – is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System
Esmeray – Turkish origin meaning ‘Dark Moon’
Estelle – Latin origin meaning star
Esther – Persian origin meaning “star”
Eugenia – a large asteroid of the asteroid belt
Gaia – Greek origin that means “the earth.”
Galatea – also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune
Galaxy – a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
Gomeisa – a star in the constellation of Canis Minor.
Heaven – the literary definition is the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.
Helene – a moon of Saturn
Hessie – Persian origin, A variant form of name Hester which means star
Hydra – is the largest of the 88 modern constellations
Ilona – a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt
Irena – is a high proper-motion star that is located in the constellation of Hercules.
Juno – in Roman religion, chief goddess and female counterpart of Jupiter
Kamaria – Meaning “moon” in Arabic
Kari – a member of the Norse group of moons
Kira – of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning “beam of light”.
Larissa – another of the small moons found near Neptune’s faint ring system in 1989
Leda – Leda is the smallest moon in the Himalia group
Libra – is a constellation of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for weighing scales.
Lucine – Light; Moon. Lucine is a feminine name of Armenian and Latin origin
Lumina – brilliant light
Lyra – is a small constellation in the northern sky. It represents the lyre of Orpheus.
Malin – comes from Malin 1, a giant low surface brightness (LSB) spiral galaxy.
Mathilde – 253 Mathilde is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, where it orbits the sun once every 4.3 years.
Meissa – derives from the Arabic Al-Maisan which means ‘The Shining One’.
Meri – short for Meridian, the great circle passing through the celestial poles, as well as the zenith and nadir of an observer’s location.
Mira – a red-giant star estimated to be 200–400 light-years from the sun in the constellation Cetus.
Miranda – a Latin word meaning “to be wondered at”
Nilani – means the enchanting moon in Tamil
Norma – a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere between Ara and Lupus
Orana – means the moon
Phoebe – feminine form of the male name Phoebus (Φοῖβος), an epithet of Apollo meaning “bright”, “shining”
Portia – is the second-largest inner satellite of Uranus after Puck.
Quasar- an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus
Raya – means “heaven” in Bulgarian
Roxana – This Persian name means “dawn” or “little star.”
Sally – Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space
Selene – In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene is the personification of the moon
Solara – meaning ‘of the sun’
Soleil – French word for sun
Spectra – a chart or a graph that shows the intensity of light being emitted over a range of energies.
Stardust – stardust is made of particles remaining from a supernova explosion
Suisei – Japanese for “comet” and the Japanese name for the planet Mercury
Sunna – an Old Norse word meaning sun
Sunniva – means Gift of the sun
Suria – Hindi origin meaning The sun
Talya – of Hebrew origin meaning heaven’s dew
Terra – a Latin word for earth
Thalassa – also known as Neptune IV, is the second-innermost satellite of Neptune. Thalassa was named after sea goddess Thalassa
Thebe – one of the four known small moons that orbit closer to Jupiter than the four vastly larger Galilean moons.
Twyla – means twilight or early evening
Tyndall – a relatively small lunar impact crater on the far side of the moon, behind the southeastern limb.
Ursa – means Bear. There are two Ursa constellations: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
Vanessa – In Latin it can mean “of Venus”
Vega – the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra.
Vela – brightest star in the constellation, Gamma Velorum, is a complex multiple star system.
Volana – Madagascar (Malagasy roots) and means ‘moon’
Zaniah – is a variable and multiple sub-giant star in the constellation of Virgo
Zenith – an imaginary point directly “above” a particular location, on the celestial sphere
Zeta – Zeta Reticuli is a wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Reticulum.
Zola – of Latin origin, meaning “lump or mound of earth.”
Zosma – Greek origin meaning “girdle”, a white subgiant star located in the constellation Leo.
Conclusion
There’s no doubt that a space name is a unique choice for your child. We hope you were able to find the one that speaks to you.
Who knows, maybe your child’s space-themed name will get them interested in the stars and maybe end up there when they grow up! We hope you enjoyed these badass space names!