Can anyone help me with links to websites that list all the names of stars? I'm still trying to find the perfect name for (what we now know) our DS.

Thanks

So far I only have Antaris & Orion.

I love Orion

The only other one I can think of is Sterling. It's old English and means little star.

ETA - I've just been googling but I'm afraid there isn't many nice ones.

* Andromeda
* Aquila, the eagle
* Ara, the altar
* Argo Navis, the ship of the argonauts, since divided into Carina, Puppis and Vela
* Auriga, the charioteer
* Boötes, the herdsman
* Canis Major, the greater dog
* Canis Minor, the lesser dog
* Cassiopeia
* Centaurus, the centaur
* Cepheus
* Cetus, the whale
* Corona Australis, the southern crown
* Corona Borealis, the northern crown
* Corvus, the raven
* Crater, the cup
* Cygnus, the swan
* Delphinus, the dolphin
* Draco, the dragon
* Equuleus, the little horse
* Eridanus, the river
* Hercules
* Hydra, the sea monster
* Lepus, the hare
* Lupus, the wolf
* Lyra, the lyre
* Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer - actually intersects the ecliptic
* Orion, the hunter
* Pegasus
* Perseus
* Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish
* Sagitta, the arrow
* Serpens, the serpent
* Triangulum, the triangle
* Ursa Major, the greater bear
* Ursa Minor, the lesser bear

* Antlia, the pump
* Apus, the bird of paradise
* Caelum, the chisel
* Camelopardalis, the giraffe
* Canes Venatici, the hunting dogs
* Chamaeleon
* Circinus, the drawing compasses
* Columba, the dove
* Coma Berenices (traditional asterism), Berenice's hair
* Crux, the cross
* Dorado, the swordfish
* Fornax, the furnace
* Grus, the crane
* Horologium, the clock
* Hydrus, the water snake
* Indus, the Indian
* Lacerta, the lizard
* Leo Minor, the lesser lion
* Lynx
* Mensa - originally Mons Mensae, table mountain
* Microscopium, the microscope
* Monoceros, the unicorn
* Musca, the fly
* Norma, the square
* Octans, the octant
* Pavo, the peacock
* Phoenix
* Pictor - originally Equuleus Pictoris, the painter's easel
* Pyxis, the compass
* Reticulum, the reticle
* Sculptor
* Scutum, the shield
* Sextans, the sextant
* Telescopium, the telescope
* Triangulum Australe, the southern triangle
* Tucana, the toucan
* Volans - originally Piscis Volans, the flying fish
* Vulpecula - originally Vulpecula c*m Ansere, the fox with the goose

Altair ... The name of the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. [3]

Antares ... the brightest in the constellation Scorpio.

Aquila ... Aquila is also the name of a constellation. [9]

Castor ... one of the heavenly twins immortalized in the constellation Gemini ... [3]

Orion ... who was turned into a constellation ... The Orion constellation contains three of the most conspicuous stars in the nighttime sky. [1]

Pollux ... the constellation also known as Gemini ...

Rigel ... In the Orion constellation ...

Taurus ... Name of a constellation with the forequarters of a bull and is the second sign of the astrological zodiac ... [4]

I will be watching this thread, I love star names!

There's a big list here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proper_names_of_stars

I like Nash or Navi.

Thanks heaps so far.

'Asta' means 'star' I believe. It's also a lovely name.

Ok, I've gone through all the lists (thanks so much) & still nothing. This is so hard. Any other ones?

Does anyone have an idea how to turn Sol (Sun) into a boys name. My mums name is Solveig & I'm thinking about leaving away the veig & using Sol.

My galactical list for a male child would include:

Hercules
Aquila
Garnet
Nash
Atlas
Orion

BTW love Solveig for a girl. Can only think of Solomon for a boy. I like Apollo, sun-god. Or Apollonius. May return...

From trawling:

Sol
Solaris
Ravi
Sampson
Arun
Cyrus
Galileo
Solmund

sonny?

That's Antares - pronounced ant-tar-ays.
It's a red giant in Scorpio, I think.

Sol on its own is not bad.

How about sun or star in other languages? There is a discussion on 'sun' in different languages here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/sunrisesunset/discuss/4270/

I quite like the Greek suggestion of Ilios.

I also like the Indian Aditya (my dd goes to school with a boy with this name - now I know what it means). Ravi is another Indian one I like.

here is a discussion on words for 'star':

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...02193210AAjsPaO

None of these seem like good names though.