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Pronounced sit-lah-lee, this fun-to-say girl’s name meaning ‘star’ is of Aztec origin. 93. Galatea. A moon of Neptune and a feminine name of Greek origin meaning ‘one who is milk-white.’ 94.
The name of the unlikely heroine in Dickens’s Great Expectations, Estella is a pretty choice with Latin origin, and (yep, you guessed it) the meaning is ‘star.' 28. Aster
Naming a child is no small feat and there are many factors to consider—the potential for unfortunate rhymes, mispronunciations and less-than flattering meanings. That said, if you opt for a baby ...
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Tagalog name meaning Bright Star; also the name of the goddess of the morning star. [3] A rarely used unisex Japanese name pronounced as "Tara", with the meaning of rely (reliable). [4] In Samoan, Tala means a tale or narration. [5] In Angola, Tala is a unisex name that means "to see or observe" in various Bantu languages, including Kikongo ...
In Gokana, "Dara" mean to "carry". In Kazakh, Dara is a feminine given name meaning "special, one of a kind". In Khmer, Thai, and Lao, Dara is a unisex name meaning "star". In Persian, and Parsi communities, Dara (Persian: دارا) is a variant of the masculine given name Darius.
A Gaelic name meaning “little king”—or, if it’s for a lady, queen. 15. Jordan. This unisex name of Hebrew origin means “one who descends” or “to flow down” (i.e., like the namesake ...
The name can be derived from the Old Persian stāra (NPer. ستاره setāra, meaning "star") although some scholars identify Esther with the name of the Babylonian goddess of love Ishtar, given its association with the planet Venus (in its role as the Morning Star and the Evening star; see also the Star of Ishtar). [2]