Names That Mean Star
Names whose recorded meaning contains a word for star, with the matched wording shown. 101 names.
How names qualify
A name is listed when its recorded meaning contains a word for “star” in a usable position: not negated, and not about a namesake or a title.
Wording that matched, with the number of names: “star” (89), “stars” (9), “starry” (2), “constellation” (1). The matched wording is quoted for every name.
94 of the 101 names come from the Muslim-names dataset (Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Kurdish and related origins). Names from other traditions appear only where their recorded meaning fits the rule.
Each row shows the meaning recorded for that name in our data. A name can have other meanings and other origins.
Names That Mean Star
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender | Matched in meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhtar | A Star, good luck., good man | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “Star” |
| Akhter | A star, Good fortune, Good luck | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Alzubra | A star in the constellation Leo | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Anjam | Stars | Muslim | Boy | “Stars” |
| Asareh | Asareh is a Luri (a Persian language) name for girls that means star, planet, any bright celestial object in the night sky. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Ashhub | Star. Ashhub is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means shooting stars. It is the plural of Shihab. | Quranic | Boy | “Star” |
| Danica | morning star | English | Girl | “star” |
| Durri | A sparkling star glittering like a gem | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Estelle | star | French | Girl | “star” |
| Esther | star | Persian | Girl | “star” |
| Farqad | Two bright stars of Ursa Minor. | Muslim | Boy | “stars” |
| Kawkab | Star. | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Kokab | Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Kowkab | Star, celestial body | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Mayesha | Bright star, Alive and well, Gentle. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Maysan | a star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Mehvish | Bright Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Najair | Little Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najam | Star, planet | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najm | Star, planet, celestial body | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “Star” |
| Najm-Al-Din | Star of the faith | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najm-Ud-Dawlah | Star of the state. | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najm-Uddin | Star of the religion (Islam). | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najm-Udeen | The star of the Faith | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Najm-Us-Saqib | Shining star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Najma | Star, a fine species of grass. | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Najmaa | Najmaa is an Arabic name for girls that means star. It is a variant of Najmah. | Arabic | Girl | “star” |
| Najmah | A star, planet. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Najmii | Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Najmiyyah | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Najmuddin | Najmuddin is an Arabic name for boys that means star of the faith, a person who is famed and respected among the Muslims. | Arabic | Boy | “star” |
| Nayyar | Bright star, sun. | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Nazma | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Nedjma | star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Nujaim | Nujaim is an Arabic name for boys that means little star. It is the diminutive form of Najm. | Arabic | Boy | “star” |
| Nujaimah | Nujaimah is an Arabic name for girls that means little star, it is the diminutive form of Najmah. | Arabic | Girl | “star” |
| Oldooz | Persian azerbaijani name meaning star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Parvina | Shining star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Saaqib | Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Sabuhi | Morning Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Safwana | A Shining Star, Rock | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Saqib | Shining Star, Penetrating, piercing, sharp-witted, sagacious, astute, acute. | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Setara | Setareh is a Persian name for girls that means star, figuratively it means fortune, luck, and as an adjective it means beautiful. | Persian | Girl | “star” |
| Sharik | Shining star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Shihab-Al-Din | Star of the Faith | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Shuhaibah | Shuhaibah is an Arabic name for girls that means little shooting star. | Arabic | Girl | “star” |
| Sitarah | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Soha | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Soheil | Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Souhayla | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Stella | star | Latin | Girl | “star” |
| Storay | Star. | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Sumlina | Morning Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Suraya | Star, Variant transcription of THURAYYA | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Surayyaa | Cluster of seven brilliant stars in Taurus, commonly known as the seven sisters, a wealthy lady, luster, chandelier. | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Syihab | Falling star, Twinkling star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Taalia | Rising Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Tara | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Tarique | Morning star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Tarooq | Tarooq is an Arabic name for boys that means star. It also means one who knocks on a door. | Arabic | Boy | “star” |
| Thoraya | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Thuraiya | Star, constellation Pleiades | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Thuraya | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Thurayya | Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Thurrayya | star,The Pleiades | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Tobias | Born with a Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Vega | falling star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Zuhaib | Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Alhena | A ring (A star in the constellation Gemini) | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Anjum | Plural of Najm, stars. | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “stars” |
| Durriyyah | brilliant,Glittering stars | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Naiyyir | Luminary, Bright star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Naiyyira | Luminary, Bright star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Naizak | Naizak is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means meteor, shooting star. It also means short spear. | Arabic | Boy | “star” |
| Nayyirah | Luminary, shedding light, a bright star. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Parveendokht | Parveendokht is a Persian name for girls that means a girl who looks like Parveen, Parveen is a blue-white star known as Pleione in English. | Persian | Girl | “star” |
| Parvin | The Pleiades, Cluster of stars, name of a constellation | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Parween | (Persian) Cluster of small stars,brilliant group of persons or things, Ursa Major is the name of a constellation. | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Ramih | Arcturus (brightest star in constellation Bootes) | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Shamsia | Beautiful, Shining Star, One and only | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Shihab | Flame, meteor, shooting star, star, blaze | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Simak | Arcturus (Star) | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Sitaarah | (Persian) Star, a planet. | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Sooraya | Pleiades (Cluster of seven brilliant stars in Taurus) | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Suha | Name of a star, Dim star in Ursa Minor. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Surayya | The Pleiades, cluster of seven brilliant stars in Taurus, a wealthy lady, luster, chandelier. | Muslim | Girl | “stars” |
| Surraya | Pleides, Brightest star, sun | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Tala | Little palm tree, star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Tarikh | Date, annals, morning star | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Thaqib | Piercing, Shooting Star | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Thariq | A hill at north Morocco, Star in the early morning, Knocking, Hammering | Muslim | Boy | “Star” |
| Zahara | Flower, beauty, star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Zahrah | Flower, beauty,blossom, star, the planet Venus | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Vibhavari | starry night | Sanskrit | Girl | “starry” |
| Vibhawari | starry night | Sanskrit | Girl | “starry” |
| Afsheen | Shine like a star | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Lyra | a lyre; the constellation lyra | Ancient Greek | Girl | “constellation” |
| Siddra | Like a Star | Muslim | Girl | “Star” |
| Altair | The flying eagle, also refers to a first magnitude star in the constellation Lyra. | Muslim | Boy | “star” |
| Kawkaba | Kawkabah is another version of the Kawkab, meaning planet or star, and according to Al-Azhari Kawkabah was used by the Arabs to refer to the planet Venus. | Muslim | Girl | “star” |
| Suhail | Canopus, Gentle, Easy, The Name Of A Star, the second brightest star in the sky. | Muslim | Boy | “star” |