Moon Name Generator

Real moons follow strict naming traditions, and borrowing them is the quickest way to make an invented moon sound astronomical. Jupiter's moons are the lovers and descendants of Zeus (Io, Europa, Callisto, Himalia), Saturn's are Titans, Norse giants and Inuit spirits (Enceladus, Ymir, Siarnaq), Uranus's are Shakespeare characters, and Neptune's are sea nymphs. Smaller outer moons take names from the same family, which is why a setting feels coherent when every moon of one planet shares a mythology.

The list above is organised by style. It opens with Greek, Latin and Norse names coined in the manner of the real catalogue, then moves through names inspired by lunar deities and moon words from Sanskrit, Arabic, Japanese and other languages. Fantasy settings get poetic English moons (Silverwane, Hollowlight, The Pale Sister) and folk names tied to seasons and trades (Lambing Moon, Drover's Moon), which suit worlds with several moons that farmers and sailors track. Hard science fiction gets designations with Roman numerals or letters (Veylar III, Tarsis-B) and colony nicknames like Anvil or Landfall.

A good moon name contrasts with its planet: a grand planet called Ossandra reads well with a small, plain companion named Little Lamp or Ossandra Minor.