Space Last Name Generator

Star, moon and deep-space surnames for characters

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Generate space last names for characters, role-play and pen names: real surnames like Starr, Stern, Estrella and Hoshino, names from astronomy history like Kepler and Halley, and coined compounds such as Starfall, Moonvale and Novahart.

About space last names

Space last names come in two kinds, and it helps to know which one you are picking. The first kind is real. Starr, Moon and Morningstar are surnames in English-speaking countries. Stern is German for star and Morgenstern for morning star, Estrella is the Spanish word for star, Lucero means bright star, and Hoshino is a Japanese surname written as star field. The list carries the idea through other languages: Yıldız, Csillag and Gwiazda all mean star, Chandra is moon, Shemesh is sun, Himmel is sky.

A second real group comes from the history of astronomy and spaceflight: Kepler, Halley, Herschel, Cassini, Hubble, Armstrong, Gagarin. They are listed as surnames only. A small share of the list is star names, constellations and astronomy terms used as surnames, such as Altair, Corvus and Zenith.

The second kind is coined. Starfall, Moonvale, Novahart, Voidwright and Skymere are made-up compounds, built the way English surnames are built: a sky word plus a plain ending such as -ford, -wright, -mere or -croft. They are not real family names. Some lean soft (Stardust, Moonpenny, Twinkleby) and some dark and cold (Nightfall, Coldvoid, Starless).

How to choose space last names

  • Decide whether the name has to pass as real. For a present-day story pick a real surname such as Stern, Luna or Amano. For science fiction or fantasy a coined compound such as Voidmarch or Sunhurst is fair game.
  • Match the language to the character. Hoshino and Mochizuki suit a Japanese character, Solberg and Stjernberg a Scandinavian one, Najm and Hilal an Arabic-speaking one.
  • Let a plain given name carry a showy surname. Nora Starfall and Tom Moonvale work. Two sky words in one name is one too many.
  • Use the tone on purpose: Stardust, Moonglow and Sunbeam for gentle characters, Nightfall, Deepvoid and Blackorbit for cold or menacing ones.
  • An astronomer's or astronaut's surname brings the person with it. Kepler or Gagarin as a family name is a nod readers will notice, so use it when you mean it.

Frequently asked questions

What last names mean star?

Stern (German), Estrella (Spanish), Estrela (Portuguese), Stella (Italian), Yıldız (Turkish), Csillag (Hungarian), Gwiazda (Polish), Najm (Arabic) and Akhtar (Persian) all mean star. Hoshino is Japanese for star field and Morgenstern is German for morning star. All of them are real surnames on this list.

What last names mean moon?

Luna is the Spanish and Italian word for moon, and Chandra and Chand come from the Sanskrit word for it. In Arabic, Qamar is the moon, Badr the full moon and Hilal the crescent, and Mochizuki is Japanese for full moon. Moon is an English surname too, though it did not begin as a sky name.

Are these real last names?

Some are. Starr, Luna, Stern, Solberg and Amano are carried by real families, and Kepler, Hubble and Armstrong belong to the history of astronomy and spaceflight. Compounds such as Starfall, Moonvale and Novahart are coined for fiction and are not presented as real family names.

What is a good space last name for a character?

For a hopeful lead try Starward, Sunridge or Dawnfield. For a pilot or explorer try Cometson, Orbridge or Farorbit, and for a cold antagonist Nightmarch, Coldstar or Umbral. If the story is set in the real world, Lucero, Sternberg or Hoshikawa keep the theme without breaking it.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 33 names

  • Abendroth
  • Abendschein
  • Aftab
  • Akhtar
  • Alba
  • Aldrin
  • Altair
  • Amano
  • Anjum
  • Aquila
  • Armstrong
  • Asahi
  • Asterfeld
  • Asterholm
  • Asteriadis
  • Asteriou
  • Asteris
  • Asterley
  • Asterlund
  • Asterson
  • Asterwick
  • Astraford
  • Astrahart
  • Astralund
  • Astramere
  • Astrander
  • Astrell
  • Astromont
  • Astrovale
  • Atlas
  • Aurora
  • Aydoğan
  • Ayyıldız

B: 14 names

  • Badr
  • Beausoleil
  • Ben-Shahar
  • Bessel
  • Bhaskar
  • Bituin
  • Blackmoon
  • Blackorbit
  • Blackstar
  • Bluemoon
  • Bondar
  • Borman
  • Brahe
  • Burnell

C: 38 names

  • Capella
  • Cassini
  • Castor
  • Celeste
  • Celestino
  • Cernan
  • Chaffee
  • Chand
  • Chandra
  • Chandran
  • Chandrasekhar
  • Chandravanshi
  • Cielo
  • Coldmoon
  • Coldstar
  • Coldsun
  • Coldvoid
  • Columba
  • Cometford
  • Comethart
  • Cometkin
  • Cometridge
  • Cometrow
  • Cometsby
  • Cometson
  • Cometvale
  • Cometward
  • Cometwright
  • Copernicus
  • Corona
  • Corvus
  • Cosmann
  • Cosmerton
  • Cosmont
  • Cosmowick
  • Crescent
  • Cristoforetti
  • Csillag

D: 26 names

  • Darkstar
  • Dawn
  • Dawnfield
  • Dawnholt
  • Dawnmarch
  • Dawnridge
  • Dawnward
  • Daybreak
  • Dayspring
  • De Luna
  • Deepfield
  • Deepsky
  • Deepvoid
  • Del Sol
  • Del Sole
  • Dinkar
  • Dipper
  • Divakar
  • Doppler
  • Dorado
  • Duskfall
  • Duskhart
  • Duskmere
  • Duskward
  • Duskwright
  • Dyson

E: 11 names

  • Earthrise
  • Earthshine
  • Eclipsby
  • Eclipse
  • Eclipson
  • Eddington
  • Encke
  • Estrela
  • Estrella
  • Eventide
  • Evernight

F: 9 names

  • Farfield
  • Farorbit
  • Farside
  • Farstar
  • Flamsteed
  • Flarehart
  • Flarewright
  • Fraunhofer
  • Friedmann

G: 17 names

  • Gagarin
  • Galacton
  • Galaxby
  • Galaxen
  • Galilei
  • Gamow
  • Garneau
  • Glimmerson
  • Goddard
  • Gökçe
  • Göktürk
  • Graymoon
  • Grissom
  • Günay
  • Güneş
  • Gwiazda
  • Gwiazdowski

H: 38 names

  • Hadfield
  • Halley
  • Hawking
  • Heaven
  • Heavens
  • Heliander
  • Heliard
  • Heliman
  • Heliosen
  • Heliowright
  • Hemelrijk
  • Herschel
  • Hertzsprung
  • Hevelius
  • Hilal
  • Hilali
  • Himmel
  • Himmelfarb
  • Himmelmann
  • Himmelreich
  • Himmelsbach
  • Himmelstein
  • Hinata
  • Hino
  • Hohmann
  • Hollowmoon
  • Hoshi
  • Hoshida
  • Hoshijima
  • Hoshikawa
  • Hoshino
  • Hoshiyama
  • Hoshizaki
  • Hoyle
  • Hubble
  • Huygens
  • Hvězda
  • Hyakutake

I: 3 names

  • Ionwright
  • Ironmoon
  • Ironstar

J: 2 names

  • Jansky
  • Jemison

K: 12 names

  • Kardashev
  • Kármán
  • Kelvin
  • Kepler
  • Khorshidi
  • Kochav
  • Kochavi
  • Kohoutek
  • Komarov
  • Korolev
  • Krikalev
  • Kuiper

L: 27 names

  • La Stella
  • Lagrange
  • Laplace
  • Lastlight
  • Le Verrier
  • Leavitt
  • Lemaître
  • Leonov
  • Littlestar
  • Longnight
  • Lovell
  • Lowell
  • Lucero
  • Lumen
  • Luna
  • Lunaford
  • Lunahart
  • Lunaholt
  • Lunamere
  • Lunastead
  • Lunati
  • Lunavale
  • Lunawick
  • Lunawright
  • Lunemont
  • Lunesby
  • Lunetta

M: 38 names

  • Mars
  • Maskelyne
  • Meridian
  • Mesec
  • Messier
  • Mesyats
  • Meteorson
  • Meteorwick
  • Midnight
  • Mikazuki
  • Mochizuki
  • Mondschein
  • Moon
  • Moonby
  • Moondust
  • Moone
  • Moonfield
  • Moonford
  • Moongate
  • Moongazer
  • Moonglow
  • Moonholt
  • Moonhurst
  • Moonless
  • Moonlet
  • Moonlight
  • Moonmere
  • Moonpenny
  • Moonridge
  • Moonrise
  • Moonsmith
  • Moonstead
  • Moonvale
  • Moonward
  • Moonwick
  • Morgenroth
  • Morgenstern
  • Morningstar

N: 30 names

  • Najm
  • Najmi
  • Nebelhart
  • Nebesky
  • Nebley
  • Nebulane
  • Newmoon
  • Nightcroft
  • Nightfall
  • Nighthart
  • Nightmarch
  • Nightmere
  • Nightreach
  • Nightward
  • Nightwright
  • Nocturne
  • Nova
  • Novacroft
  • Novafall
  • Novaford
  • Novahart
  • Novalock
  • Novalund
  • Novamere
  • Novamont
  • Novaridge
  • Novastrand
  • Novavale
  • Novawright
  • Nullward

O: 12 names

  • Oberth
  • Ofek
  • Olbers
  • Onizuka
  • Oort
  • Orbisen
  • Orbitson
  • Orbley
  • Orbridge
  • Orbwright
  • Orby
  • Orion

P: 8 names

  • Palemoon
  • Palestar
  • Parsec
  • Parvin
  • Penrose
  • Piazzi
  • Planck
  • Prabhakar

Q: 1 name

  • Qamar

R: 3 names

  • Resnik
  • Rigel
  • Ringlet

S: 139 names

  • Şafak
  • Sagan
  • Sandage
  • Saulītis
  • Savitskaya
  • Schiaparelli
  • Schirra
  • Schwarzschild
  • Sepehri
  • Shahar
  • Shams
  • Shamsi
  • Shapley
  • Shavit
  • Shemesh
  • Shimmerly
  • Shoemaker
  • Sky
  • Skycroft
  • Skye
  • Skyford
  • Skygazer
  • Skyhart
  • Skyholm
  • Skylight
  • Skylock
  • Skymarch
  • Skymere
  • Skymont
  • Skyrow
  • Skyshine
  • Skyvale
  • Skywell
  • Skywright
  • Slipher
  • Soare
  • Sol
  • Solbakken
  • Solberg
  • Solcroft
  • Sole
  • Soleil
  • Solgate
  • Solhart
  • Solhaug
  • Solheim

S, continued

  • Solli
  • Solmarch
  • Solmere
  • Solntsev
  • Solridge
  • Solstad
  • Solstrand
  • Solvang
  • Solward
  • Solwick
  • Solwright
  • Sonnemann
  • Sonnenberg
  • Sonnenburg
  • Sonnenfeld
  • Sonnenschein
  • Sonnleitner
  • Sonntag
  • Starbird
  • Starbridge
  • Starcatcher
  • Starcroft
  • Stardust
  • Starfall
  • Starford
  • Stargazer
  • Starglow
  • Starkin
  • Starless
  • Starlet
  • Starlight
  • Starling
  • Starlock
  • Starman
  • Starmere
  • Starmont
  • Starr
  • Starsmith
  • Starward
  • Starwhistle
  • Starwick
  • Starwright
  • Stella
  • Stellacci
  • Stellato
  • Stellhart

S, continued

  • Stellino
  • Stellmere
  • Stellridge
  • Stellson
  • Stelluti
  • Stellward
  • Stellwright
  • Stern
  • Sternbach
  • Sternberg
  • Sternemann
  • Sternfeld
  • Sternhagen
  • Sternheim
  • Sternlicht
  • Sterrenburg
  • Stillvoid
  • Stjernberg
  • Stjernfelt
  • Stjernholm
  • Stjernqvist
  • Stjernström
  • Struve
  • Suhail
  • Sunbeam
  • Sunbridge
  • Suncatcher
  • Sunchaser
  • Sunday
  • Sunfall
  • Sunford
  • Sunholt
  • Sunhurst
  • Sunless
  • Sunley
  • Sunmarch
  • Sunmere
  • Sunnyside
  • Sunray
  • Sunridge
  • Sunrise
  • Sunshine
  • Sunstead
  • Sunvale
  • Sunwick
  • Surya
  • Suryavanshi

T: 10 names

  • Täht
  • Tähti
  • Tähtinen
  • Tereshkova
  • Tombaugh
  • Tsiolkovsky
  • Tsukimura
  • Tsukioka
  • Tsukishima
  • Twinkleby

U: 1 name

  • Umbral

V: 17 names

  • Van Allen
  • Van der Sterren
  • Vega
  • Vela
  • Venus
  • Voidcroft
  • Voidfall
  • Voidholm
  • Voidlock
  • Voidmarch
  • Voidmere
  • Voidmont
  • Voidreach
  • Voidsmith
  • Voidvale
  • Voidward
  • Voidwright

W: 2 names

  • Wakata
  • Whitson

Y: 3 names

  • Yeager
  • Yıldız
  • Yıldızoğlu

Z: 6 names

  • Zenith
  • Zonnenberg
  • Zonneveld
  • Zorin
  • Zvaigzne
  • Zwicky