131 Celestial Space-Themed Names for Cats (with Meanings!) - Whiskers Magoo (2024)

1. Alpha – After the star, Alpha Centauri.
2. Altair – The name of a star.
3. Alya – The name of a star.
4. Andromeda – Galaxy name.
5. Anthe – A moon of Saturn.
6. Apollo – After NASA’s Apollo program.
7. Aquila – The name of a constellation on the celestial equator.
8. Ariel – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
9. Aries – The name of a zodiac constellation.
10. Armstrong – As in Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.
11. Artemis – In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the moon.
12. Astro – A term relating to outer space, the stars or celestial objects.
13. Atlas – The inner moon of Saturn.
14. Aurora – The Latin name for “dawn”, also the name for the Northern Lights is “aurora borealis” and the name for the Southern Lights is “aurora australis”.
15. Badar – The name of a satellite.
16. Bellatrix – The name of one of the stars in Orion.
17. Bianca – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
18. Buzz – As in Buzz Aldrin, a famous former astronaut.
19. Caelum – A faint constellation in the Southern sky.
20. Callisto – The name of Jupiter’s second-largest moon.
21. Calypso – A moon of Saturn.
22. Carina – The name of a constellation.
23. Carpo – A moon of Jupiter.
24. Castor – The name of a bright star in the constellation of Gemini.
25. Celeste – Meaning “heavenly” in Latin, Celeste refers to the night sky.
26. Celestia – A variation of Celeste.
27. Ciro – Italian variation of “Cyrus”, meaning “Sun”.
28. Clementine – The name of the first U.S. spacecraft launched to the moon.
29. Cloud – This one is self-explanatory!
30. Comet – A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust, and when near the Sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles.
31. Cosmo – relating to the world or the universe.
32. Cordelia – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
33. Cupid – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
34. Cressida – Another name for one of Uranus’ moons.
35. Cygni – A binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus.
36. Danica – A girls’ name of Slavic and Latin origin meaning “morning star”.
37. DaVinci – After Leonardo DaVinci, also the name of NASA space mission.
38. Dawn – As in first light – also the name of a NASA spacecraft.
39. Dia – One of Jupiter’s moons.
40. Dipper – As in “the Big Dipper” and the “Little Dipper”, constellations.
41. Draco – The name of a constellation.
42. Dragonfly – The name of a NASA spacecraft.
43. Eclipse – The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.
44. Elara – The eighth-largest moon of Jupiter.
45. Electra – The name of a European satellite.
46. Elio – An Italian and Spanish name derived from the Greek god of the Sun, Helios.
47. Eros – The first asteroid ever studied from orbit.
48. Estée – A variation of “Estelle” or “Esther”, meaning “star”.
49. Estela – A Spanish name meaning “star”.
50. Europa – A moon of Jupiter.
51. Flare – As in “solar flare”, a sudden explosion of energy.
52. Galaxy – A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
53. Galileo – A famous Italian astronomer.
54. Gamma – As in Gamma-ray.
55. Garnet – A zodiac gemstone.
56. Gemini – A zodiac constellation.
57. Genesis – The name of a NASA spacecraft.
58. Hadar – The second brightest star in the southern constellation, Centaurus.
59. Haedi – A constellation.
60. Halley – As in Halley’s comet.
61. Hercules – The name of a constellation.
62. Herschel – After William Herschel, a famous German-British astronomer.
63. Hubble – A famous space telescope.
64. Hydra – The largest of 88 modern constellations.
65. Indus – The name of a constellation in the southern sky.
66. Janus – A moon of Saturn.
67. Juno – The name of a NASA space probe orbiting Jupiter. Also means “queen of the heavens” in Latin.
68. Jupiter – The fifth planet from the Sun.
69. Leo – Is a constellation and a zodiac sign.
70. Libra – A zodiac constellation.
71. Luna – Latin for “moon”.
72. Lunar – Refers to the moon.
73. Lynx – The name of a sub-orbital, rocket-powered spaceplane.
74. Lyra – The name of the lyre-shaped constellation within Orpheus.
75. Mars – The fourth planet from the Sun.
76. Mercury – The smallest planet in our solar system.
77. Meteor – A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere.
78. Milky – As in the Milky Way, the name of the galaxy that includes our solar system.
79. Mimosa – The name of a constellation.
80. Miranda – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
81. Moon – This one is self-explanatory!
82. Narvi – A moon of Saturn.
83. Nebula – An astronomy term referring to a cloud of gas and dust in outer space.
84. Neptune – Is the eighth and farthest-known solar planet from the Sun.
85. Neutron – As in neutron star, a collapsed core of a massive supergiant star.
86. Norma – The name of a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.
87. Nova – Refers to a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently “new” star, that slowly fades over a few weeks/months.
88. Oberon – The second-largest moon of Uranus.
89. Ophelia – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
90. Orbit – Refers to the curved path of a celestial object.
91. Orion – One of the most recognizable constellations.
92. Orpheus– The name of an asteroid and a space telescope.
93. Ozone – As in the Ozone Layer, a “shield” of Ozone in Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation.
94. Pandora – The name of one of Saturn’s moons.
95. Pegasus – the name of a constellation in the northern sky.
96. Peggy – A moon of Saturn.
97. Perseus – the name of a constellation in the northern sky.
98. Phoebe – The name of one of Saturn’s moons.
99. Phobos – A moon of Mars.
100. Phoenix – The name of a constellation in the southern sky.
101. Pisces – A constellation of the zodiac.
102. Pluto – The ninth planet from the Sun.
103. Polaris – Also known as the North Star.
104. Pollux – A bright star in the constellation of Gemini.
105. Portia – The name of one of Uranus’ moons.
106. Rigel – Also known as Beta Orionis, one of the brightest stars in the sky.
107. Rocket – As in rocket ship.
108. Rover – As in “Mars rover”.
109. Roxana – A Persian name meaning “dawn” or “little star”.
110. Samson – A Hebrew name meaning “Sun”.
111. Saturn – The sixth planet from the Sun.
112. Selene – The goddess of the moon in Greek mythology.
113. Sirius – The name of the brightest star in the sky.
114. Sky – This one is self-explanatory!
115. Styx – A moon of Pluto.
116. Sol – Meaning Sun.
117. Soleil – Refers to the Sun.
118. Star – This one is self-explanatory!
119. Stella – A female name of Latin and Italian origin, meaning “star”.
120. Sun – The star around which earth orbits.
121. Talitha – The name of a constellation.
122. Taurus – A zodiac constellation.
123. Titania – The largest of the moons of Uranus.
124. Umbriel – A moon of Uranus.
125. Ulysses – The name of a space mission and spacecraft.
126. Ursa – The name of two major constellations, “Ursa Major” (the Big Dipper) and “Ursa Minor” (the Little Dipper).
127. Vega – The name of a star in the constellation of Lyra.
128. Venus – The second planet from the Sun.
129. Virgo – A zodiac constellation.
130. Zaniah – The name of a star in the constellation of Lyra.
131. Zora – A Persian name meaning “dawn”.

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