Good astronomical baby names?

[themos]

There's Sol, of course.

[JamesK]

M33.....easy to remember:D

Love it, but if you really want to endear them to you...

NGC 958

Uranus

TAL

Otherwise, I don't know, but I thing you should keep the astronomy reference subtle. Like some of the mentioned star names. Just don't call him/her Betelgeuse.

[andy jack]

Its obvious but no mention of it yet, if you have a girl you could call her Sky. Bit stumped for boys suggestions so you are just going to have to call him Sun.

Ok I will get my coat.

[dobserver]

It really does depend what your surname is, but out of the suggestions above I do like Lyra and Maia for a girl and M33 for a boy

[bengriffin]

GIrls : celeste (niece), stella (ex), selena ( friend) all great and not too strange. For a boy - why not 'Sol'?!

[acey]

If you called a boy M33 he'd get nicknamed Pinwheel.

And people would constantly be complaining that they can't find him.

[daz]

Or he's very dim.....

[ashenlight]

Or he's very dim.....

hahahahaha

[mike.brightmore]

My baby granddaughter is called 'Lyra' and she's the brightest star in our lives - though I think it derrived more from Philip Pullman's trilogy 'His Dark Materials' aka 'The Golden Compass' rather than the night sky. It gives me a great deal of pleasure looking at Vega and friends now though.

[ashenlight]

what a beautiful name, for an equally beautiful little girl

[mike.brightmore]

I love this song 'Lyra' by Kate Bush as well

YouTube - Kate Bush - Lyra - The Golden Compass (music video)

[iamjulian]

If you called a boy M33 he'd get nicknamed Pinwheel.

And people would constantly be complaining that they can't find him.

You lot crack me up.

[Vega]

Proxima Centauri ? (double barrell of course)

[michaelmorris]

I like Ceres (girl) and Newton (boy)

[Astro Adj]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, definitely some food for thought there. Not to mention a good dose of SGL humour - I look forward to relaying some of the more, well, interesting suggestions to wifey later this evening!

I imagine that, after all, we will settle on a 'normal' name. Although 'M33' might make for a great middle name!

Thank you all for the kind messages and congratulations too.