250+ Best Planet Name Ideas For You

What was the last movie you saw? Last week I watched a sci-fi movie about space colonization. There were characters in the movie who were colonizing several planets for their own profit.

The movie was good, but what attracted me the most was the planet names. There were some unique planet names. From then, I was thinking about unique planet names. Planet name ideas are very useful nowadays. Not for only movies, but also for sci-fi novels,

fictional podcasts, or even for short videos. You will need unique ideas if you are a creator. And if you want to create a video on fictional planets, you will need planet names.

I have thoroughly researched planet names. I have got some unique names like Styx, Hydra, Hades, Nyx, etc. If you found these names interesting, read this full article to know many other interesting names.

Check them out.

Naming a fictional planet is not so easy. You can easily set up a name for a fantasy character or a forest. But to set a name for a planet, you have to keep certain rules in mind.

You have to look at the rules set by IAU or the International Astronomical Union. What are the rules?

The first rule is, you have to decide the type of the planet. Decide how the planet is. Is it inhabitable? If there are aliens? If yes, then how developed are they? How do they look? What are their goals?

If you have analyzed these questions, then there are certain rules to follow. Those are –

• Do not name a planet after pet animals or an individual.
• Do not use names similar to existing planets.
• Do not use more than 14 letters or characters.
• Try to use only one word.
• The name should be easily pronounceable. 

Now let me go deeper in the topic and discuss every kind of planet and their names.

There is a very simple rule to name a major planet. Just name it after a Roman or Greek god. You can distort their names a little too to name a major planet. If you want some other mythological names, they will work fine too!

Mythological or mythical names go fine with planets. Below I have given some ideas for major planet names. Check the list out.

Iketer	Leron	Mercury	Catenae
Ikaris	Zaphus	Jupiter	Craters
Taxore	Uchilles	Neptune	Dorsa
Nesippe	Rion	Earth	Faculae
Denkerth	Druinov	Saturn	Fossae

If your imaginary planet is a dwarf planet, then there is a naming rule too. These planets can be named after demigods or demons. You can use any creature’s name from any mythology as well. 

If you want a good name for your dwarf planet, then go through any mythology and check which creature’s name you can use. Below I am giving you some ideas for dwarf planet names. You can use them too.

Drehiri	Estrade	Ceres	Eris
Cothorix	Igolla	Pluto	Makemake
Udarvis	Tulia	Haumea	50000 Quaoar
Zexade	Kuriuq	90377 Sedna	225088 Gonggong
Amides	Hion	90482 Orcus	Sedna

Do you know what a minor planet is? You can call a planet a minor planet that is yet not identified. Suppose, astronauts have discovered a planet, but they are yet to identify it. Then it can be called a minor planet.

Naming a minor planet has very simple rules. First see the month of discovery. Then check the number of discoveries in the month. Suppose, you discover a planet on 12th July. It is the 5th discovery in July. then you should assign NE to the planet.

But why NE? Because there is a rule. A month is divided into two parts. The first part starts from day 1 and ends on day 15. The second part starts from day 16 and ends on day 30. And each part of every month has a letter.

If you discover a planet in the first 15 days in January, then you have to assign the letter A. If you discover a planet in the last 15 days of January, you have to assign B. The second letter states the number of discoveries. If it is the first discovery of the month, then you should assign A. if it is the 2nd discovery, then B comes.

The last one is, the year of discovery. If you discover a a planet on 12th July, 2020, it will be called NE-2020. Simple rule!

Ceres	Psyche	Parthenope	Iris
Pallas	Thetis	Victoria	Flora
Juno	Melpomene	Egeria	Metis
Vesta	Fortuna	Irene	Hygiea
Astraea	Massalia	Eunomia	Hebe

Planets found outside our solar system are exoplanets. Exoplanets are named using a noun followed by a letter.

Uter	Ivion	Kepler-186f	HD 85512 b
Lenia	Boxora	Kepler-62f	Iota Draconis b
Tara	Lilia	Dimidium	18 Delphini b
Akeon	Denides	Kepler-22b	Dagon
Vyke	Ketera	Gliese 667 Cc	Planet

Fantasy planets can be named after anything interesting. But it should be a noun.

Gilea	Vuruta	Riagantu	Aziri
Meruta	Aroria II	Esomia	Gnulmoturn
Crounus XI	Purilia	Ondion	Izeon
Dricarro	Gatheron	Tolatune	Athora
Sanilia	Magua	Edyria	Tutania

There are actually no rules to name an Alien planet. You can check the table below to get some ideas on Alien planet names.

Gilea	Exdus	Xiliv	Xore TE
Dricarro	Thela	Cinoth	Ixippe
Akippe	Ogore	Ziopagawa	Olorix
Xylon	Gathiolea	Angichi	Thazuruta
Gevora	Esonia	Xovunides	Etion 4LT

Want some funny planet names? Check the table below!

Tolatune	Purilia	Booster Names	Saturn Names
Magua	Ondion	Vanguard Pl	Cube Names
Riagantu	Osmantu	Fission Pl	Cluster Pl
Baroz	Amdinia	Planetopolis	Planettastic
Lindia	Grizek	Namiva	Light Names

Here are some ideas for water planet names.

Cinoth	Angichi	Europa	Mars
Ziliv	Zuthara	Enceladus	Titan
Uchunia	Doloulea	Ganymede	Dione
Inorth	Ozuno	Callisto	Mimas
Sukurn	Arorix	Ceres	Triton

These are some ice planet names.

Baiwei	Xore	Pilbindar PI3	Roccia
Olorix	Thazuruta	Cyrana	Sario HO7
Etion	Nalarth	Freddo	Freddo
Kegawa	Dumeron	Straxirus	Massiivinen
Drixetera	Ziwei	Jokull	Ipzamar UB2

I have some sci-fi planet name ideas too!

Thulnyke	Xovunides	Ibreon XII	Davinda
Edyria	Gnulmoturn	Tulia	Zaphus
Tater	Crounus	Zexade	Lonadus R2
Zingaru	Osonedea	Iroria 7X	Uchilles
Vormir	Regada	Udarvis	Taxore
Brolnaistea 2OA	Rion	Droutera 4IX	Xelarvis
Nesippe	Merth	Igolla W8	Druinov
Ikadus	Leron	Estrade	Denkerth
Kuriuq	Xochilia VS	Drehiri	About Pl
Gephahines X	Iketer	Cothorix	Axen Pl

Want some planet-inspired names for your business? Here are some ideas!

Jupiter Enterprises	The Pluto Store	Centric Pl	Bench Pl
Venus Textiles	The Lunar Limited	Crown Pl	Aura Pl
The Jupitrex	The Venus Technologies	Bureau Pl	Scout Names
The Satanic Sounds	Sunny Bank	Buys Pl	Overwatch Pl
Mars Media Industry	The Solar Power House	Control Pl	Bevy Pl
Fanta omdes Cube	Fantasyiva Poe	Blink Pl	Aqua Pl
Plomatic Razor	The Living Planet	Flower Pl	Days Pl
Drift Bestbia	Nature’s Great Events	Earnings Pl	Doup Pl
Fantasy lance	Life on Earth	Dream Pl	Details Pl
Fantasy	Life in Cold Blood	Directory Pl	Essence Pl

Now you know the rules for naming a planet. You have some naming ideas too! I hope this will help you in your goal! All the best!

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