Female Moon Names

Moonmaid Cattery has assembled the following tables with names of moons. Most of the names are moons in our Solar System; when possible, the reference for the names is given. Some of the moons are from fictitious places; the reference to the fictional work is given as well. If no sex could be found in research, the name is listed on the "neutral" tables (i.e., many of the Science Fiction works such as McCaffrey or Bradley have made-up names).

For the purposes of this list, planets of our solar system are treated as 'moons' or satellites to our sun, Sol.

Moon name	Planet	Research
Ariel	Saturn	The Tempest: an ayrie sprite
Atlas	Saturn	a titan, held the sky to prevent its fall to earth
Charon	Pluto	ferried dead souls across river from living to dead
Davida	Sun	an Asteroid
Deimos	Mars	Pestilence, son of Ares, brother of Phobos
Earth	Sun	a satellite of Sol
Enceladus	Saturn	Killed by Zeus, Mt. Aetna placed over body
Epimetheus	Saturn	Prometheus' bro, Pandora's spouse, "afterthought"
Ganymede	Jupiter	Zeus assumed eagle form, carried Ganymede to be waterbearer
Hyperion	Saturn	a Titan, son of Uranus, = Sun
Iapetus	Saturn	a Titan, Prometheus' father, Atlas' brother
Interamnia	Sun	an Asteroid
Janus	Saturn	two-faced Roman god, denotes any passageway, begining
Jupiter	Sun	Roman Jupiter=Greek Zeus, lord of sky & daylight
Mars	Sun	Roman god of war, forces of springtime, fertility
Mercury	Sun	Roman god of trade, commerce
Mimas	Saturn	a Titan struck down by Zeus when fought the gods
Neptune	Sun	Roman god of fresh water, later Greek sea god
Oberon	Uranus	Midsummer Night's Dream: King of the Fairies
Pallas	Sun	Asteroid
Phobos	Mars	Ares' son, Deimos' brother, personification of fear
Pluto	Sun	Lord of dead, Hades, God of Underworld, "Wealth"
Prometheus	Saturn	Epimetheus' brother, firebringer, "beforethought"
Puck	Uranus	Midsummer, Mischeivious, jester, not malevalent
Saturn	Sun	Roman god of chill & doom
Telesto	Saturn
Timor	Pern	Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider books
Titan	Saturn	Six sons of Uranus & Gaia, Cronus youngest, leader
Triton	Neptune	Greek Merman, Pallas is his daughter
Uranus	Sun	Consort of Earth (Ge), castrated by Cronus

Didn't find anything that appealed to you?
Try the Neutral names list. (unknown sex)

If you have further information on moon names,
please send information and source to: Darbie Marlin.