Established names (feminine unless otherwise indicated):
- Astraea (as-TRAY-ah, [Ancient] Greek)
- Citlalli (seet-LAH-lee, Nahuatl)--also spelled Citlali.
- Csilla (CHEE-lah, Hungarian)
- Dara (DAH-rah, Khmer) [masculine/unisex in other languages/origins]
- Dzvezda (ZVEZ-dah, Macedonian)
- Hoku (hoh-koo, Hawaiian) [unisex]
- Hoshi (hoh-shee, Japanese)
- Izar (ee-sahr, Basque)
- Nthanda (nTAHN-dah, Tumbuka) [unisex]
- Nyota (NYOH-tah, Swahili)
- Setareh (seh-tah-RAY, Persian)--also spelled Setare.
- Sitara (sit-AH-rah, Hindi)
- Steluţă (steh-LOO-tsah, Romanian)
- Sterre (STEH-reh, Dutch)
- Tähti (TA [like in 'cat']-htee, Finnish)
- Tara (TAH-rah, Hindi)
- Twila (TWYE-lah, English)--from Cajun French étoile. Also spelled Twyla. [may also be derived from 'twilight']
- Whetu (FEH-too, Maori) [unisex]
- Yıldız (yil-diz, Turkish)
- Ylli (OO-lee, Albanian) [masculine]. Feminine is Yllka (OOL-kah).
- Zvezdana (zvez-DAH-nah, Serbian)
- Zvjezdana (ZVYEZ-dah-nah, Croatian)
Possibilities?
- Byeol (byohl, Korean)--also transliterated as Pyol (pyohl)
- Najm (NAH-jm, Arabic)--Masculine. Feminine is Najma. [also means "movie star"]
- Réalta (RAYL-tah, Irish)
- Reul (REE-ul, Scottish)
- Rionnag (RYOO-nahk, Scottish)--Feminine
- Tala (TAH-lah, Tagalog)
- Zírka (ZEER-kah, Ukrainian)--Feminine
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