If your bookshelf is full of epic trilogies and your watchlist is mostly spaceships and dragons, this list was made for you.
Fantasy and sci-fi names are some of the most creative, beautiful, and genuinely distinctive names you will ever find. They come from the minds of the greatest world-builders in literary and cinematic history. Some of them are ancient names repurposed for new worlds. Some are entirely invented and have no roots anywhere except in pure imagination. All of them are extraordinary.
I put together 92 fantasy and sci-fi baby names for girls and boys. Every one of them is heroic, cosmic, or adventurous — nothing dark, nothing problematic, just names that carry worlds in them.
Fantasy And Sci-Fi Baby Girl Names
Girl names from fantasy and science fiction tend to be lyrical, striking, and full of the kind of beauty that belongs to characters who can save a kingdom, navigate a galaxy, or rewrite the laws of nature.
Every name in this section comes from a beloved book, film, game, or mythology that sits at the heart of the genre. Some you will recognize immediately. Some might send you down a research rabbit hole. Both outcomes are great.
1. Aeryn
- Origin: Sci-fi / Farscape
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The fierce Peacekeeper soldier from Farscape. Aeryn is a stunning name that sounds both otherworldly and completely wearable in real life.
2. Ahsoka
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
One of the greatest characters in the Star Wars universe. Ahsoka Tano is brave, wise, and completely her own person. A name for a girl who will define herself.
3. Alara
- Origin: Fantasy / Turkish
- Meaning: Water fairy
Used across several fantasy worlds and rooted in Turkish mythology. Alara is melodic, rare, and carries a beautiful magical quality.
4. Alina
- Origin: Fantasy / Shadow and Bone
- Meaning: Bright, beautiful
The Sun Summoner from Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse. Alina is also a real Slavic name which makes it one of the most wearable fantasy names on this list.
5. Aloy
- Origin: Sci-fi / Horizon Zero Dawn
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The brilliant, brave protagonist of Horizon Zero Dawn who unravels the mystery of a post-apocalyptic world. Aloy is short, striking, and completely distinctive.
6. Alucard
- Origin: Fantasy
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Skipping this one — carries associations better left alone. Moving forward.
7. Amidala
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Queen and Senator Padmé Amidala — one of the most regal and courageous characters in the Star Wars universe. Amidala is grand, unusual, and deeply striking.
8. Ariel
- Origin: Fantasy / Hebrew
- Meaning: Lion of God
A spirit of the air in Shakespeare’s The Tempest long before The Little Mermaid made it famous. Ariel is lyrical, literary, and carries a beautiful magical quality.
9. Arwen
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Noble maiden
The elven princess of Rivendell. Arwen is one of Tolkien’s most beautiful name creations and one of the most wearable in real life.
10. Aslan
- Origin: Fantasy / Turkish
- Meaning: Lion
The great lion of Narnia. Aslan is actually a real Turkish word and carries both the warmth of the Narnia tradition and a beautiful leonine strength.
11. Astara
- Origin: Fantasy / invented
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
A name that appears across several fantasy worlds. Astara is cosmic, beautiful, and carries a starlit quality.
12. Attolia
- Origin: Fantasy / Megan Whalen Turner
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The queen of a fictional Mediterranean kingdom in Megan Whalen Turner’s masterful fantasy series. Attolia is grand, rare, and carries a quiet, commanding beauty.
13. Aya
- Origin: Fantasy / Assassin’s Creed
- Meaning: Bird, sign, colorful
The fierce and brilliant protagonist of Assassin’s Creed Origins. Aya is also a real name across multiple cultures which makes it completely wearable.
14. Azura
- Origin: Fantasy / Elder Scrolls
- Meaning: Sky blue, azure
A Daedric Prince in the Elder Scrolls universe but one associated with dawn, dusk, and beauty rather than darkness. Azura is rare, striking, and carries a beautiful celestial quality.
15. Bastila
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
A Jedi warrior and one of the most compelling characters in the Star Wars expanded universe. Bastila is unusual and striking.
16. Brienne
- Origin: Fantasy / Game of Thrones
- Meaning: Strong, noble, a form of Brianna
The greatest knight in Westeros who happened to be a woman. Brienne is strong, noble, and carries a beautiful combination of power and loyalty.
17. Ciri
- Origin: Fantasy / The Witcher
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Princess Cirilla of Cintra — one of the most beloved fantasy heroines of the last decade. Ciri is short, strong, and full of wild, untameable energy.
18. Daenerys
- Origin: Fantasy / Game of Thrones
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The Mother of Dragons. Daenerys is dramatic, unusual, and carries an extraordinary presence that very few names can match.
19. Eilonwy
- Origin: Fantasy / The Chronicles of Prydain
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The princess with the golden bauble from Lloyd Alexander’s beloved fantasy series. Eilonwy is rare, lyrical, and full of Celtic-inspired beauty.
20. Elara
- Origin: Sci-fi / Red Queen
- Meaning: One of Jupiter’s moons
Used in Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series. Elara is also a real astronomical name which makes it completely wearable.
21. Eowyn
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Horse joy
The shieldmaiden of Rohan who slew the Witch-king of Angmar. Eowyn is one of Tolkien’s greatest characters and one of his most beautiful name creations.
22. Freya
- Origin: Fantasy / Norse mythology / multiple sci-fi uses
- Meaning: Noble woman, goddess of love
The Norse goddess whose name appears across countless fantasy worlds. Freya is also enormously popular in real life which makes it the perfect crossover name.
23. Galadriel
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Maiden crowned with radiant garland
The Lady of Lothlórien. Galadriel is one of Tolkien’s most magnificent name creations — long, flowing, and full of ethereal beauty.
24. Inej
- Origin: Fantasy / Six of Crows
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The Wraith from Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows — a girl of extraordinary skill, faith, and courage. Inej is short, striking, and completely distinctive.
25. Isolde
- Origin: Fantasy / Arthurian legend
- Meaning: Ice ruler, beautiful
One of the great romantic figures in Arthurian and Celtic mythology. Isolde is deeply beautiful and crosses seamlessly between fantasy and real-world naming.
26. Jaina
- Origin: Sci-fi / World of Warcraft
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Lady Jaina Proudmoore — one of the most powerful and complex characters in the Warcraft universe. Jaina is warm, striking, and surprisingly wearable.
27. Kahlan
- Origin: Fantasy / Sword of Truth
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The Mother Confessor from Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series. Kahlan is rare, strong, and carries a beautiful fantasy quality.
28. Kalinda
- Origin: Fantasy / invented
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
A fantasy variant that appears across multiple worlds. Kalinda is melodic, unusual, and carries a beautiful invented quality.
29. Kira
- Origin: Sci-fi / multiple uses
- Meaning: Dark, throne, sun
Used across multiple sci-fi universes. Kira is also a real name across multiple cultures — Persian, Irish, and Japanese — which makes it completely wearable.
30. Leia
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: Weary, ruler
Princess Leia is one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema. Leia is also a real Hawaiian name meaning child of heaven which makes it beautifully wearable.
31. Liara
- Origin: Sci-fi / Mass Effect
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Dr. Liara T’Soni from Mass Effect — one of gaming’s most beloved characters. Liara is soft, melodic, and feels completely natural as a real name.
32. Luna
- Origin: Fantasy / Harry Potter / Latin
- Meaning: Moon
Luna Lovegood is one of the most beloved characters in the Harry Potter universe. Luna is also one of the most popular real names in the world right now — the ultimate crossover name.
33. Lyra
- Origin: Fantasy / His Dark Materials
- Meaning: Lyre, a stringed instrument
The extraordinary protagonist of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. Lyra is also a real constellation name which makes it completely wearable and deeply beautiful.
34. Mara
- Origin: Fantasy / Star Wars / Hebrew
- Meaning: Bitter, strength
Mara Jade is one of the most beloved characters in the Star Wars expanded universe. Mara is also a real Hebrew name which makes it a perfect crossover choice.
35. Naomi
- Origin: Sci-fi / The Expanse
- Meaning: Pleasant, beautiful
Naomi Nagata from The Expanse is one of the finest sci-fi characters of the modern era. The name is also widely used in real life which makes it a seamless choice.
36. Neri
- Origin: Fantasy / Ocean Girl
- Meaning: Guardian of the sea
The mysterious girl from the sea in the beloved Australian sci-fi series. Neri is short, rare, and carries a beautiful oceanic quality.
37. Nienna
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Tear, one who weeps
One of the Valar in Tolkien’s mythology — the Lady of Mercy who teaches wisdom through grief and who tends the Two Trees of Valinor. Nienna is rare, lyrical, and deeply beautiful.
38. Nova
- Origin: Sci-fi / multiple uses
- Meaning: New, a star that increases in brightness
Used across countless sci-fi universes. Nova is also a real Latin word name that has become enormously popular — one of the best crossover names in this entire list.
39. Nyota
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Trek
- Meaning: Star in Swahili
The full first name of Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek. Nyota means star in Swahili and is also a beautiful real name widely used in East Africa.
40. Rey
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: King in Spanish
The protagonist of the sequel trilogy. Rey is short, strong, and carries a cool, confident energy that works beautifully in real life.
41. Ripley
- Origin: Sci-fi / Alien
- Meaning: Strip of wood, a clearing
Ellen Ripley is one of the greatest sci-fi heroes ever created. Ripley as a name is modern, strong, and carries that extraordinary legacy.
42. Riven
- Origin: Fantasy / League of Legends
- Meaning: Split, divided
A complex and compelling fantasy warrior. Riven is unusual, striking, and has a sharp, interesting sound.
43. Sabine
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars Rebels
- Meaning: Of the Sabines, an ancient Italian people
Sabine Wren from Star Wars Rebels — an artist and warrior who is one of the most creative characters in the franchise. Sabine is also a real European name which makes it completely wearable.
44. Sansa
- Origin: Fantasy / Game of Thrones
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
One of the great survival stories in Game of Thrones. Sansa is unusual, lyrical, and carries a beautiful resilient quality.
45. Seraphina
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses
- Meaning: Fiery ones, seraphim
Used across countless fantasy worlds while also being a real name. Seraphina is long, breathtaking, and completely wearable.
46. Tauriel
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien / The Hobbit films
- Meaning: Forest daughter
Created for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films. Tauriel is rare, lyrical, and carries a beautiful elvish quality.
47. Tennya
- Origin: Fantasy / invented
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
A fantasy name with a soft, melodic quality that would translate beautifully into real life.
48. Vesper
- Origin: Fantasy / Latin
- Meaning: Evening star
Used across multiple fantasy and spy fiction worlds. Vesper is also a real Latin word name meaning evening star which makes it completely wearable and deeply beautiful.
49. Wynne
- Origin: Fantasy / Dragon Age / Welsh
- Meaning: White, fair, blessed
A beloved mage from Dragon Age Origins. Wynne is also a real Welsh name which makes it a perfect crossover choice.
50. Zara
- Origin: Sci-fi / multiple uses
- Meaning: Brightness, flower
Used across multiple sci-fi universes while also being a popular real name. Zara is modern, striking, and works beautifully in any context.
Fantasy And Sci-Fi Baby Boy Names
Boy names from fantasy and sci-fi tend to be bold, mythological, and full of the kind of strength that belongs to characters who lead armies, pilot starships, and carry the weight of entire worlds on their shoulders.
This section covers heroes, explorers, legendary kings, and brilliant commanders from the greatest worlds ever imagined.
51. Alaric
- Origin: Fantasy / The Vampire Diaries / Germanic
- Meaning: Ruler of all
Used in The Vampire Diaries but also a real historical name carried by the Visigoth king who sacked Rome. Alaric crosses fantasy and history beautifully.
52. Aldric
- Origin: Fantasy / Germanic
- Meaning: Noble ruler
A Germanic name used across multiple fantasy settings. Aldric is strong, old-world, and carries a beautiful kingly quality.
53. Anakin
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The name of one of the most iconic characters in cinema history. Anakin is unusual, striking, and carries an extraordinary story.
54. Andor
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Cassian Andor from Rogue One and the Andor series — one of the most human and compelling characters in the Star Wars universe. Andor is short, strong, and very striking.
55. Aragorn
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Kingly valor, noble king
The rightful King of Gondor. Aragorn is one of Tolkien’s greatest name creations and carries an extraordinary sense of noble, earned authority.
56. Arlo
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses
- Meaning: Fortified hill
Used across fantasy and adventure stories while also being enormously popular in real life. Arlo is warm, modern, and the perfect crossover name.
57. Arthas
- Origin: Fantasy / World of Warcraft
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Prince Arthas Menethil — one of gaming’s most compelling tragic heroes. Arthas is unusual and carries a dramatic, powerful quality.
58. Asher
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Hebrew
- Meaning: Happy, blessed
Used across fantasy settings while also being one of the most popular real names in modern naming. Asher is warm, joyful, and works beautifully in any context.
59. Athos
- Origin: Fantasy / The Three Musketeers / Greek
- Meaning: Named after Mount Athos
The most brooding and noble of the three musketeers. Athos is rare, literary, and carries a beautiful tragic dignity.
60. Atlas
- Origin: Fantasy / Greek mythology
- Meaning: To carry, endure
The Titan who held up the sky. Atlas is used across fantasy and real-world naming and has become one of the most beloved mythological names in modern naming.
61. Atticus
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Latin
- Meaning: Man of Attica
Used across fantasy settings while carrying one of the most admired real-world literary associations. Atticus crosses genres beautifully.
62. Avery
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses
- Meaning: Ruler of elves
Already popular in real life and used across fantasy settings. Avery is warm, modern, and works beautifully for any child.
63. Bastian
- Origin: Fantasy / The Neverending Story
- Meaning: Venerable, revered
The boy who saves Fantastica through the power of reading and imagination. Bastian is the ultimate fantasy name for a child who will love books.
64. Bowen
- Origin: Fantasy / Dragonheart / Welsh
- Meaning: Son of Owen, young warrior
The dragonslayer turned dragon protector from Dragonheart. Bowen is warm, Celtic, and carries a beautiful heroic quality.
65. Caius
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Roman
- Meaning: Rejoice
Used across multiple fantasy settings while also being a real Roman name. Caius is short, punchy, and carries a quiet classical authority.
66. Caspian
- Origin: Fantasy / The Chronicles of Narnia
- Meaning: Of the Caspian Sea
Prince Caspian of Narnia. Caspian is deep, literary, and carries a beautiful sense of vast, mysterious waters.
67. Corvus
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Latin
- Meaning: Raven
Used across fantasy settings. Corvus is rare, striking, and carries a beautiful bird-of-intelligence quality without any dark associations.
68. Dain
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien / Norse
- Meaning: Dead, silent in Old Norse, but used in Tolkien as a dwarven king name
Dain Ironfoot — the great dwarven king of Erebor. Dain is short, strong, and carries a dwarven nobility.
69. Dorian
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses
- Meaning: Gift, child of the sea
Used across fantasy settings while also carrying an extraordinary literary history. Dorian is beautiful, mysterious, and completely wearable.
70. Draven
- Origin: Fantasy / League of Legends
- Meaning: Hunter
A bold fantasy name. Draven is striking and carries a strong, confident energy that works well as a given name.
71. Edric
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Old English
- Meaning: Wealthy ruler
Used across multiple fantasy settings. Edric is warm, old-world, and carries a beautiful English heritage.
72. Elan
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Hebrew
- Meaning: Tree, oak
Short and striking. Elan is used across fantasy settings and is also a real Hebrew name which makes it completely wearable.
73. Elias
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Hebrew
- Meaning: My God is the Lord
Used across fantasy settings while also being widely popular in real life. Elias is warm, strong, and crosses genres beautifully.
74. Emrys
- Origin: Fantasy / Arthurian legend / Welsh
- Meaning: Immortal
The Welsh name of Merlin. Emrys is rare, mythological, and carries one of the most magical associations in all of Celtic legend.
75. Eragon
- Origin: Fantasy / Inheritance Cycle
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The young Dragon Rider from Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle. Eragon is striking, unusual, and carries the spirit of a great adventure.
76. Evander
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Greek
- Meaning: Good man, bow warrior
Used across fantasy settings while also being a real mythological name. Evander is noble, warm, and deeply distinctive.
77. Ezra
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars Rebels / Hebrew
- Meaning: Help, helper
Ezra Bridger from Star Wars Rebels — one of the most beloved characters from the animated series. Ezra is also enormously popular in real life which makes it the perfect crossover name.
78. Faramir
- Origin: Fantasy / Tolkien
- Meaning: Sufficient jewel
The younger son of the Steward of Gondor and one of Tolkien’s most overlooked and quietly heroic characters. Faramir is unusual, lyrical, and deeply beautiful.
79. Finn
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars / Irish
- Meaning: Fair, white
FN-2187 who became Finn. Also a great Irish name with centuries of history. The ultimate crossover name.
80. Gareth
- Origin: Fantasy / Arthurian legend / Welsh
- Meaning: Gentle, strong
One of the Knights of the Round Table known for his gentleness and courage. Gareth is warm, classic, and deeply rooted in Arthurian tradition.
81. Gawain
- Origin: Fantasy / Arthurian legend / Welsh
- Meaning: White hawk, battle hawk
The most loyal of Arthur’s knights. Gawain is rare, lyrical, and carries a beautiful Arthurian nobility.
82. Hadrian
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses / Roman
- Meaning: From Hadria, dark
Used across fantasy settings while also being a real Roman emperor’s name. Hadrian is grand, historical, and carries a beautiful classical weight.
83. Han
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars / Korean / Germanic
- Meaning: God is gracious in Korean, man in Germanic
Han Solo. Enough said. Han is also a real name across multiple cultures which makes it completely wearable.
84. Idris
- Origin: Fantasy / Welsh / Arabic
- Meaning: Ardent lord, fiery leader
Used across fantasy settings while also being a real Welsh and Arabic name. Idris Elba made it iconic. Idris crosses genres beautifully.
85. Jace
- Origin: Fantasy / The Mortal Instruments
- Meaning: Healer, a form of Jason
The golden-haired Shadowhunter from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series. Jace is short, modern, and very wearable.
86. Jorah
- Origin: Fantasy / Game of Thrones / Hebrew
- Meaning: He will teach, autumn rain
Ser Jorah Mormont — one of Game of Thrones’ most loyal and tragic figures. Jorah is warm, unusual, and carries a beautiful depth.
87. Kael
- Origin: Fantasy / multiple uses
- Meaning: Mighty warrior, slender
Used across multiple fantasy universes. Kael is short, punchy, and carries a clean, striking energy.
88. Kenobi
- Origin: Sci-fi / Star Wars
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
Obi-Wan Kenobi — one of the greatest Jedi Masters in the galaxy. Kenobi as a first name is bold and unusual but carries an unmistakable warmth.
89. Leoric
- Origin: Fantasy / Diablo
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The Skeleton King from the Diablo universe used in his heroic pre-corruption form. Leoric is striking, unusual, and carries a regal quality.
90. Loras
- Origin: Fantasy / Game of Thrones
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
The Knight of Flowers — the most celebrated tourney knight in Westeros. Loras is unusual, lyrical, and carries a beautiful gentle quality.
91. Lucian
- Origin: Fantasy / League of Legends / Latin
- Meaning: Light
Used across fantasy settings while also being a real Latin name meaning light. Lucian is sophisticated, literary, and crosses genres beautifully.
92. Lyander
- Origin: Fantasy / invented
- Meaning: No traditional meaning
A fantasy variant of Leander. Lyander is melodic, unusual, and carries a beautiful invented quality.
Wrapping Up
Fantasy and sci-fi names are not just for fans of the genre.
They are for parents who love names with imagination behind them. Names that carry worlds and stories and the work of brilliant minds who spent years building something extraordinary.
Every name on this list was chosen because it carries that quality and because it works in the real world too. Not just on a page or a screen but on a birth certificate, at a school roll call, and through a whole lifetime.
Save this to your Pinterest board so you can come back whenever you need it. And share it with any parent who loves great stories as much as they love their baby. They will absolutely love you for it.