Morningstar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOR-ning-stahr
- Origin
- English
Morningstar is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “morning + star”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Morningstar mean?
English: English compound of morning + star
“morning + star”
A traditional name for the planet Venus when it shines in the sky before sunrise.
Is Morningstar a girl's or a boy's name?
Morningstar is a girls' name.
How popular is Morningstar in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Morningstar in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Morningstar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
Names like Morningstar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison, Mariah, Savannah, Marisol, Miracle, Sophia, Madisson, Piper, Julia, Marigold, Taylor, Mackenzie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Morningstar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morningstar, updated 20 October 2026.