Naledi
Naledi is a girl name of Sotho origin, meaning Star.
What Naledi means
Star.
Naledi sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Naledi comes from
Sotho names commonly describe the situation into which a child was born, or express thanks, and are transparent in meaning to any speaker.
Naledi is recorded as Sotho in origin. Browse other Sotho names.
How popular is Naledi?
You will not find Naledi in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Naledi
We group Naledi under Star and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Naledi
These share Naledi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Nanase — Star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Bituin — Star.
- Csilla — Morning star.
- Danica — Morning star.
- Dara — Star; maiden.
- Estelle — Star.
- Haruse — Star.
- Hesper — The evening star.