Eclipse

English word name

"an obscuring of light when one celestial body passes over another"

Eclipse Origin and Meaning

The name Eclipse is a boy's name meaning "an obscuring of light when one celestial body passes over another".

An evocative word name denoting a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun and moon are aligned so that the moon casts a shadow over the Earth (a solar eclipse), or when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a ring of light (a lunar eclipse).