Help brainstorm planet names

a quick google turned up this site: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/gens/planetname.html

perhaps a good name or two will come from there?

Wow!, That's cool. I remember needing stellar system names for a video game of mine. Some people suggested to get real system names. I extracted some entries from a list included in a software and it gave me the following selection :

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ALDERAN      ALPHA   CEP<br />
ANDROMEDE    GXYM31  AND<br />
CANOPUS      ALPHA   CAR<br />
CAPELLA      ALPHA   AUR<br />
CELAENO      16      TAU<br />
DENEB        ALPHA   CYG<br />
DUBHE        ALPHA   UMA<br />
ELNIATH      BETA    TAU<br />
ETANIN      GAMMA   DRA<br />
MEKALIN     BETA    AUR<br />
PLEIONE      BU      TAU<br />
POLARIS      ALPHA   UMI<br />
POLLUX       BETA    GEM<br />
PROMYCRON      ALPHA   CMI<br />
REGULUS      ALPHA   LEO<br />
RIGEL        BETA    ORI<br />
SIRIUS       ALPHA   CMA<br />
VEGA         ALPHA   LYR<br />
SHERATAN     BETA    ARI<br />
MIZAR        ZETA    UMA<br />
MIRACH       BETA    AND<br />
MEKAR       ALPHA   CET<br />
MAIDA         20      TAU<br />
HADAR        BETA    CEN<br />
CAPH         BETA    CAS<br />
ANEB        ALPHA   LEP<br />
ATRIA        ALPHA   TRA<br />
AVIOR        EPSILON CAR<br />
ANILAM       EPSILON ORI<br />
ALIOTH       EPSILON UMA<br />
ALKAID       ETA     UMA<br />
ACHERNAR     ALPHA   ERI<br />
ADHARA       EPSILON CMA<br />
ALBIREO      BETA    CYG<br />
THUBAN       ALPHA   DRA<br />
WEZEN        DELTA   CMA<br />
PHACT        ALPHA   COL<br />
SABIK        ETA     OPH<br />
SCHEAT       BETA    PEG<br />
MERAK        BETA    UMA<br />
GINEAH       GAMMA   CRV<br />
BELLATRIX    GAMMA   ORI<br />
ALTENA       GAMMA   GEM<br />
ZOMA         DELTA   LEO<br />
SHALA        LAMBDA  SCO<br />
DIPHIDIA     BETA    CET<br />
NANUKI       SIGMA   SGR<br />

I don't rememebr exactly what each column mean, the first column is the name, the second is maybe the constellation or star type and the third is the short name or initials.

Of course, these are system names. Generally planet names are derived from system name. A roman number identify the planet starting from the sun and a small letter is used to identify a moon. So if you consider that our stellar system is "Sol" then :

Sol I is Murcury
Sol III is Earth
Sol IIIa is the moon

Those are mostly astronomical star designations. For instance, Polaris is technically Alpha Ursae Minoris -- "Alpha" because it is the brightest star (as seen from Earth) in the constellation Ursa Minor, abbreviated "UMI". Andromeda is the galaxy M-31 in the constellation Andromeda.

I always wondered where Douglas Adams came up with his names for planets -- Calufrax, Bantraginus V, Golgafrincham, etc. Those would be great for lots of science fiction games. Unfortunately, it's too late to ask him.