Semi-Finalist Submissions for 2020 Mars Rover Naming Contest

These submissions came from K-12 students, starting with 28,000 and narrowed to 155. I removed some duplicates. The public will get to vote on this soon so we will have to follow this and have our say!

• A.L.I.E.T.T. (Ancient Life Investigator Of Extra Terrestrial Turf)
• A.R.D.O.R. (Adventurous Rover Discovering Our Reality)
• Abeona
• Aclepius
• Adeo
• Advendure
• Advent Gnosis
• Aethon
• Age
• Altan
• Ambition
• Ambition Tardigrada
• Amica
• Amoeba
• Anaxagoras
• Antoniadi
• Apeiron
• Apricity
• Arc
• Archí
• Archimedes
• Ares-Gigasis
• Aspiration
• Aspire
• Asrik
• Asteria Morpheus
• Audacity
• Aurum
• Believer
• Biorevelation
• Calafia
• Calypso
• Camr
• Capacity
• Catalyst
• Clarity
• Coeus
• Courgage
• Cueillir
• Cyano
• Decipher
• Determination
• Diana
• Dream
• Dreamer
• Dusty
• Eirene
• Elpis
• Emergence
• Endurance
• Enlightenment
• Examiner
• Excelsior
• Expansion
• F.I.D.O. (Fearless Information Data Officer)
• Fascination
• Footprint
• Forager
• Fortitude
• G.R.I.T. (Geologic Retrieval Investigation and Testing)
• Grit Perspective
• Groundbreaker
• Humanity
• Ikenga
• Im-Pression
• Imagination
• Information Rover
• Ingenuity
• Innovator
• Inquisitive
• Inspiration
• Inspire
• Investigator
• Jeevan
• L.E.A.D. (Love, Exploration, and Discovery)
• Little Tinker
• Maria
• Marv
• Merian
• Metis 2020
• Monarch
• Mornar
• Mystery
• Novus
• Nunnehi
• Optimisum
• Oracle
• Outlook
• Perception
• Perserva
• Perserverance
• Perseverance
• Perspective
• Picus
• Possibility
• Prayas
• Promise
• Propulsion Major Crater
• Prospect
• Prospector
• Pyassa
• Reconnoiter
• Revelar
• Ride
• Rose
• Seeker
• Starlight
• Summer
• Tenacity
• Valiant
• Viatoris
• Vision
• Vision Dari
• Visionary
• Vita Venator
• Vitality Rover
• Vitus
• Wonder
• Wonderment
• Zoi

If you are interested, this site shows the age range and reasoning from each of the finalists.