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Names That Mean Dawn

Baby names that mean dawn appeal on both a literal and a symbolic level. Dawn might mean a new beginning for your family or your child's emergence into the world. You might want a name that means dawn for a child that's born at sunrise or early in the morning. Dawn might mean a new attitude, a new realization, a new way of life.

Included here are also the names of gods and goddesses and other notable figures associated with the dawn, such as Aurora and Zorya. Of course, a name meaning dawn might simply relate to the newness associated with any brand-new life.

Along with Aurora, other names that mean dawn in the US Top 1000 include Aurelia, Daisy, Elena, Lucian, Noor, Sunny, Vihaan, and Zora. Rare morning-related names we recommend include Apollonia, Lior, Roxy, and Sunniva.

In this group of names that mean dawn, we also include names for girls and boys that mean sun, names that mean new day, names that mean light and names meaning bright, names that mean gold, names that mean morning, and names that mean early.

Aurelia

Meaning: the golden one

Origin:Latin
3
Dawn

Meaning: dawn, sunrise

Origin:English
812
Origin:Anglicized form of Yiddish Golde or Golda
308
Cressida

Meaning: gold

Origin:Greek
227
Eliana

Meaning: my God has answered

Origin:Hebrew
163
Niamh

Meaning: bright

Origin:Irish Gaelic
211
Orla

Meaning: golden princess

Origin:Irish
231
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Xanthe

Meaning: golden, yellow

Origin:Greek
218
Chiara

Meaning: light, clear

Origin:Italian
425
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Origin:Greek, Feminine variation of Apollo, Greek sun god.
847
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Origin:Italian, German, Dutch, and Polish variation of Eleanor
1071
Leocadia

Meaning: splendid brightness

Origin:Spanish
1931
Celia

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
198
Nova

Meaning: new

Origin:Latin
188
Danique

Meaning: morning star

Origin:French variation of Danica
2821
Brigid

Meaning: strength or exalted one

Origin:Irish variation of Brighid
920
Elena

Meaning: bright, shining light

Origin:Spanish, Italian, German, Greek variation of Helen
59
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365