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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.

Sunniva

Meaning: sun gift

Origin:Scandinavian
716
Aurelius

Meaning: the golden one

Origin:Latin
43
Lucian

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
46
Elio

Meaning: sun

Origin:Italian, Spanish
37
Xavier

Meaning: new house

Origin:Basque
75
Dion

Meaning: child of heaven and earth

Origin:Diminutive of Dionysius, Greek
207
Asa

Meaning: healer; born in the morning

Origin:Hebrew; Japanese
204
Sunny According to its English origin, the meaning...
Origin:English nickname
351
Savita

Meaning: sun

Origin:Hindi
1459
Oriana

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latin
575
Neriah

Meaning: light of Jehovah

Origin:Hebrew
4881
Eos

Meaning: nightingale

Origin:Greek
1221
Roxana

Meaning: dawn; or, little star

Origin:Persian
979
Bayan

Meaning: rich, wealth; morning

Origin:Buryat, Kurdish
3439
Luz

Meaning: light

Origin:Spanish
967
Noor

Meaning: light

Origin:Arabic; Dutch variation of Eleonora
1328
Lucille

Meaning: light

Origin:French variation of Latin Lucilla
418
Hemera

Meaning: day

Origin:Greek mythology
5002
Electra

Meaning: shining, bright

Origin:Greek
923
Lior

Meaning: I have a light

Origin:Hebrew
1251