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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.

Dagny

Meaning: new day

Origin:Scandinavian
3007
Sorcha

Meaning: bright, shining

Origin:Irish
880
Roxy

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Diminutive of Roxanne, Persian
618
Callahan

Meaning: bright-headed

Origin:Irish
498
Aleph

Meaning: chief, number one

Origin:First letter of the Hebrew alphabet and Hebrew
2184
Sampson

Meaning: sun

Origin:Hebrew
1492
Clarence

Meaning: bright

Origin:Latin
842
Abner

Meaning: father of light.

Origin:Hebrew
615
Nouvel

Meaning: new

Origin:French
8618
Beacon

Meaning: signal light

Origin:English word name
5256
Early The meaning of Early is 'before a given time...
Origin:Word name
5969
Morning Morning is traditionally used to name girls....
Origin:Word name
4366
Arla

Meaning: early

Origin:Swedish
1194
Neri

Meaning: my candle; ocean spirit

Origin:Hebrew or Greek
2253
Fioralba

Meaning: flower of the dawn

Origin:Italian
5421
Dia

Meaning: love; lamp; heavenly; day

Origin:Mbama, Sanskrit, Latin, and Spanish
1187
Neoma

Meaning: new moon; pleasantness

Origin:Greek or Hebrew
1532
Phaedra

Meaning: bright

Origin:Greek
1439
Talia

Meaning: gentle dew from heaven; by the water

Origin:Hebrew; Australian Aboriginal
107
Danica

Meaning: morning star

Origin:Slavic
808