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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.

Uhtred

Meaning: advice

Origin:Old English
403
Agim

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Albanian
12289
Zariza

Meaning: gold, brilliantly bright

Origin:Hebrew
3087
Zerah

Meaning: to arise; dawn

Origin:Hebrew
5612
Jorah

Meaning: early rain

Origin:Hebrew
1435
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Origin:Slavic
1885
Vihan

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Sanskrit
1008
Ayelet

Meaning: deer, gazelle

Origin:Hebrew
1195
Ahaan

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Sanskrit
5616
Austra

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latvian
5869
Zerlina

Meaning: beautiful dawn

Origin:Arabic
5951
Aubade

Meaning: morning love song

Origin:French
6654
Tarana

Meaning: music, song

Origin:Hindi
6749
Gry

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Norwegian
6814
Fajar

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Indonesian, from Arabic Fajr, meaning "dawn"
10066
Shahar

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Hebrew
10860
Suria

Meaning: sun god

Origin:Variation of Surya, Hindi
2680
Nada

Meaning: dew at sunrise

Origin:Arabic
3079
Zorina

Meaning: golden dawn

Origin:Slavic
3055
Morningstar

Meaning: morning star

Origin:English from German
3523