Names that mean dawn
Names whose meanings carry dawn, drawn from every tradition in the nametree library. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Dawn English ยท daybreak, first light
Liwayway Filipino ยท dawn, early morning light
Asahi Japanese ยท morning sun
Lucero Spanish ยท morning star, bright light
Chen Chinese ยท morning (ๆจ)
Akari Japanese ยท light, brightness
Sepideh Persian ยท dawn
Fajar Indonesian ยท dawn
Aurora Latin ยท dawn
Gilang Indonesian ยท bright, shining, radiant
Alohi Hawaiian ยท bright, radiant, shining
Darsh Sanskrit ยท vision, sight
Doruk Turkish ยท summit, peak
Nagisa Japanese ยท shore, beach
Luningning Filipino ยท brightness, radiance
Arjun Sanskrit ยท bright, shining
Tariq Arabic ยท morning star, one who knocks
Arnav Sanskrit ยท ocean, sea
Arunny Khmer ยท dawn light; from Sanskrit aruna
Rangsan Thai ยท light, radiance
Hikaru Japanese ยท light, radiance
Bilal Arabic ยท moisture, freshness
Electra Greek ยท shining, amber, radiant
Tala Filipino ยท star, specifically the guiding morning star
Svetlana Russian ยท star, light
Kalea Hawaiian ยท bright, joyful, clear
Klara German ยท clear, bright
Claire French ยท clear, bright
Clara Latin ยท clear, bright
Anwar Arabic ยท luminous, brighter, radiant
Phoebe Greek ยท bright, radiant, shining one
Aadi Sanskrit ยท first, beginning
Danica Filipino ยท morning star
Darya Persian ยท sea, ocean
Samudra Bengali ยท sea, ocean
Kislap Filipino ยท spark, sparkle
Chenxi Chinese ยท first light of dawn (ๆจๆฆ)
Ridge English ยท ridge, hill
Roya Persian ยท dream, vision
Aislinn Irish ยท dream, vision
Pakin Thai ยท gold, golden
Aaron Hebrew ยท high mountain, exalted
Ningning Filipino ยท radiance, shine
Cihan Turkish ยท the world, the universe
Keith Scottish ยท wood, forest
Yuan Filipino ยท beginning, foremost
Alana Hawaiian ยท awakening, offering; precious
Selin Turkish ยท river, flowing water
Suong Vietnamese ยท mist, dew
Helen Greek ยท light, torch
Toprak Turkish ยท earth, soil
Maayan Hebrew ยท spring, wellspring
Aarush Sanskrit ยท first ray of the sun
Helena Greek ยท shining light, torch
Nirvaan Sanskrit ยท liberation, enlightenment
Thien Vietnamese ยท heavenly, divine
Prasetyo Indonesian ยท vow, promise, pledge
Yuvan Sanskrit ยท young, youthful
Diep Vietnamese ยท leaf, foliage
Vihaan Sanskrit ยท dawn, morning (surged in U.S. birth records through the 2010s-2020s among Indian American families)
Which of these fits YOUR family? โ