What names mean dream?
Aisling and Roya are names that can mean "dream". Irish aisling means "dream" or "vision", while Persian Roya comes ultimately from Arabic.
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Aisling Irish · dream, vision; a beloved literary-mythic heritage name
Roya Persian · dream, vision
Aislinn Irish · dream, vision
Armaan Persian · desire, wish, hope
Arman Persian · wish, desire; common in Indian Muslim American families
Amani Arabic · wishes; from an Arabic root meaning 'to tempt, to put to the test'
Toivo Finnish · hope, wish
Darsh Sanskrit · vision, sight
Dream English · word name from 'dream'
Jream English · variant of Dream, the English word used as a name
Ruyi Chinese · as you wish (如意); a traditional luck and virtue name
Sapana Nepali · dream (the Nepali word, from Sanskrit svapna); three light open syllables, easy in English
Thelma Greek · coined by novelist Marie Corelli, traditionally linked to 'thelema,' will or wish
Su Burmese · one spelling, two names: စု, to gather (the Suu of Aung San Suu Kyi), and ဆု, a wish or reward; both are Tuesday-letter names, and both usually end up written Su or Suu in US records
Daniel Hebrew · "God is my judge," from Daniyyel, the dream-reading prophet who walked out of the lions' den; a steady classic in English since the Middle Ages and a cornerstone name across Spanish, Hebrew, and Slavic worlds alike. Dan and Danny come standard
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