Baby Names Meaning Dawn or Sunrise

Dawn-names sit at the joining of sun and hope. They carry the moment something begins. This hub gathers names whose root meaning is dawn, sunrise, or first light.

Aurora (Latin, 'dawn'), Zora (Slavic, 'dawn'), Roxana (Persian, 'dawn'), Arun (Sanskrit, 'dawn sun'), Dawn itself, and Sabah (Arabic, 'morning') all belong here. The theme crosses every language that watches the sun come up.