Hey all,
I’m looking for more names that either have a meaning of something like dawn/sunrise or perhaps renewal/revive/new or something that evokes a feeling of ‘newness’ or ‘renewal’. I’m looking for names that either have a meaning in this vein, or could perhaps be a metaphor for it (even if somewhat abstract), or have been used in literature in a symbolic way of dawn/newness/etc.
Some examples:
[name]Larkin[/name] (the lark is a common literary symbol of the dawn)
[name]Sulien[/name] (sun-born)
[name]Anatole[/name] (rising sun)
Roshan (day light)
[name]Aurora[/name] springs to mind - dawn
Lillies can be a symbol of rebirth
[name]Anastasia[/name] means resurrection
[name]Dawn[/name] - obviously =)
[name]Lenore[/name]-light
[name]Aruna[/name]- dawn
iola- ‘violet coloured dawn’
[name]Thea[/name]- mother of dawn (and sun and moon)
Or what about names related to butterflies- symbol of new life
[name]Vanessa[/name]- a species of butterfly
[name]Mariposa[/name]- spanish for butterfy (watch though, can have negative connotations insome countries)
Papillion- French for butterfly
Species of butterfly:
Appolonia
Cleopatra
Mazarine
Holly
Pansy
Atalanta
Selene
Tullia
Seconding every name the lovely miss [name]Moon[/name] sugegsted, especially Loxias. And I love [name]Anatole[/name] of your list.
These are all [name]Sun[/name] Gods unless specified:
Amun - Egyptian, creation God associated with the sun
Anshar - Mesopotamian sky God
Aten - Egyptian
Balder - Norse
Belenos - Gaulish
[name]Dag[/name] - Norse, personification of the day
Enlil - Mesopotamian God of breath and wind
[name]Frey[/name]/Freyr - Norse
[name]Helios[/name] - Greek
[name]Heracles[/name] - Greek hero, his myth is a sun story
Hors - Slavic
[name]Horus[/name] - Egyptian God of sun and light
[name]Icarus[/name] - Greek fellow who built wings and flew too close to the sun
Koyash - Turkic
Lugh - Irish
Mithras - Perisan
[name]Osiris[/name] - Egyptian,associated with spring, renewal and resurrection
Pyrois, Aeos, Aethon and Phlegon - the horses who pulled [name]Helios[/name]’ chariot
[name]Ra[/name] - Egyptian
[name]Ravi[/name] - Hindu
[name]Sol[/name] - sun [name]Goddess[/name] in Norse mythology, sun God in [name]Roman[/name] mythology. It’s also the actual word for sun in Scandinavia.
Tohil - Mayan
Usil - Etruscan
I really like the idea of [name]Dawn[/name] on a little girl today.
I think that [name]Zorya[/name] or [name]Zora[/name] are both very usable, but [name]Zoe[/name] could be an easy nickname for those if you aren’t sure.
Altan (“red dawn” in Turkish)
[name]Sahar[/name] (‘east’ in Arabic)
[name]Arun[/name] (sun-god, drives a chariot similar to [name]Apollo[/name], bringing the sunrise- Sanskrit)
[name]Taner[/name] (“born at dawn” in Turkish)
[name]Anatole[/name] / Anatolius
[name]Anastasios[/name]
Dinesh (“lord of the day” in Sanskrit)
[name]Ravi[/name] (“sun” in Sanskrit)
Sorin (“sun” in Romanian)
[name]Rene[/name] (“reborn” in French)
Thanks for the suggestions everyone! There are definitely some great ones in the mix. I think [name]Aurelius[/name] (or maybe [name]Aurelio[/name]), [name]Zoran[/name] and Altan have made the cut to gather some further reflection.
Thanks blade! We’ve still got 2 months to go, so no rush. Got a lot of good options to work with (our top 4 still reigning supreme, just not quite sure how they’ll work out in connecting (in meaning and/or pronunciation) to the Chinese name we’re also in the process of choosing-- [name]Jasper[/name] seems to have a few more possible ways to do so than some others)
Here’s the best of what I found: