Names Categorized "sun"

Aelia is a feminine given name of Roman origin. It is the feminine form of Aelius, a Roman family name whose exact meaning is uncertain but has been traditionally linked to the Greek word ἥλιος (helios), meaning "sun." T...

Aeliana is the feminine form of Aelianus, a Roman cognomen derived from the family name Aelius. The name Aelius itself is of uncertain etymology, though it has been traditionally linked to the Greek word ἥλιος (helios),...

Aelianus is a Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Aelius. The name Aelianus, meaning "belonging to the Aelius family," was used as a family name or a personal epithet in ancient Rome, indicating a connection to the p...

Aelius is a Roman family name of uncertain meaning, traditionally linked to the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun." This etymology, though speculative, suggests a possible association with solar imagery or worship.E...

Alba is a feminine given name used in Catalan, French, Italian, and Spanish, but its etymology is far from straightforward. The name actually derives from two distinct historical names, Alba 2 and Alba 3, one of Latin or...

Aliana is a female given name used primarily in English-speaking countries. It is considered a variant of either Alana or Eliana 1, and as such, its meaning is indirectly tied to the origins of those names. Alana itself...

Amaterasu (also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami) is the Japanese sun goddess, one of the central kami of the Shinto pantheon. Her name combines the Japanese elements ama (天) meaning "heaven, sky" and terasu (照) meaning "shi...

Anatol is a masculine given name used primarily in Belarusian and Polish, where it serves as the local form of Anatolius. The ultimate origin lies in the Greek name Anatolios, derived from the word ἀνατολή (anatolē), mea...

Anatole is the French form of Anatolius, a name derived from the Greek Ανατολιος (Anatolios), which itself is based on the Greek word ανατολή (anatole) meaning "sunrise." This connection to the rising sun lends the name...

Anatoli is a masculine given name found in Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian usage. It serves as a variant transcription of Russian Анатолий or Ukrainian Анатолій (in Latin, Anatoliy) as well as the native Georgian form....

Anatolia is the feminine form of the masculine name Anatolius, ultimately derived from the Greek Ἀνατολή (anatole), meaning "sunrise" or "east." This name was borne by a 3rd-century Italian saint and martyr, Saint Anatol...

Anatolijs is the Latvian form of the name Anatolius, ultimately derived from the Greek name Anatolios, which comes from the Greek word ἀνατολή (anatole), meaning "sunrise." The name thus evokes imagery of dawn and new be...

Anatolios is the original Greek form of the Latin name Anatolius, directly derived from the Greek word ἀνατολή (anatole), meaning "sunrise." As a masculine given name in Ancient Greek usage, it embodies a metaphor of daw...

Anatolius is a Late Latin masculine given name derived from the Greek Ἀνατόλιος (Anatolios), itself based on ἀνατολή (anatole), meaning "sunrise" or "east." The name thus carries connotations of dawn, light, and the risi...

Anatoliy (Russian: Анато́лий, Ukrainian: Анато́лій) is a common masculine given name in Russian and Ukrainian, derived from the Greek name Anatolius. The name originates from the Greek Anatolios (Ἀνατόλιος), which is bas...

Anatoly is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is an alternate transcription of Russian Анатолий (see Anatoliy), which itself derives from the Greek name Anatolius (Ἀνατόλιος), via Anatolios. The Gree...

Antiman is a Chilean Mapuche masculine name meaning "condor of the sun" in the Mapudungun language. It is composed of the elements antü "sun" and mañku "condor", reflecting the profound connection of the Mapuche people w...

Antinanco is a masculine name of Mapuche origin, composed of the elements antü 'sun' and ñamko 'eagle, hawk, buzzard,' thus meaning 'eagle of the sun.' The name reflects the importance of both the sun and the eagle in Ma...

Apollo is the Greek name of one of the most important Olympian gods in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Its etymology is uncertain: it derives from the Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apollon), which may stem from the Indo-European...

Areg (Armenian: Արեգ) is a common Armenian male name meaning "sun" or "bright" in Armenian, where it functions as a poetic word for the sun. The name is deeply rooted in Armenian cultural and religious history, as it is...

Arev is an Armenian feminine given name that directly translates to "sun" (sun) in the Armenian language. Rooted in the natural world, the name embodies warmth, light, and life, reflecting the sun's central role in both...

Arevig is the Western Armenian transcription of Arevik, a feminine Armenian name meaning "like the sun". The root word arev means "sun" in Armenian, making Arevig part of a broader family of solar-themed names including...

Arevik is a feminine given name of Armenian origin, meaning "like the sun" (Armenian: Արևիկ). The name is derived from Arev, the Armenian word for "sun," combined with a diminutive suffix -ik, which imparts the sense of...

Arpi is a feminine Armenian name meaning "sun, ether" — a poetic word in Armenian that evokes imagery of light, sky, and celestial brightness. This name, along with its variant Arpine, belongs to a set of uniquely Armeni...

Arpine is a feminine given name in Armenian, derived as an elaborated form of Arpi. The root name Arpi means "sun" or "ether" in Armenian, drawing on a poetic word for the sun that evokes light and celestial radiance. Th...

Arthit is a Thai masculine given name meaning "sun". It derives from the name of the Hindu god Aditya, a solar deity and one of the sons of the goddess Aditi. In Thai, the name reflects the cultural influence of Hinduism...

Asahi is a Japanese unisex name directly inspired by the Japanese words 旭 (asahi) or 朝日 (asahi), both meaning "morning sun". The name is written as あさひ in hiragana and can be composed from various kanji combination...

Ashwin is a masculine given name of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit word aśvin meaning "possessed of horses." In Hindu mythology, the Ashvins are twin gods — divine horsemen — who represent the sunrise and sunse...

Aton is a variant of Aten, the name of an ancient Egyptian sun god. Aten was depicted as a solar disk with rays ending in hands, and his worship became the center of a monotheistic religious revolution during the 14th-ce...

Aurora is a feminine given name derived from the Latin word for "dawn." In Roman mythology, Aurora was the goddess of the morning, equivalent to the Greek goddess Eos. As a personal name, it has been in occasional use si...

Avtandil is a masculine given name of Georgian origin, best known from the medieval epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. It was created by the 12th-century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for the poem's protagonist, a va...

Aygün is a feminine given name of Turkic origin, composed of the elements ay meaning "moon" and gün meaning "sun". Together, the name evokes the poetic imagery of both celestial bodies, reflecting a harmonious balance be...

Bast is a variant reading of Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of cats, fertility, and the sun. The name is an anglicized form derived from the Egyptian bꜣstt, possibly meaning "ointment jar" combined with a feminine suffix....

Bastet is an ancient Egyptian goddess of cats, fertility, and the sun, whose name derives from the Egyptian bꜣstt, possibly linked to bꜣs meaning "ointment jar" with a feminine t suffix. In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was...

Belenus is the Latinized form of the Gaulish names Belenos or Belinos, and it was the name of an ancient Celtic god of healing, often equated with the Roman god Apollo through the process of interpretatio romana. The ety...

EtymologyBelobog is a name proposed as a Slavic deity, representing a reconstructued bělŭ 'white' and bogŭ 'god'. The pagan pantheons of the Slavs are notoriously sparse, with Belobog forming a late reconstruction based...

Bhaskara is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, meaning "shining" or "light maker." It is derived from the Sanskrit elements भास (bhāsa) meaning "light" and कर (kara) meaning "maker." The name is an epithet of the...

Chang (章 or 张) is a common romanization of several Chinese surnames and also exists as a given name with various characters. As a first name, it typically derives from characters like 昌 (chāng) meaning "flourish, pros...

Dawn is an English feminine given name taken directly from the English word for the time of morning twilight that lasts from the first light of day until sunrise. The word itself derives from the Old English verb dagian,...

Dazhdbog is a variant spelling of Dazhbog, the name of a major Slavic solar deity. The name is composed of Old Slavic elements: dati "to give" and bogŭ "god", thus meaning "the giving god". This variant appears in mediev...

Dimas is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Dismas, a name derived from Greek dysme meaning "sunset." Dimas, like its source, is traditionally associated with the repentant thief who was crucified alongside Jesus, as rec...

Dinesh is a modern Indian male given name, derived from the Sanskrit name Dinesha. The name Dinesha is composed of the elements दिन (dina) meaning "day" and ईश (īśa) meaning "lord", thus conveying the meaning "lord of th...

Dinesha is a Sanskrit-derived masculine name used in Hindu communities. It means "day lord" from दिन (dina) meaning "day" and ईश (īśa) meaning "lord". In Hindu texts this is used as a name of the sun.Cultural and Religio...

Dismas is the name traditionally assigned to the penitent thief crucified beside Jesus, according to Christian tradition. The name is derived from Greek δυσμή (dysme), meaning "sunset" or "west". This etymology may symbo...

Dương is a common Vietnamese given name of Sino-Vietnamese origin, linked to two distinct Chinese characters. The first, 陽 (dương), means “male, virile” and is associated with yang (the masculine principle in Chinese ph...

Eguzki is a Basque masculine given name meaning "sun." In Basque mythology and traditional culture, the sun (Eguzki) was venerated as a benevolent entity, often associated with light, warmth, and life. The name reflects...

Eki is a Basque masculine given name meaning "sun", a variant of Eguzki. The name derives directly from the Basque word for the sun, which is central to Basque mythology where the sun (Eguzki) is a venerated celestial en...

Elanor is a fictional name created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his legendarium. It means "star sun" in the constructed Elvish language Sindarin, and is the name of a small, star-shaped yellow flower found in the enchanted fo...

Elgün is an Azerbaijani masculine given name of Turkic origin. It is composed of two Turkic elements: el, meaning "country" or "society," and gün, meaning "sun." Therefore, the name can be interpreted as "sun of the coun...

Élia is a French feminine given name that can function either as the French form of Aelia or as a feminine variant of Élie. This dual etymology gives the name a rich background, connecting it both to ancient Roman naming...

Èlia is the Catalan feminine given name derived from Aelia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Aelius. The root name Aelius is of uncertain meaning, but it has traditionally been associated with the Greek word ἥλ...

Elia 2 is the Spanish feminine form of Elio, itself a Spanish and Italian form of the Latin family name Aelius. The name thus ultimately traces back to the highly influential Roman nomen (clan name) Aelius, whose most fa...

Eliana is a feminine given name used in English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish speaking countries. It is the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Éliane, which derives from the Latin name Aeliana, the feminine for...

Eliane is a feminine given name of Portuguese origin, equivalent to the French name Éliane. The name ultimately traces back through Latin to the Roman family name Aelius, making it part of a long onomastic tradition conn...

Éliane is a French feminine given name, also occasionally used as a surname. It is derived from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, itself a derivative of the Roman family name Aelius. The name's ultim...

Elianna is a feminine given name used primarily in English, functioning as a variant of Eliana. Its roots trace back through multiple linguistic layers, offering a rich blend of Hebrew and Latin heritage.EtymologyThe nam...

Élio is the Portuguese form of the Ancient Roman family name Aelius, also adopted into French as a given name. The root name Aelius, traditionally associated with the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun", was borne by...

Elio is an Italian and Spanish given name with dual origins, rooted in both ancient Roman and Greek mythology. As an Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Aelius, it connects to the Roman emperor Hadrian, who...

Eliodoro is the Italian form of the name Heliodoro, which itself derives from the Ancient Greek Ἡλιόδωρος (Heliodoros). The name is composed of two Greek elements: ἥλιος (helios), meaning "sun", and δῶρον (doron), meanin...

Elliana is an English variant of Eliana, a name with multiple possible origins and a rich linguistic history. The most common interpretation traces the name to a Hebrew phrase, often translated as "my God has answered."...