Names That Mean Sun
Sun names bring their own warmth — Ravi and Aarush from Sanskrit, Cyrus from old Persia, Soleil from France, Hinata from Japan. Bright, hopeful and impossible to say gloomily, they suit a child who is about to become the centre of somebody’s solar system.
22 names
Boy names that mean sun · 13
Aarush
Sanskrit
First ray of the sun
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Ansh
Sanskrit
Part, portion, ray of the sun
BoyVirtue
Cyrus
Persian
Sun
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Elio
Italian / Greek
Sun
BoyCelestialHistorical
Eshan
Sanskrit
The sun, lord
BoyCelestialMythological
Ishaan
Sanskrit
Sun, Shiva
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Kourosh
Persian
The modern Iranian form of Cyrus — same sun, fresh hands.
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Mihir
Sanskrit
Sun, ray of light
BoyCelestial
Ravi
Sanskrit
Sun
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Reyansh
Sanskrit
Ray of light, part of the sun
BoyCelestialVirtue
Rohit
Sanskrit
Red, the rising sun
BoyCelestialNature
Sonny
English
Son, sunny
BoyCelestial
Yang
Mandarin Chinese
Sun, the bright principle in Chinese cosmology
BoyCelestialVirtue
Girl names that mean sun · 6
Cyra
Persian
Sun, throne
GirlHistoricalMythological
Hina
Japanese
Sun, light
GirlCelestial
Marisol
Spanish
Sea and sun
GirlSeaCelestial
Mehrnoosh
Persian
Sweet sun
GirlCelestialVirtue
Raya
Hebrew / Arabic
Friend (Hebrew) / sun ray (Arabic)
GirlVirtueNature
Soleil
French
Sun
GirlCelestialNature
Unisex names that mean sun · 3
Haru
Japanese
Spring, or sunlight
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Hinata
Japanese
Sunny place
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Khorshid
Persian
The sun itself
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