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Dawn (name) Dawn is a mostly feminine given name, although it can be used as a masculine given name as well. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. [citation needed] It is sometimes used as a name for Eos (Greek: Ἠώς), the Greek goddess of the dawn.
Alba is a unisex [1] given name of Latin origin meaning "dawn". [2] In Spanish and Italian the name means sunrise or "dawn". [3] In Spanish and Italian speaking countries it is considered to be a female name. It can also be used as a Spanish surname, as in the actress Jessica Alba, or a title, as in the Spanish Dukedom of Alba. It may also be ...
Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn Aurora. [1][2] Her tears were said to turn into the morning dew. Each morning she traveled in her chariot across the sky from east to west, proclaiming renewal with the rising of the sun. [3] The Romans also associated the Northern Lights, or the ...
Hausōs. Slavic. Zorya. Japanese. Ame-no-Uzume [1] Nuristani. Disani [1] Aurōra (Latin: [au̯ˈroːra]) is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. Like Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas, Aurōra continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos.
The Greek word "eos", meaning dawn, was some times used by writers to refer to the entire duration of the day, not just the morning. [13] Likewise, Eos was often referred to as Tito, another archaic word meaning day, and feminine equivalent to Titan, which is a common epithet of her brother Helios denoting his role as the creator of the day. [15]
In Arabic, the name means "just before dawn", coming from a common Semitic root meaning "dawn" (compare with Shahar, the Ugaritic god of the dawn). The origin of the Hebrew name is an ancient Akkadian word for the crescent moon. [1] The Arabic-origin name is mainly used by Persian, Arabic, Azeri, Turkish, Urdu, and Pashto speakers. "Seher" is ...
Aruna (given name) Arun (Hindi: अरुण, Bengali: অরুণ, Telugu: అరుణ్, Tamil: அருண், Malayalam: അരുൺ Gujarati: અરુણ) is an Indian male given name meaning dawn in Sanskrit. The name derives from Aruna, the aspect of dawn and charioteer of Surya. The following is a list of notable people with "Arun ...
Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2007. [1] As a male forename it is well known in the United States, being in the 314th rank ...