Day and Night Names Shine All The Time
Baby names inspired by the time of day have some of the most evocative meanings. They capture a point in time: maybe a birth in the middle of the night, or a peaceful moment at sunrise.
Of course the rising and setting of the sun is universal, so names meaning times of day and night are found in many languages and cultures. Whether you already know what time you want to celebrate, or you’re waiting for the moment your baby arrives, there are some beautiful possibilities.
Here are 50+ of the best names for all hours of the day and night.
Names Meaning Morning and Sunrise
Akinyi — Luo, “born in the morning”
Alba — Spanish, “sunrise”
Anatole — Greek, ”east, sunrise”
Arla — Swedish, “early”
Asa — Japanese, “born in the morning”
Aurora — Roman goddess of dawn
Ayelet — Hebrew, “gazelle”: “gazelle of dawn” is a name for the morning star
Bayan — Unisex Kurdish name meaning “morning”
Dagny — Scandinavian, “new day”
Danica — Slavic, “morning star”
Duha — Arabic, "morning” or a morning prayer
Lark — Bird associated with the morning
Morrow — English, “morning”
Nishant — Sanskrit, “night’s end, dawn”
Omondi — Luo, “born early in the morning”
Rocio — Spanish, “dewdrops”
Roxana — Persian, “dawn”
Sabah — Arabic, “morning”
Sahar — “dawn”
Uhtred — Old English, “pre-dawn advice”
Tali — Hebrew, “dew”
Vihaan — Sanskrit, “dawn”
Zora — Slavic, “dawn”
Names With Other Day Meanings
Arrats — Basque, "afternoon" or "dusk", one of the very few names with an afternoon meaning
Aruna — In Hindu mythology, charioteer who drives the sun god across the sky
Ashwin — Another name from Hindu tradition: the Ashwini are twin gods of the sunrise and sunset
Day — Rare unisex word name
Diaz — Spanish surname from Latin, “days”
Eos — A double time of day meaning: "dawn" in Greek, "nightingale" in Welsh
Esila — A popular Turkish name, from the Arabic for "late afternoon, evening"
Meridian — "midday"
Nuru — Swahili, “born in daylight”
Seven — A number (or clock time) rising for both boys and girls
Tala — Tagalog goddess of the morning and evening star
Zenith — “highest point”, could refer to midday
Names Meaning Evening and Sunset
Ajambo — Luo, "born in the evening"
Eha — Estonian, "dusk"
Hesper — Greek, “evening, evening star”
Ilta — Finnish, “evening”
Miyu — Japanese, “beautiful evening”
Samir and Samira — Arabic, “evening companion”
Senja — Indonesian, "dusk"
Vesper — Latin, “evening star”
Yvaine — the evening star in Neil Gaiman's Stardust
Names Meaning Night
Atieno — Luo, “born at night”
Hoku — Hawaiian, “night of the full moon”
Isra — Unisex Arabic name meaning "night journey"
Layla — Arabic, “night”
Lilith — Akkadian, “being of the night”
Luna — Latin, “moon”
Miyabi — Japanese, “beautiful night fire”
Nightingale — Bird famous for singing at night
Nisha — Sanskrit, “night”
Nox — Latin, “night”
Orpheus — Greek, “darkness of night”
Phoebe — title for the Greek moon goddess Artemis
Shirina — Hindi, “night”
Stella — Latin, “star”
Sura — Arabic, “to travel by night”