Sun-inspired dog names are perfect for those canines with light yellow color coat, and these names fit your dog's cheerful, appealing and lively characteristics. Some of these names are popular baby names. For example, Aurora, Eliana, Helen, and Thea are beautiful girl names. Samson, Marisol are good boy names. If you like sun-themed dog names, check out the below list and select your favorite name for your boy or girl puppies.
Aelius: Ancient Roman name means "sunshine."
Aine: Irish goddess and Faery Queen of summer, wealth and sovereignty. She is associated with midsummer and the sun, and is sometimes represented by a red mare.
Alba: Latin name means "dawn, sunlight." The name Alba has a glamorous association with Hollywood actress Jessica Alba.
Apollo: The Greek God of the sun.
Apollonia: Feminine variation of Apollo, Greek sun god. Apollonia Kotero is an American actress best known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been the lead singer in the girl group Apollonia 6.
Arun: Cambodian name means "sun."
Aurora: Latin name means "dawn, sunrise." Aurora was the Roman goddess of sunrise, also a gorgeous name evoking thoughts of the Northern Lights. In some versions of the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", the princess's name is Aurora.
Ceyone: Indian name means "the rising sun."
Cyrus: Persian name means "sun."
Elaine: Old French form of Helen, which means "rays of the sun, shining one."
Eliana: Greek name means "daughter of the sun."
Elio: Spanish name means "sun," refers to the Greek sun god Helios, who rode across the sky each day in a horse-drawn chariot.
Freyr: The God of sunlight, peace and fertility in Norse mythology.
Helen: Greek name means "rays of the sun, shining one." Helen was the mythological goddess over whom the Trojan War was fought.
Helios: Greek god of the sun.
Kalinda: A lovely, rhythmic Hindi name means "sun," also related to other natural phenomena like the mythical Kalinda Mountains.
Kyra: Feminine of Cyrus, which means "sun" in Persian.
Malina: The sun goddess in Inuit mythology. Also the Hebrew girl name means "the tower."
Marisol: Spanish name means "sun."
Oriana: Latin name means "sunrise; dawn; golden."
Phoebus: An alternate name for the sun god Apollo, the name Phoebus means "bright, pure."
Ravi: Sanskrit name means "sun." In Hindi mythology, Ravi is the sun god.
Samson: Biblical name means "sun child, little sun."
Sol: Latin name means "sun." The Roman god of the sun.
Solana: Spanish name means "sunshine."
Soleil: French name means "sun."
Sunny: English name means "filled with sunlight."
Sunshine: A quintessential hippie name of the 70s, now the name Sunshine is coming back.
Surya: Sanskrit name means "sun." The god of sun in Tamil and Hindu mythology.
Thea: Greek name means "Goddess." The mythological Thea was Greek goddess of light and mother of the sun, moon and dawn.
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