Dog Names That Mean Sun

By Marvin Tang · iDogNames editorial · curated meaning theme

Names meaning sun, solar, or sunlight.

Sun-meaning names suit warm-coated breeds and dogs whose personality matches the metaphor. Latin Sol (sun), Greek Helios, Sanskrit Surya, Egyptian Ra, Persian Mehr, Hawaiian La. The English "Sunny" has been a top-200 dog name for decades. The list below pulls every name meaning sun, solar, sunlight, dawn, or sunshine.

79 dog names with meaning related to "sun"

#	Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
1	Abelard	Resolute	Male	English
2	Agamemnon	Very resolute	Male	Greek
3	Alaula	Light of early dawn	Female	Hawaiian
4	Anshu	Ray of sunlight	Male	Sanskrit
5	Arpiar	Sunny	Male	Armenian
6	Asvathama	Sun Of Drona	Male	Hindu
7	Aurora	Dawn	Female	Latin
8	Azia	The Rising Sun. The Name Of The Continent Used As A Given Name. According To The Koran The Pharaoh's Wife Asia Raised The Infant Moses. A Variant Of Aisha: (Life).	Unisex	English
9	Bakarne	Solitude	Female	Basque
10	Barna	Son of consolation	Male	Hebrew
11	Barnabas	Son of consolation	Male	Hebrew
12	Barnaby	Son of consolation	Unisex	Hebrew
13	Barney	Son of consolation	Male	Hebrew
14	Cira	Sun	Female	English
15	Consuela	Solace	Female	Spanish
16	Consuelo	Solace	Male	Spanish
17	Cy	Sun	Male	Persian
18	Cyrus	Sun	Male	Persian
19	Dawn	Sunrise, daybreak	Female	English
20	Dinkar	Basis of the solar system	Male	Indian
21	Divyesh	The sun	Male	Indian
22	Donoma	The sun is out	Female	Native American
23	Drisana	Child of the sun	Female	Indian
24	Dysis	Sunset	Female	Greek
25	Easter	Myth Name (Goddess Of The Dawn).Variant, Eostre, Exists.	Female	English
26	Eldora	Gift of sun	Female	Greek
27	Haleigha	House Of The Rising Sun	Female	Hawaiian
28	Haru	Sunshine	Male	Japanese
29	Helia	Of The Sun	Female	English
30	Hina	Sunshine	Female	Japanese
31	Jabari	Comforter, consoler	Male	Arabic
32	Kalinda	Sun	Female	Sanskrit
33	Kame	Desolate, Arid	Male	African
34	Khorshed	Sun	Male	Arabic
35	Kianga	Sunshine, sunbeams	Female	African
36	Kunti	Myth Name (Lover Of The Sun God)	Female	Sanskrit
37	Lancer	A cavalry soldier who fights with a lance	Both	Hebrew
38	Mine	A resolute protector	Female	English
39	Minka	Strong, Resolute	Female	German
40	Monday	The second day of the week, following Sunday.	Unisex	English
41	Monet	Solitary	Unisex	French
42	Monisha	Solitary Life, Peaceful Life	Female	African
43	Neda	Born on sunday	Female	Slovak
44	Noe	Rest:Consolation. Form Of Noah.	Male	English
45	Obiajulu	The Heart Is Consoled	Male	African
46	Oriana	Dawn, gold	Female	Latin
47	Orianna	Dawn, gold	Female	Latin
48	Pickles	Food flavored in a solution of vinegar	Unisex	English
49	Polona	Sun Goddess	Female	Slavic
50	Pratyush	Sunrise	Male	Indian

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