The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

Celestial

Stars, moons and skies

193–232 of 232 names

Sanskrit

Shashi

The moon

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Chinese

Sheng

Flourishing or victory with the cited Chinese characters

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Italian

Sole

Sun

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Icelandic

Sóley

Buttercup

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Arabic

Suha

Overlooked; name of the star Alcor

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Arabic · Urdu

Suhail

Smooth; even

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Arabic

Suhayla

Gentle; feminine form of Suhayl

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Norwegian · Old English

Sunniva

Sun gift

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Sanskrit

Surya

The sun

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Serbian · Bulgarian

Svetozar

Holy + an uncertain second element, possibly dawn

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Sanskrit

Swati

The star Arcturus

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Korean

Tae-yang

Sun (太陽 spelling)

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Turkish

Taner

Dawn and hero

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Chinese

Tianyou

Heaven’s blessing or protection, when written 天佑

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Turkish · Turkic

Tolunay

Full moon

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Amharic

Tsehay

Sun; sunshine

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Turkish

Tülay

Possibly dream and moon

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Sanskrit

Tvisha

Light; splendor

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Sanskrit · Hindi

Uday

Rising; sunrise

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Sanskrit

Usha

Dawn

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Latin

Vesta

Name of the Roman hearth goddess; probably related to Hestia

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Javanese · Indonesian

Wulan

Moon; month

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Chinese

Xia

Summer or rosy clouds with the cited Chinese characters

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Persian

Yalda

Birth; the longest night

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Maya

Yaxkin

Maya calendar name with elements meaning first/green and sun/day

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Chinese

Yu

Jade, rain or delight with the cited Chinese characters

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Chinese

Yue

Moon or surpassing with the cited Chinese characters

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Chinese

Yueying

Moon and flower with the cited Chinese characters

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Chinese

Yuhang

Universe and sailing with the cited Chinese characters

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Japanese

Yuto

Gentleness and soaring in one Japanese spelling

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Serbian · Croatian

Zoran

Masculine form of Zora: dawn

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Serbian · Slovene

Zvezdana

Form of Zvjezdana, associated with a star

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