100+ Time of Day Names

  1. Nisha
    • Origin:

      Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "night"
    • Description:

      Pretty name that hit the popularity charts in England in the late 1990s.
  2. Aruna
    • Origin:

      Sanskrit, Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "reddish-brown; Asian moon"
    • Description:

      In Hinduism, the god Aruna is the charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky. Aruna is both the traditional masculine form of the name (modernized as Arun) and its feminization.
  3. Dismas
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "sunset"
    • Description:

      The name generally given to the "Good Thief" at the crucifixion of Jesus, although he was not actually named in the New Testament.
  4. Tal
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "rain, dew"
    • Description:

      A unisex Hebrew name often found in combination with others, as in Tal-El and Tal-Or.
  5. Hesper
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "evening, evening star"
    • Description:

      Hesper is a feminine form of Hesperus, the name of the Greek mythological personification of the Evening Star. The Hesperides are daughters of nymphs of the evening. Hesper may be related to the name Vesper as well as Hespera and Hesperia.
  6. Meridian
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "midday / pinnacle"
    • Description:

      In geography, a meridian is a line drawn around the curve of the Earth between the North and South Poles. The term comes from Latin meridianus, meaning "pertaining to midday", and the association with midday has led to the word gaining an added figurative meaning of "pinnacle; culmination".
  7. Rocio
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "dewdrops"
    • Description:

      This name, which refers to Mary as the Virgin of the Dew, is all but unknown in the Anglo community, but popular enough in Hispanic families to put it in the U. S. Top 1000, at least until 2006.
  8. Astraeus
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "star"
    • Description:

      The Titan of the dusk in Greek mythology, husband of Eos (Dawn) and father of the four Anemoi (Winds), as well as the goddess Astraea. The name is derived from Greek "aster", meaning "star".
  9. Ashwin
    • Origin:

      Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "ash friend"
    • Description:

      A cultural crossover with multiple roots. Ashwin is an English surname from the Anglo-Saxon male name Æscwine, meaning "ash tree + friend". It's also a popular Hindi name: in Hindu mythology, the Ashvins or Ashwini are twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset. Either way, it has a soft, strong sound and great nickname potential in Ash or Win
  10. Nightingale
    • Origin:

      Bird name from German
    • Meaning:

      "night singer"
    • Description:

      Charming nature name made even more appealing by the connection to iconic nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale.
  11. Isra
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "journey of the night"
    • Description:

      Isra is a gender-neutral Arabic name. The name of a chapter of the Quran, it refers to the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Jerusalem.
  12. Isra
    • Origin:

      Thai
    • Meaning:

      "freedom"
  13. Zenith
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "the time at which something is most powerful or successful; the point in the celestial sphere directly above an observer"
    • Description:

      A tip-top word name—literally, Zenith means the top or apex. Zen makes a cute nickname.
  14. Anatoly
    • Day
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        A bright and optimistic middle name choice.
    • Otieno
      • Origin:

        Luo
      • Meaning:

        "born at night"
      • Description:

        Otieno is more commonly seen as a surname among the Luo people of Kenya and Eastern Africa. The surname was derived from the given name — Atieno is the feminine version.
    • Arun
      • Origin:

        Masculinization of Aruna, Sanskrit, Hindi
      • Meaning:

        "reddish brown"
      • Description:

        Arun is the common masculinization of the name Aruna, the Hindu god who drives the sun god Surya across the sky in his chariot. Aruna is also used as a female name.
    • Seven
      • Origin:

        Numerical word name
      • Description:

        Seinfeld's George threatened to name his future child Seven, and then singer Erykah Badu actually did it.
    • Sunset
      • Origin:

        English word name
      • Description:

        Would make an unexpected middle name for a baby born at dusk.
    • Leyla
      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Layla