Baby Name Meanings
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Finnish variation of Xenia, Greek
"hospitable, welcoming"
Senja is the Finnish form of Xenia as well as the Indonesian word for "dusk."
Spanish from Latin
"days"
Perfect example of a surname that would work well as a first.
If Cameron's first name could start a girl's name craze, why not her second.
Hindi
"night"
Shirina is most commonly seen as a name among Hindi-speakers in India and Pakistan, but it could also be considered a variation of the Persian name Shirin, meaning "sweet."
German
"bright day"
Almost unheard of in recent years, Dagobert has some connections to the French diaspora. Pere Dagobert was an eighteenth century Capuchin monk who immigrated to New Orleans from Quebec. Dagobert I…
Buryat, Kurdish
"rich, wealth; morning"
A name with a lot of historical cred — Bayan was the name of two Mongol generals during the Yuan Dynasty and a number of other military rulers.
French
"morning love song"
Where as a serenade is an evening love song, an aubade is sung first thing in the morning.
Feminine variation of Otieno, Luo
"born at night"
Atieno is the feminine equivalent of Otieno, which is now more commonly seen as a surname in Eastern Africa.
Sanskrit
"light; possessed of horses"
A feminine form of Ashwin, linked to the twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset, the Ashwini. Ashvini is also the name of the first star that appears in the evening sky in Hindu astronomy. The…
"dawn"
Aroon, also spelled Haroon, is the mythic charioteer of the dawn.
Lithuanian
"of the evening"
This popular Lithuanian girl name is a title of the goddess of the evening star, Vakarinė, and derives from a word meaning evening or night.
Basque "afternoon, dusk"
"afternoon, dusk"
A rare thing, a name meaning "afternoon": most time-of-day names refer to morning or night. This Basque name is virtually unknown in English-speaking parts, but has a pleasingly European sound, like…
Luo
"born in the morning"
A morning name from the Luo peoples of East Africa.
Latvian
"of the night"
Latvian variant of Lilith
"born in the evening"
Ajambo is an African name of the Luo language, spoken by the Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania. Like many African names , Ajambo's meaning refers to the temporaity of the birth — in this case, the…
Finnish
"morning"
This modern Finnish word name is a fashionable choice in its home country, having entered into wide usage only since the turn of the 21st century.
Latin
"midday / pinnacle"
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…
Japanese
"elegance; beautiful night fire"
An attractive Japanese name with appealing meanings.
"beautiful night child"
Most common in Japan in the mid-20th century, but to Western ears it doesn't sound dated.
English, Irish
"morning, tomorrow; descendent of Murchadha; sea battle"
Solemn yet hopeful, Morrow doubles up as a surname-style choice and as a word name. Sharing sounds with Marlowe, Milo, and Morris, it has been used occasionally since the 20th century. As a surname,…
