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Girls' names meaning "dawn" - Aubeline?

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BackInMetropolis · 08/12/2012 21:07

Looking for a girl's name that means dawn.

I actually quite like Dawn.

Don't want to use Aurora, just not for me.

I do like Ayelet, "dawn hind/gazelle" in Hebrew.

Stumbled across Aubeline, which allegedly means dawn in French but is potentially way too much like aubergine.

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BackInMetropolis · 10/12/2012 23:32

Now all I need to do is push the baby out. Simples Grin

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MoelFammau · 10/12/2012 17:34

I like Gloria too.

So you're sorted! Grin

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BackInMetropolis · 10/12/2012 14:21

I still like Gloria Joy!

I like Vita as well but for some reason it's not grabbing me for this baby.

Zara - I like, but I've got a very good friend with a 4yo Zara which feels a bit close to home

Lux - I feel I should like but, having grown up in Australia where I think the brand might have been bigger, it's still a soap to me

Oriana - love the look and sound, but there's the cruise ship dimension

Danica - not keen on this one; not sure why....

There have been some really great suggestions on this thread but Gloria Joy just has something about it, even though it's not remotely what I started off wanting!!

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FriggFRIGG · 09/12/2012 22:46

Gloria is lovely.

Vita is one of my favorite names though Grin

EyeoftheStorm · 09/12/2012 22:16

One of the meanings of Zara is 'radiant dawn'.

sparklechops · 09/12/2012 19:01

Gloria Joy is beautiful. Maggie Gyllenhaal has a baby daughter called Gloria so it's probably back in fashion!

NotChristmasCarol · 09/12/2012 14:41

I like Gloria Joy. It's different but not faddy, and it's got a lovely fresh feel. I'd do it.

Smeggnog · 09/12/2012 09:56

Oriana - sunrise
Danica - morning star (think it's pron. Dan-eesha)
Lux - light

GinSoakedMu1berryLush · 09/12/2012 09:38

I think the Gloria on Modern Family will make the name a little bit more mainstream.

iamabadger · 09/12/2012 09:32

Do not call your child Gloria. The poor thing.

GinSoakedMu1berryLush · 09/12/2012 09:27

I like Gloria Joy too

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BackInMetropolis · 09/12/2012 09:24

I've woken up feeling really positive and excited about Gloria!

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 09/12/2012 08:13

Oriana is dawn I think?
And Zara means to blossom .

seeker · 09/12/2012 08:00

Clare?
Go for Gloria Joy.

cuillereasoupe · 09/12/2012 07:13

Aube is French for dawn, and a lovely name in its own right. Otherwise, on the Lucy theme, I used to know a Lucina (Loo-chee-na).

mathanxiety · 09/12/2012 04:52

I like Gloria too.

mathanxiety · 09/12/2012 04:49

You can't have Hope Joy even if it is Christmas Xmas Smile

mathanxiety · 09/12/2012 04:48

Olivia is a name signifying a new start and a promise of better times ahead -- the dove sent out from Noah's ark plucked an olive sprig which told Noah that the floodwaters had receded and life could resume on land.

Esperanza means hope. There is also Hope.

Zora (Balkan area), Tsura and Tsuritsa (Romani) mean 'light of dawn'

Zaria means 'morning star' or 'sunrise'

I love Vivienne Joy and Vita Joy.

MoelFammau · 09/12/2012 02:39

Vivienne Joy
Vita Joy

Dowan is an old variant of Dawn...

FloozieTinsel · 09/12/2012 00:22

Iola is pronounced Yo-la with a short 'o' sound (not like yo-yo). If you know how the football manager Martin Jol's surname is pronounced, the 'yo' part is the same as the 'jo' bit.

I think having a relative who died young in sad circumstances would put me off a particular name even though I'm not remotely superstitious. Just because of the association if you know what I mean.

Vida?

On the light theme - Chiara? Italian (key-ar-ah) meaning clear, bright.

Good luck!

seeker · 08/12/2012 23:49

Oh sorry, yes. Aviva's the insurance company!

Yika · 08/12/2012 23:49

Vita is lovely. So is Zoe, which also means life.

juneybean · 08/12/2012 23:44

Gry

Welovecouscous · 08/12/2012 23:41

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seeker · 08/12/2012 23:40

Not Gloriana- that's Elizabeth 1.

But I think Gloria'a a goer.

I'm afraid Aviva is q rail company........

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