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Sun Names for Boys

There are 27 Sun names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Sun names 1 to 20. Cyrus was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the Indian Aditya, the Spanish Elian, the Indian Ishaan, and the English and German name, Samson. The unusual Sun names are Arun (Indian and Cambodian), Bhanu (Indian), Dinendra (Indian), Dinesh (Indian), Etu, Helios (Greek), Kathir (Tamil), Kem, Raghu (Indian), Ravindra (Indian), Amon (Hebrew), Aodh (Irish and Scottish), Apollo (Italian), Jupiter (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Scandinavian), and Mars (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Scandinavian).

Sun names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1960s. At the modest height of their usage in 2008, 0.073% of baby boys were given Sun names. There were 5 Sun names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, within all Sun names, the English Cyrus was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #512 and a usage of 0.0244%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Aditya Popularity Trend of Aditya
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 702 702 sun ...The name means 'sun'. ...

Arun reddish-brown-haired; ...The meaning here is 'sun'. ...

Bhanu sun ...The name is of the meaning 'sun'. ...

Cyrus Popularity Trend of Cyrus
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 512 512 far-sighted; throne; ...The name's meaning is far-sighted; throne; sun ...

Dinendra lord of the day; sun ...The meaning of the name is lord of the day; sun ...

Dinesh lord of the day; sun ...Dinesh's meaning is lord of the day; sun ... is the name of the sun. ...

Elian Popularity Trend of Elian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 817 817 sun; fawn, hind ... of the Greek 'helios' (sun) ...

Etu the sun ...The meaning of the name is the sun. ...

Helios sun ... 'helios' which means sun ... Greek mythology, the sun was personified as ...

Ishaan Popularity Trend of Ishaan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 851 851 sun ...The name means 'sun'. ...

Kathir sun rays ...Kathir is of the meaning sun rays. ...

Kem Popularity Trend of Kem
from 1900 to 2008. the sun ...The meaning of the name is the sun. ...

Raghu Sun God ...The name means Sun God. ...

Ravindra lord of the sun ...The name means 'lord of the sun'. ...

Samson Popularity Trend of Samson
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 948 948 sun child, little sun ...The name's meaning is 'sun child, little sun' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Amon Popularity Trend of Amon
from 1900 to 2008. the hidden one ... merged with that of the sun god Ra, and he was ...

Aodh fire, brightness, splendor ... as the Celtic god of sun and fire, as well as ...

Apollo to destroy; strength ... god of light and the sun ...

Jupiter light, deity; father ... fifth planet from the sun. ...

Mars male, manly, virile ... fourth planet from the sun. ...


Popularity Trend
for Sun Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Sun Names
in 2006