Arushi
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning first ray of sun or dawn.
Arushi by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arushi. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 60 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arushi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Arushi, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Arushi, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arushi
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