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Sunniva

Fire

Usually a girl's name

Literal meaning
'sun gift': from Old English Sunngifu (sunne 'sun' + gifu 'gift') Likely
Origin
Old English, via Norway
Element: Fire

In this tradition sun belongs to Fire

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #5219 (girls)

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sources

The same meaning in Chinese

  • 日 rì sun
  • 旭 xù rising sun
  • 旸 yáng rising sun Traditional form: 暘
  • 昀 yún light of the sun
  • 晖 huī sunshine Traditional form: 暉
  • 曜 yào sunlight

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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