What Does the Name Dream Mean?

Dream is a girl's name of English (word name) origin meaning “a dream; a cherished aspiration.”

Updated June 2026

Name	Dream
Gender	female
Origin	English (word name)
Meaning	a dream; a cherished aspiration
Variants	Dreama, Dreamy
Popularity	A rare given name that gained slight visibility in the 2010s, partly after a celebrity child was named Dream; never common.

The meaning and origin of Dream

The name Dream means “a dream; a cherished aspiration” and has English (word name) origins. A modern English word name taken directly from the vocabulary word 'dream,' from Old English 'dream' (originally 'joy, music') later influenced by the sense of a sleeping vision. It is used as an aspirational given name.

Variants and related names

Dream is related to several other names you may recognize: Dreama, Dreamy. These share a common root or are spelling and language variants of the same name.

How popular is the name Dream?

A rare given name that gained slight visibility in the 2010s, partly after a celebrity child was named Dream; never common.

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