What names mean light?
Lux means "light" in Latin. Noor also means "light" when it comes from the Arabic name Nur; the same spelling has a separate Dutch history.
Explore the names below and follow any name to its full history.
Gilang Indonesian · bright, shining, radiant
Alohi Hawaiian · bright, radiant, shining
Luningning Filipino · brightness, radiance
Rangsan Thai · light, radiance
Hikaru Japanese · light, radiance
Phoebe Greek · bright, radiant, shining one
Akari Japanese · light, brightness
Electra Greek · shining, amber, radiant
Sorcha Irish · radiant, bright
Niamh Irish · bright, radiant; a beloved mythological name, kept in its Irish spelling by heritage-proud families
Quang Vietnamese · bright, radiant
Ningning Filipino · radiance, shine
Arjun Sanskrit · bright, shining
Roshan Persian · bright, shining; genuinely Persian, carried into Nepali through centuries of contact, and one of Nepal's most common men's names
Aoife Irish · beauty, radiance; a beloved warrior-queen name from Irish mythology, kept close to its Irish spelling in heritage-proud families
Kwang Korean · light, shine; the kwang of names like Kwang-soo
Myung Korean · bright, light and clear; more often a name element than a standalone name
Kalea Hawaiian · bright, joyful, clear
Helena Greek · form of Helen used in Latin; the original Greek meaning is uncertain, and "light" or "torch" is a traditional explanation
Deepa Sanskrit · lamp, light
Huy Vietnamese · bright, glorious
Klara German · clear, bright
Nellie English · diminutive of Nell, a medieval short form of names beginning with El (Eleanor, Ellen, Helen)
Svetlana Russian · star, light
Angshuman Bengali · radiant, full of rays; from Sanskrit amshuman, also a word for the sun
Win Burmese · bright, radiant (ဝင်း); a Wednesday-morning name (letters l and w). It reads as the English word win, one reason Burmese American families keep it unchanged on US paperwork
Akira Japanese · bright, clear, intelligent
Arko Bengali · sun, ray of light; a Bengali form of Sanskrit arka, also a name for Surya, the Hindu sun god
Hei Cantonese · bright, splendid, or prosperous (熙)
Helen Greek · light, torch
Sanaa Arabic · traditionally 'brilliance, radiance'; also the capital city of Yemen
Meira Hebrew · light, to illuminate
Eleni Greek · shining light
Chiara Italian · clear, bright, famous
Della English · diminutive of Adela or Adelaide (adal, "noble"); famously borne by Della Reese
Albert Germanic · noble and bright (Adalbert: adal "noble" + beraht "bright")
Albie English · noble, bright; nickname-style for Albert
Bertie English · bright, famous; short for Herbert, Albert, or Bertram
Akio Japanese · bright, luminous man
Meir Hebrew · one who shines, gives light
Teja Telugu · radiance, brilliance, fire (Sanskrit tejas); a Telugu favorite both alone and in compounds like Ravi Teja and Sai Teja, and short enough to need no nickname anywhere
Anh Vietnamese · bright, intelligent; hero (an extremely common name element used alone)
Yoon-seo Korean · shining and auspicious
Deepthi Sanskrit · brightness, radiance (Sanskrit dipti); the -th- spelling marks the Kerala romanization against North Indian Dipti
Lucero Spanish · morning star, bright light
Sandeep Sanskrit · blazing, a kindled light
Lucia Spanish · light; Spain's #1 girls' name for over a decade running
Lucinda Latin · light
Noor Arabic · light
Luciana Italian · light
Ora Hebrew · light
Hikari Japanese · light
Lucius Latin · light
Luc French · light
Lux Latin · light
Diya Sanskrit · oil lamp, light
Liwayway Filipino · dawn, early morning light
Lin Burmese · bright, clear (လင်း); spelled Lin, Linn or Lynn in the US, where it slides neatly into American name patterns
Zia Arabic · traditionally 'light, splendor'
Dawn English · daybreak, first light
Amitava Bengali · boundless light, boundless splendor; a Bengali form of Amitabha, the name of a principal Buddha of Mahayana Buddhism
Zahir Arabic · Arabic name meaning 'shining, radiant'
Meron Amharic · our light, our gift
Aydin Turkish · traditionally 'enlightened, bright'
Hubert Germanic · bright mind, bright heart
Zahara Arabic · traditionally 'shining, flower'
Hellen Greek · traditionally torch, light; true root debated
Kirana Indonesian · ray of light
Kiran Sanskrit · from Sanskrit kirana: one sense is a ray or beam of light; other senses include dust and thread
Reaksmey Khmer · ray of light; from Sanskrit rashmi
Clara Latin · clear, bright or famous, from Latin clarus
Javier Spanish · new house, bright
Xavier Basque · from the Basque place name Etxeberria, meaning new house
Teruko Japanese · shining child
Bertha Germanic · traditionally 'bright, famous'
Akemi Japanese · bright beauty
Jhilmil Bengali · sparkle, glitter, twinkle, especially the shimmer of light on water or stars
Leora Hebrew · my light
Uri Hebrew · my light; father of the craftsman Bezalel in the Bible, and a modern Israeli standard
Claire French · "clear, bright," from the Latin clara; carried through the centuries by St. Clare of Assisi, whose name France polished into Claire. One syllable of pure light, and the modern favorite among all its spellings
Kwang-ho Korean · bright and grand; a solid grandfather-generation name, now usually kept as a middle name honoring an elder
Wilbert Germanic · resolute, bright-willed
Elaine French · form of Helen, "shining light"; Arthurian romance in England, and one of Brazil's defining girl names of the 1970s and 80s
Kiara Italian · variant of Chiara, the Italian form meaning "clear, bright, famous", or of Irish Ciara, from Ciar, "black"
Clare Latin · 'clear, bright, famous', from Latin clarus
Arunny Khmer · dawn light; from Sanskrit aruna
Latsamy Lao · ray of light, radiance (from Sanskrit rasmi, in the Lao pronunciation that turns r toward l); also spelled Ratsamy
Tejinder Punjabi · brilliance, radiance, joined with Indra's name (tej + inder)
Deepak Sanskrit · lamp; illuminating, from Sanskrit dipaka
Munir Arabic · luminous, giving light (from nawwara, 'to illuminate')
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