Names that mean light
53 first names whose etymology includes “light” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Phoebe, Lucy, Eleanor, Clara. For boys: Albert, Blake, Hubert, Gilbert.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | boys | “noble”, “bright” | #57 (2025) | |
| Phoebe | girls | Greek | “bright” | #14 (2025) |
| Lucy | girls | Latin | “light”, “lucy in the sky with diamonds” | #143 (2025) |
| Eleanor | girls | Latin | “other”, “the other aenor” | #56 (2025) |
| Blake | boys | English | “black”, “pale” | #144 (2025) |
| Clara | girls | Latin | “bright”, “shining” | #77 (2025) |
| Hubert | boys | “mind”, “bright” | #1,153 (2025) | |
| Gilbert | boys | “pledge”, “bright” | #2,014 (2025) | |
| Tate | boys | “radiant”, “glad” | #299 (2025) | |
| Noor | either | Arabic | “light” | #181 (2025) |
| Orion | boys | Greek | “heaven's light” | #370 (2025) |
| Lucian | boys | Latin | “light” | #452 (2025) |
| Bert | boys | “bright” | #5,137 (2025) | |
| Clare | girls | Latin | “bright”, “shining” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Norbert | boys | “north”, “bright” | #3,684 (2025) | |
| Uriel | boys | Hebrew | “god is my light” | #606 (2025) |
| Avi | either | Hebrew | “father”, “abraham” | #593 (2025) |
| Muriel | girls | Scottish Gaelic | “sea”, “white” | #3,318 (2024) |
| Bertram | boys | “bright”, “raven” | #2,952 (2025) | |
| Kiran | either | Sanskrit | “ray of light” | #1,538 (2025) |
| Uriah | boys | Hebrew | “god is my light” | #3,256 (2025) |
| Lambert | boys | “land”, “bright” | #4,702 (2019) | |
| Abner | boys | Hebrew | “father of light”, “father” | #1,705 (2025) |
| Zia | either | Arabic | “light” | #1,110 (2025) |
| Selene | girls | Greek | “light” | #951 (2025) |
| Melchior | boys | Hebrew | “king of light”, “king” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Saniyah | girls | Arabic | “radiant” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Svetlana | girls | “light” | #4,843 (2024) | |
| Egbert | boys | English | “edge (of a blade)”, “bright” | |
| Leora | girls | Hebrew | “my light” | #1,362 (2025) |
| Luci | girls | Latin | “light” | #4,843 (2024) |
| Jupiter | either | “father jove”, “sky father” | #5,927 (2025) | |
| Uri | boys | Hebrew | “light” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Lior | either | Hebrew | “my light” | #1,466 (2025) |
| Humbert | boys | “offspring”, “(bear) cub” | ||
| Sorcha | girls | Scottish Gaelic | “light”, “radiant” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Alok | boys | Sanskrit | “light”, “radiance” | #4,107 (2023) |
| Prakash | boys | Sanskrit | “light” | #2,097 (1999) |
| Zahran | boys | Arabic | “bright”, “radiant” | #3,256 (2025) |
| Prafulla | boys | Sanskrit | “blooming”, “radiant” | |
| Childebert | boys | “battle”, “fight” | ||
| Ethelbert | boys | “noble”, “bright” | ||
| Zohran | boys | Urdu | “bright”, “radiant” | #1,226 (2025) |
| Hilbert | boys | English | “battle”, “bright” | |
| Svitlana | girls | “light” | ||
| Anshul | boys | Sanskrit | “radiant”, “luminous” | #4,747 (2015) |
| Anshuman | boys | Sanskrit | “light”, “radiance” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Tejaswi | boys | Sanskrit | “radiant”, “luminous” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Deepti | girls | Sanskrit | “brightness”, “light” | #4,294 (2007) |
| Amshuman | boys | Sanskrit | “light”, “radiance” | |
| Praphulla | boys | Sanskrit | “blooming”, “radiant” | |
| Aloka | boys | Sanskrit | “light”, “radiance” | #4,373 (2003) |
| Jyothis | boys | Sanskrit | “light” |