Names That Mean Light
Every name here traces to a recorded root meaning light, brightness or shining — Lucy to Latin lūx, Clara to clārus. The literal gloss is shown for each name, so you can see exactly what the etymology says.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aþalaz + berhtaz — “noble + bright, famous” via Albert | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
úri — “light” | 42#2,983 | Up 737 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
ecg + beorht — “edge (of a blade) + bright” | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Berhte — “bright one” via Bertha | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
caol + fionn — “thin, slender + light, fair” | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
svet — “light” | 18#6,519 | Down 1,657 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Lior — “my light” | 78#1,968 | Up 1,038 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
hūnaz + berhtaz — “offspring, (bear) cub + bright” | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
aþalaz + berhtaz — “noble + bright, famous” via Albert | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
phōteinós — “bright, shining” | 6#13,771 | new | 1984 | ||
aṃśula — “radiant, luminous, bright” | 7#9,778 | Up 902 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Abner — “father of light” via Abner | 5#12,013 | Down 2,457 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” via Adam | 11#7,199 | Down 1,496 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
aþalaz + berhtaz — “noble + bright, famous” via Albert | 26#4,051 | Up 5,548 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Sorcha — “light, radiant” | 7#13,011 | Up 4,188 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
hugiz + berhtaz — “mind + bright, famous” via Hubert | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
āloka — “light, radiance” | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
æþele + beorht — “noble + bright” | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” via Adam | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Cūþbeorht — “brightly known, famous” | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
savitā — “sun, sun's light or energy” | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
ʔazhar — “radiant” | 15#6,131 | new | 2025 | ||
scir-locc — “bright-lock” | —Unranked | — | 2017 | ||
prakāśa — “light” | —Unranked | — | 1995 | ||
aṃśumāna — “light, radiance” | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
מלך + אור — “king + light” | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
ʔazhar — “radiant” | 30#3,753 | new | 2025 | ||
nord + beraht — “north + bright” via Norbert | —Unranked | — | 1960 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.