Names meaning light show up in every major naming tradition. Lucy, Phoebe, Nora, Ori. They work well because 'light' is a quality you actually want to wish on someone, unlike some name meanings that sound good until you think about them.
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moon, moonlight
dawn, morning light
new beginning, new light
river of light
torch, bright light
torch, light
light, bright one
breeze, light wind
God is my light
sun, sunlight
light, bringer of light
torch, bright shining light
pleasant, delightful
moonlight, radiance
twilight, between day and night
twilight, between day and night
she is my delight, pleasant
beam of light
bright, shining light
glad, lighthearted
enlightenment, awakening
moonlight, glow
torch, bright light
moonlight, one related to the moon
light, radiance, splendor
halo of moonlight
my delight, my joy
delight, pleasure
city of light, Varanasi
shining light, day
bright, shining light
light brown color (hazel eyes)
yellow, fair (light-haired)
exalted, enlightened
enlightenment, sudden awakening
halo of moonlight
shining light, bright one
heavenly oak, celestial light
moonlight, like the moon
light
pleasant, agreeable, my delight
moonlight
bright one, light
moonlight
light, illumination
light, shining, bright
she who enlightens, shining
dawn, morning light
shining grace, light and favor
moonlight halo
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