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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light, brilliance, radiance
Bright, shining light
Shade or darkness cast by an object blocking light
swift one (by association with a bird in flight)
Star, shining light
big happiness, great light
light and honor (from Nora and Eleanor roots)
dusk, evening twilight
enlightenment, awakening
spiritual brilliance, inner light
one who gives light
infinite divine light
bright, shining light
pale, shining light
moon halo, soft glow of moonlight
light of the Almighty, Shaddai is light
ray of light, particle of radiance
fire of God, God is my light
child of light
light, torch
light, splendor, radiance
the ray of light
he enlightens, he shines
delight, gladness
born of light, luminous
light, movement
opening, window of light
ray of light, dawn (implied by suffix)
enlightened, illuminating
light
pleasure, delight
torch, shining light
removing darkness through light
wings, flight
ray of light
sun, sunlight, radiance
light, golden
possibly beloved or light, exact meaning uncertain
Brightness and grace; a name associated with li...
light, radiance
torch, shining light
light, torch
daylight, brightness
playful, delightful
light, brightness, illumination
light, illumination
God leads, divine light
torch, shining light
lovely, beautiful, delightful
bird-like, like a bird in flight
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