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Girl Names That Mean Light
Radiant names for a daughter who lights up every room.
July 5, 20266 min readBaby Names for Girls
Few wishes are as universal as light. Across every language, parents have named their daughters for brightness, dawn and radiance — a hope that she will shine. Here are girl names that mean light, from the familiar to the beautifully rare.
Girl names that mean light, from around the world
ZariaAfrican · Dawn / flower
DritaAlbanian · Light
ZariahAmerican · Flower; dawn
BirhanAmharic · Light
AdharaArabic · The maidens; a bright star
AlhenaArabic · A bright star in Gemini
BaheeraArabic · Brilliant
DuhaArabic · Morning light
ElynaArabic · A bright, noble light
FajrArabic · Dawn
InaraArabic · Ray of light, illuminating
LamarArabic · Shimmering golden light
LamiaArabic · Radiant
LamiyaArabic · Shining
MadinaArabic · Medina / radiant city
ManarArabic · A guiding light
MayarArabic · The glow of moonlight
MeissaArabic · The shining one; a star in Orion
MuneeraArabic · Radiant, luminous
MuniraArabic · Illuminated, radiant
MuznArabic · Luminous rain clouds
NayaraArabic · Radiant, beautiful eyes
NibrasArabic · A lamp, a light
NoorArabic · Light
NooraArabic · Light
NourArabic · Light, radiance
NourhanArabic · Light of soul
NurArabic · Light
RukhsanaArabic · Bright, radiant
RumaisaArabic · A bright star
SaharArabic · Dawn
SaniaArabic · Brilliant
SaniyahArabic · Radiant, brilliant
SuhaylaArabic · Gentle
TaleenArabic · Sunlight
TuleenArabic · Sunlight
WadhaArabic · Bright, radiant
ZahaArabic · Radiant, splendid
ZahraArabic · Radiant
ZariyahArabic · Flower; dawn
ZiaArabic · Light, splendour
HeghineArmenian · A bright torch
LusadzinArmenian · A voice of light
LusntagArmenian · A crown of light
ShoghikArmenian · A ray of light
AytanAzerbaijani · Radiant as the moon
NurlanaAzerbaijani · Filled with light
CitrawatiBalinese · The radiant, beautiful one
ArgineBasque · Light
TafatBerber · Light
TafraraBerber · Dawn
NejraBosnian · The first light of dawn
AoureganBreton · Bright as gold
BistraBulgarian · Clear and bright
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Every name gathered under this theme, from every tradition.
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