Baby names meaning light & sun

Names whose listed meaning relates to light & sun. We match on the meaning text, so a few names may be a looser fit.

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Meanings and origins are indicative. Sources and languages can disagree, and a name may carry different meanings in different cultures. For religious or cultural questions, please confirm with a family elder or religious teacher.

A

  • Aarush – First Ray of Sun
  • Abuzar – Father of wealth/light; honorable name of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, one…
  • Adithya – The sun
  • Aditya – The sun
  • Alba – Dawn; sunrise; white
  • Albie – Noble and bright
  • Arjun – Bright, shining
  • Arshdeep – Lamp of the divine
  • Aurora – Dawn
  • Ayrin – Clear, bright like moonlight
  • Aysal – Moonlike, bright streams

B

  • Bhanumati – Luminous, charming, shining with fame
  • Bhanupriya – Beloved of the sun, night blooming lotus
  • Bindiya – Small forehead mark, drop, point of light

C

  • Chaitra – First month of Hindu calendar, spring season, bright light
  • Chandini – Moonlight, star, bright as moon
  • Chandrakant – Beloved by moon, moonstone, radiant
  • Chandraprabh – Radiant as the moon, the 8th Tirthankar
  • Chandrika – Crescent moon, moonlight, radiant light
  • Chiara – Clear, bright
  • Claire – Clear, bright

D

  • Damini – Lightning, conqueror, self-controlled
  • Deep – Light, lamp, luminous glow
  • Deepak – Lamp, light
  • Deepali – Row of lamps, festive lights
  • Deepanshu – Ray of light, sun
  • Della – Noble; bright noble one (pet form of Adela/Adelaide)
  • Divyansh – Divine part, ray of divine light
  • Diya – Lamp, light

E

  • Eleanor – Shining light
  • Elena – Shining light, bright one
  • Eleni – Bright, shining light
  • Elin – Bright, shining light
  • Elio – Sun or ruler of the sun
  • Ella – Light, beautiful fairy
  • Estelle – Star, celestial, heavenly light

G

  • Gijs – Bright pledge

H

I

  • Inara – Light, Illumination
  • Ishaan – Lord Shiva, The Sun
  • Izna – Light, bright ray of sun

J

K

  • Kanta – Beautiful, beloved, radiant
  • Kanti – Lustre, radiance, beauty, Goddess Lakshmi
  • Ketu – Pure light, comet, celestial node
  • Kiara – Dark-Haired, Bright
  • Klara – Bright, clear

L

  • Lena – Light, torch
  • Leni – Light; bright torch (German pet form of Helena/Magdalena)
  • Leonor – Shining light
  • Leonora – Light or lion
  • Leshya – Light beam, aura, color of soul
  • Luca – Man from Lucania, bringer of light
  • Lucas – Bringer of light, luminous
  • Lucia – Light
  • Lucian – Light
  • Lucille – Light
  • Lucy – Light
  • Lukas – Light
  • Luuk – Bringer of light

M

  • Mathivanan – Bright as the moon
  • Mehri – Kind, loving, sun-like warmth
  • Mehrunisa – Compassionate Woman, Sun Among Women

N

P

  • Pavi – Pure, lightning, bright
  • Phoebe – Bright, radiant

R

  • Ravi – The sun
  • Rayansh – Ray of light, part of the sun
  • Reyansh – Ray of Light
  • Rupert – Bright fame (Germanic form of Robert)

S

  • Sabiha – Beautiful, Morning
  • Samson – Sun; man of the sun
  • Sandeep – Lamp
  • Sehrish – Glamorous, sunrise glow, enchanting
  • Senara – Light
  • Shaffan – Cool morning rain, refreshing breeze
  • Shania – God is gracious, bright ray of sun
  • Siraj – Lamp, radiant beacon, and shining light; metaphor used in the Quran…
  • Siyona – Graceful, beautiful, bright sun
  • Sol – Sun
  • Solana – Sunshine, Sunlight, Solar
  • Suhail – Gentle, easy-going; Canopus (bright star in night sky)

T

  • Teja – Radiance
  • Tejaswi – Lustrous, radiant, brilliant, energetic

V

W

  • Wareewsha – Blossoming happiness, radiant blessing

X

  • Xavier – The new house; bright and splendid

Z

  • Zaheer – Bright, shining, supporter, helper
  • Zahra – Radiant, shining
  • Zara – Blossom, radiance
  • Zia – Light
  • Zunair – Flower of Paradise, light of the moon

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