Bright baby names and what they mean, for bright, light, shining, brilliant, with 136 results. These boy names reached the height of their popularity 98 years ago (USAGE OF 7.41%) and are now much less popular (USAGE 1.3%, 82.5% LESS), with names like Elbert becoming somewhat dated. The most trendy names for newborns in this compilation are Leonardo (#92), Killian (#286), Apollo (#517), Zain (#587) and Cillian (#1040), while Kielian (TOP 51%) and Killin (36%) are popular surnames. Here is the list of Light names for girls.

Aalok - Berton

Aalok
Based on Sanskrit language. "Light of divinity." Allok and Arlok are creative variations. See also Alik. Hindi name.

Abner
Stems fr. Hebrew. "Father of light." Auner is also a marginally prominent kid's name. Biblical .. [Ebner, Avner, Abna, .. 10 more]

Akeno
Derivative of Japanese element. "Bright shining field." Unusual. Compare Akeno with common last names Ano (UPPER 48%), Asano (25%), which also end with -no. See also Akeem.

Akira
Origin fr. Japanese element. "Bright, clear, ideal." Also a girls' name. Sparing use. Akira is not found in the US Demographics.

Albert▼
From Old English element. "Noble, bright." Albert, Delbert and Elbert have diminished in favor as baby names since 1880-1889. From an Old French name, Albert .. [Ulbricht, Delbert, Bertie, Allie, Albrekt, Albertino, Al, Adelbert, .. 19 more]

Alucio
Stems fr. Spanish, Latin elements. "Bright, shining." Allucio and variants are barely found as men's names. .. is lux, or light, as in .. [Aluzio, Allucio, .. 2 more]

Anwar
Derived fr. Arabic element. "Light." Anwar rose in popularity 13 years ago. Also used for girls. Made famous by Egyptian President Anwar ..

Apollo▲
.. Roman god of light, music, and .. Apollo is more widely used than the rest. [Apolo, .. 2 more]

Archimedes
.. name of a brilliant Greek mathematician .. Not in Top 2000. [Arquimedes, .. 1 more]

Arjuna
.. of milk, silver, lightning, and the .. Rather uncommon as a birth name. [Arjun]

Arun
From Hindi, Cambodian languages. "Dawn; sun." Somewhat atypical as a birth name, Arun is used more often as a last name. See also Ahran. .. the name represents dawn colors as ..

Avner
From Hebrew word. "Father of light." Not in popularity charts. See also Abnar. Source form of Abner.

Balder
.. reigns over summer, light, and innocence. Balber (UPPER 66%), Balser (9%) are conventional surnames. [Baudier, .. 2 more]

Barack
From Hebrew, Swahili, African words. "Lightning; blessing." Barack, Barak and Barrak are hardly found as male names. Biblical .. [Barrak, .. 1 more]

Bartram
Derived fr. Scandinavian. "Bright raven." Bartram, like the similar Bertran, occurs more often as a last name. The raven was consecrated to Odin .. [Barthram]

Bayard
.. horse was a bright bay color .. Used somewhat frequently as children's names, Baylen, Bayard, etc. are similar to the popular Braylen. [Baylen, Bajardo, Baiardo, .. 1 more]

Beacon
Source fr. Old English element. "Signal light." Beacon, like the similar Beamon, occurs more often as a last name. See also Beagin. Usually a bright light on a ..

Beltran
.. (Old French, Old German) "bright raven" .. Rare as birth names, but Bertran, Beltran, etc. are similar to the more conventional Bertram. [Bertran, .. 1 more]

Berthold
Origin fr. Old German language. "Bright strength; renowned leader." Somewhat common as boys' names, Berton, Berthold, etc. sound like the popular Barton. Uncommon in English speaking countries, but .. [Berton, Bertolde, Bertoll, Berthoud, .. 6 more]

Berton
Stems fr. Old English language. "Bright settlement." Less popular today. Bert was the variant last listed (1992) in the Top 2000. Place name. [Burton, Bertie, .. 2 more]