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Names for “light”

35 names

Irish

Ailbhe

Possibly light, white, or rock

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Sanskrit · Bengali

Arka

The sun; ray of light

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Hebrew

Avner

My father is a light

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Sanskrit

Deepa

Lamp; light

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Sanskrit

Dipti

Brightness; light

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Hebrew

Elior

My God is my light

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Chinese

Guang

Light; brightness with the cited Chinese characters

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Punjabi

Gurdeep

Light of the Guru

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Punjabi

Harjot

Divine light

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Japanese

Hikari

Light in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Hikaru

Light or brightness in one Japanese spelling

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Sanskrit

Jyoti

Light; flame

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Tamil

Kathir

Ray of light; ear of grain

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Indonesian · Javanese

Kirana

Ray of light; beautiful

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Punjabi

Navjot

New light

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Swahili

Nuru

Light

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Persian

Roshan

Bright; full of light

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Hindi · Marathi · Persian

Roshni

Light; brightness

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Persian

Sepideh

Dawn; first light

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Punjabi

Sukhdeep

Light of happiness

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Sanskrit

Tvisha

Light; splendor

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Finnish

Valo

Light

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Maya

Zazil

Light; clarity

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Turkish · Arabic

Burak

Derived from Buraq, associated with lightning

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Sanskrit · Hindi

Damini

Lightning

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Quechua

Illari

Radiance; lightning, in the RENIEC Quechua account

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Tagalog · Filipino

Kidlat

Lightning

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