"Awareness" in popular use; Sanskrit ābhāsa, "splendour, light"
Names meaning light
Baby names whose dictionary or scripture meaning relates to light, with the source shown on every name.
413 names: 181 for girls, 185 for boys and 47 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, the Mahan Kosh and Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon. A few to start: Bobby ("bright with fame"), Lovedeep ("lamp of love") and Subhranshu ("the moon").
120 of 413 names
The sun
The aarti: lamps waved in worship before a deity
"First ray of the sun" in popular use; Sanskrit aruṣa, "reddish"
"Dawn", the first light of the sun
Fire; Persian ātish
"Splendour, light"
"Fearless king" in popular use; Sanskrit abhirāj, "reigning everywhere"
"Father of light", from Hebrew ab and ner
"Lightning"
"White, fair"; Arabic ʿafrāʾ, also the bright 13th night of the month
Illuminating; Persian afroz, "kindling, making bright"
"Illuminating"; from Persian afroz, "kindling, lighting up"
Sprinkled gold glitter; Persian afshān, "scattering"
The sun; Persian āftāb
"Dawn" in popular use; Sanskrit ahan, "day"
Dawn, the first light of morning
"Lamp of the sky"
"White", from Latin albus; "dawn" in Italian and Spanish
"Noble and bright"; Old High German Adalbert
Pet form of Albert, "noble and bright"
"Diamond"; Persian almās
"Light"; also sight
"Lamp of peace"
"Light of peace"
"Immortal light"
Of boundless splendour; Sanskrit amitābha
"Unfading, bright"; Sanskrit amlāna
The moon, "nectar-rayed"; Sanskrit amṛtāṃśu
"Uninterrupted", literally "without night"
"Ray of light, sunbeam"
"Radiant"
Radiant; the sun; Sanskrit aṃśumat, "having rays"
"Lightning"; also "to shine after"
"Radiance, beauty", from Sanskrit śrī
More radiant, luminous; Arabic anwar, from nūr, "light"
"Radiant, full of light"; feminine of Anwar, from Arabic nūr
"Lamp of evening worship"
"Ray of light, flame"
"Brilliant, radiant"; Sanskrit arciṣmat, also a name of fire
Bright, pure; the name of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru
Bright, white; the archer-hero of the Mahabharata
The sun, a ray of light; Sanskrit arka
Light of the sun; Sanskrit arka + dīpa
"Divine light" in popular use; literally "lamp of the heavens"
Dawn, the reddish glow of morning; Sanskrit aruṇa
"Red, ruddy": the colour of dawn
Glowing like the dawn; Sanskrit aruṇa + ābhā
"The red glow of dawn"
Dawn, daybreak; Sanskrit aruṇodaya
"Brilliant, exalted"; from Arabic sanā, "brightness"
"Dawn", from Latin aurora
"Moon halo"; Turkish ayla, from ay, "moon"
Shining, luminous, bright
"Full moon"; Arabic badr
"Like the full moon"; from Arabic badr
"Dazzling, brilliant"; Arabic bāhira
"Spectrum, a row of colours"; Bengali barṇālī
"Rising", of the sun or moon; Arabic bāzigha
Short for Satyabhama; Sanskrit bhāma, "light, splendour"
"A radiant, beautiful woman"
Light, a ray; the sun
"Luminous, splendid"; from bhānu, "light, the sun"
"Sunlight", the light of the sun
"Radiance of the sun"
"Sun rays" in popular use; Sanskrit bhānava, "of the sun"
The sun; literally "light-maker"
"Light of the sun"; Sanskrit bhāskara + jyotis
"Shining, radiant"; a Sanskrit name of the dawn
"Lightning"
Pet form of Robert, "bright with fame"
"Moonlight"
"The moon", from a word for "shining"
"Moonlight"; in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, a son of Krishna
"Moonlight, the radiance of the moon"
"Moonlight"
"Moonlight"
"Moonlight"
Mind, consciousness, heart
Beauty, radiance; in Hindi also "image, picture"
"Lamp"
"Shining with many-coloured light"
"Bright, clear"; also "famous", from Latin clarus
"Crystal", from Greek krustallos, "ice"
Lightning
"Shining, bright"; Persian darakhshān
"Divine light"; Sanskrit deva + jyotis
"Lamp, light"
A lamp, a light
"A lamp, light"
"Eyes bright as lamps"; Sanskrit dīpa + akṣī
"Row of lamps"; Sanskrit dīpālī, the festival of Diwali
"Lighting up"; Sanskrit dīpana, "kindling"
"An offering of lamps"; Sanskrit dīpa + añjali
"Light-maker"; Sanskrit dīpaṃkara, "one who causes light"
"Part of the light"; a modern name from Sanskrit dīpa
"Ray of light"; Sanskrit dīpa + aṃśu
"Radiance of a lamp"; Sanskrit dīpa + śrī
"Lord of light"; Sanskrit dīpa + indra
"Lord of light"
"A light, lamp"; also moonlight
Deep, lamp, with Inder, Indra or "chief"
"Light of the lamp"; Sanskrit dīpa + jyotis
"A row of lamps"; Sanskrit dīpa-mālā
"The flame of a lamp"
"Brightness, light, splendour"
"Dazzling white"
"Light of the pole star"; Sanskrit dhruva + jyotis
"Divine light"; Sanskrit divya + jyotis
"Light of the heart"
"Light of the heart"
"The sun"; Sanskrit dinakara, "day-maker"
"Adorned with lamps"; the Bengali name for Diwali night
"Full of light, radiant"
"The sun"; Sanskrit divākara, "day-maker"
"Divine"; from Sanskrit divya
"Divine ray"; Sanskrit divya + aṃśu
"A lamp, light"
"Shining like a pearl"; Arabic durriyya
"Radiance, splendour"
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