Names That Mean Shine

A cross-cultural name that can be a nickname for David and can be pronounced Day (preferable to die), but is also the name of a vicious Asian villain.

Pronunciation would not be obvious to Americans.

Unisex Hebrew name more common among baby girls in Israel and boys in the US.

An energetic Pakistani name with a brilliant meaning and cool sound.

A popular Malay name — mostly for boys — derived from the Arabic zahara, meaning "to shine".

Sparkling unisex name that skews masculine in its native Japan.

Over-the-top glitzy. Sparkle debuted in 1976 and peaked in 1979 when it was given to 124 baby girls.

A rare but on-trend unisex name with roots in Bulgarian and Malay.

Variant Yaheli is more common in Israel.