Updated November 2023
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Welsh
"dear light"
Lleucu is often considered the Welsh equivalent of Lucy, as it shares the same meaning of "light", and a similar sound. (Lwsi and Liwsi are the phonetic Welsh spellings of Lucy.) It's a statement…
Sanskrit
"lamp, light"
Spiritual author Deepak Chopra made this familiar, if not particularly accessible, outside the Indian community.
French
"shining light, torch"
The French form of Helen, Hélène was hugely popular in France throughout the 20th-century, though recent years have seen it decline in popularity, leaving it towards the latter end of the Top 500.…
Hebrew
"God's light"
That difficult Ur- sound cancels out the feminine appeal of the rest of the name.
English word name
"without light"
Grimes and Elon Musk put this name on the map in 2022, when they revealed their daughter's name was Exa Dark Sideræl. Until that point, Dark had not been recorded as a given name, although it…
"a light"
A little-known Hebrew name which ranks in the Top 100 in Israel.