What are some names that mean “light” or “life”?
We can’t use [name]Lucia[/name] or any form.
Middle names would be [name]Sebastian[/name] or [name]Silas[/name] for a boy and [name]Snow[/name] or [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Snow[/name] for a girl.
Thank you.
As you can imagine, there are universal human positive ascriptions to light and life that transcend all cultures. Very very common name element for both genders.
Boys
[name]Abner[/name]: father of light (Hebrew)
Alok: ‘light of divinity’ (Sanskrit)
[name]Anwar[/name]: “light” (Arabic)
[name]Beacon[/name]: English
Iyar: light (modern Hebrew)
Jomei: spreading light (Japanese)
[name]Kiran[/name]: beam of light (Hindi)
[name]Noor[/name]: light (Arabic, variant)
Nouriel: light/flame of God (Hebrew)
[name]Oron[/name]: light (Aramaic)
[name]Pradeep[/name]: light (Hindi)
Photios: light (Greek)
[name]Siraj[/name]: lamp, light (Arabic)
[name]Uri[/name]: my light, my flame (Hebrew)
[name]Uriah[/name]: my light is the [name]Lord[/name] (Hebrew)
[name]Uriel[/name]: [name]Angel[/name] of light
[name]Zain[/name]: brilliance, light (Hindi)
Ammar: prosperous long life (Arabic)
Athanasius: eternal life (Greek)
[name]Ambrose[/name]: undying (Greek)
[name]Chaim[/name]: life (Hebrew)
Jivan: life (Sanskrit)
Umi: Igbo, Nigerian, ‘life’
[name]Vito[/name], [name]Vitale[/name], [name]Vitus[/name]: life-giving (Latin)
[name]Vivian[/name]: full of life
[name]Zoltan[/name]: life (Hungarian)
Girls
Alaula: light at dawn (Hawaiian)
Alcinda: light, variant (Spanish/ Latin)
[name]Alina[/name]: light (pan-Slavic)
Aonani: beautiful light (Hawaiian)
Ciana: light (diminutive of [name]Luciana[/name], Italian)
[name]Eleanor[/name]: ray of light (Provençal)
[name]Eliora[/name]: God is my light (Hebrew)
[name]Fiammetta[/name]: little flame (Italian)
Fulgencia: giving off light (Greek)
[name]Helen[/name]: light
[name]Ilona[/name]: light (Hungarian)
[name]Liora[/name]: gift of light to me (Hebrew)
[name]Lumina[/name]: brilliant light (Latin)
[name]Luz[/name], [name]Lux[/name]: light (Spanish, Latin)
[name]Magali[/name]: old Persian, child of light
Mahina: moonlight (Hawaiian)
Meira: light (Hebrew)
[name]Nahara[/name]: light (Aramaic)
[name]Nura[/name]: light (Arabic)
[name]Orly[/name]: my light (Hebrew)
Roshana: shining light (Hindi)
[name]Saskia[/name]: possibly, valley of light (Dutch)
[name]Svetlana[/name]: light (Russian)
[name]Uma[/name]: goddess of light (Sanskrit)
[name]Ashia[/name]: life and hope (Hindi)
[name]Chava[/name]: life (Hebrew)
[name]Enid[/name]: soul, life (Germanic)
[name]Eve[/name]: life (English, via Hebrew)
Saisha: meaningful life (Hindi)
[name]Vida[/name]/ [name]Vita[/name]: life (Latin)
[name]Vivienne[/name]: full of life
[name]Zoe[/name]: life (Greek)
This is all according to Nameberry’s meanings
Life:
[name]Liv[/name]
[name]Asha[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Vita[/name]/[name]Vida[/name]
[name]Light[/name]:
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]/[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Chiara[/name]
[name]Meyer[/name]
[name]Valo[/name] (Finnish)
[name]Eve[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name] both mean “life”. I believe that both [name]Leora[/name]/[name]Liora[/name] and [name]Alina[/name] mean “light”.
People have already mentioned [name]Vivienne[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name] as names that mean “life,” but here are their awesome variants that mean the same:
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Viviana[/name]
[name]Zoya[/name]
[name]Zoila[/name]
[name]Zoelle[/name]
[name]Zoyenka[/name]
[name]Zoelie[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] means clear/bright.