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Names meaning light / bright / radiant etc.

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JoleneBlue · 21/08/2022 19:00

Hello, I'm looking for a girl's names and thought it might be nice to have one which tied in with the names of my two other daughters, which coincidentally mean bright / radiant. So thinking of anything along the lines of bright radiant, shining, light, moon, star, sun etc. Any ideas? Thanks!

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mmmmmchocolate · 21/08/2022 19:07

Lucy means light. I assumed some of the variations of that name do too but you’d have to check.

letmechangetheatmosphere · 21/08/2022 19:08

Luna?

JennyForeigner · 21/08/2022 19:08

Always loved Noor - light in Arabic

MisterT373 · 21/08/2022 19:09

Nur (also spelled Noor, Nor, or Nour) is Arabic for light or even Divine Light)

Estella or Stella - star.

TiredButAlive · 21/08/2022 19:09

Celeste ... means heavenly

oceanbleu · 21/08/2022 19:11

I like Noor (arabic for light) but it's often mispronounced to 'nore' when it should be like loo with and N and R on the end if that makes sense Grin Luna is nice?

JoleneBlue · 21/08/2022 19:11

TiredButAlive · 21/08/2022 19:09

Celeste ... means heavenly

Celeste is really pretty, though I am reminded of Daphne and Celeste.

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Watto1 · 21/08/2022 19:12

Clare/Claire means clear and bright I believe.

IWantNotASoundOutOfYou · 21/08/2022 19:12

Claire

Whataretheodds · 21/08/2022 19:12

Lucy/Lucia
Stella/Estella
Luna
Serena
Niamh
Neeva (was on another thread yesterday)

Dachshund · 21/08/2022 19:13

Robin/Robyn means bright fame or ‘famous and bright’

JoleneBlue · 21/08/2022 19:13

letmechangetheatmosphere · 21/08/2022 19:08

Luna?

I like Luna, but I feel like it may have had its day, and kind of merges into all of the other L names around at the moment - Lola, Lyra, Lila, Leila etc.

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neshtastic · 21/08/2022 19:14

Bianca

BuffaloCauliflower · 21/08/2022 19:14

Lucinda? A bit more interesting than Lucy

DramaAlpaca · 21/08/2022 19:14

The Irish name Niamh means 'bright'.

JoleneBlue · 21/08/2022 19:14

Watto1 · 21/08/2022 19:12

Clare/Claire means clear and bright I believe.

I didn't know that, but I'm a child of the 80s, and I know too many of them to use it!

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Juancornetto · 21/08/2022 19:15

Astrid

Sunbird24 · 21/08/2022 19:15

Seren - star?

Ws2210 · 21/08/2022 19:17

Elena means shining light or the bright one in Greek

It's my favourite name. Pronounced Eh-len-ah NOT Eh-lain-ah

KirstenBlest · 21/08/2022 19:21

Esther

LordEmsworth · 21/08/2022 19:22

Lucifer. More usually a boy's name, admittedly

Yika · 21/08/2022 19:23

Selene, Selena (moon)
Muriel (bright sea)
Roxanne (dawn)
Alba (white / dawn)

CastleTower · 21/08/2022 19:25

Niamh
Aoife
Clara
Selena
Eilidh

JoleneBlue · 21/08/2022 19:26

LordEmsworth · 21/08/2022 19:22

Lucifer. More usually a boy's name, admittedly

Ha! Can you imagine 🤯

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