Name

Name LIGHT

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 36 births of Light in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Light per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 8 births.

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Prénom Light
In Italiano

Nome Light

Information about the first name Light

The first name Light has been assigned to:

69.44% to boys
30.56% to girls

The country where the first name Light is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 1 vowel and 4 consonants

Light in Japanese ^*

Romaji	rito
Katakana	リト
Hiragana	りと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name Light

English

Etymology

English surname, from both senses of light.

Etymology

From Middle English lighten, lihten, from Old English līehtan (“to light, to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, from *leuhtą +‎ *-janą. Cognate with German leuchten (“to shine”).

Etymology

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljoacht (“light”), Dutch licht, German licht.

Etymology

From Old English lēoht, līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).
Cognate with Dutch licht, German leicht, Swedish lätt, Norwegian lett, Albanian lehtë, Latin levis, Russian лёгкий (ljóxkij), Lithuanian lengvas, Sanskrit लघु (laghu), Persian لاغر‎ (lāghar).

Etymology

From Middle English lighten, from Old English līhtan (“to relieve”), from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan, from Proto-Germanic *linhtijaną, from *linhtaz (“light”).

Etymology (Adjective)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)
Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.

Etymology (Adverb)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)
Carrying little.

Etymology (Noun)

light (plural lights)
(curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
See lights (“lungs”).
(Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.

Etymology (Verb)

light (third-person singular simple present lights, present participle lighting, simple past and past participle lighted)
(nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

Alternative forms

lite (informal or archaic); lighte, lyght, lyghte (obsolete)
licht (Scotland)

Pronunciation

enPR: līt, IPA(key): /laɪt/
(General American) IPA(key): [ɫɐɪ̯ʔ]
(Canada, regional US) IPA(key): /lʌɪt/
Rhymes: -aɪt
Homophone: lite
Hyphenation: light

Proper noun

Light
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States.
(Islam) The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”), from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).

Alternative forms

lighte, lyght, lyghte, liȝt, liȝte, lyȝt, lyȝte, lijȝt, liȝht, lyȝht, lyȝhte, liȝth, lyȝth, ligt, lygtte, ligth, liht, lihte, lyht, lyhte, lith, lithe, lyth, lythe, litht, lite, lyte, lit, lytte, lichte, lict, licth, liste, leoht, leocht, loht

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lixt/
Rhymes: -ixt

Noun (Descendants)

English: light
Scots: licht
Yola: lhygt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English light.

Adjective

light (invariable)
light, slight
(of food) diet, low-fat, fat-free, light

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lajt/

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English light.

Adjective

light (invariable)
light (low in fat, calories, salt, alcohol, etc.)
(of cigarettes) light (low in tar, nicotine and other noxious chemicals)
(by extension) Lacking substance or seriousness; lite

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈlait/ [ˈlai̯t̪]
Rhymes: -ait

Adjective (Usage notes)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English light. Doublet of leve, léu, and ligeiro.

Adjective

light (invariable)
(of food) light (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt or other undesirable substances)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlajt͡ʃ/

Popularity of the name Light

Number of LIGHT births per year

Popularity of the name Light

Total births of Light by country

		Births with the first name Light
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	11 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	7 3
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	2 2
	Germany 2000 - 2022	1 3
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	0 3
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	3 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	1 0