Dog Names Meaning Light

Abner

From the Hebrew ʾAvner, "my father is a light"

Aila

Finnish form of Ile

Aileen

Irish feminine given name, a variant of Eileen

Ailene

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Ailina

No documented meaning; recorded as a Hawaiian feminine given name

Ailyn

A variation of the name Aileen, meaning 'bright, shining light'

Aira

A name of Latin origin meaning 'air' or 'light'.

Ajana

Recorded as a given name in modern English (rare), feminine

Akari

From japanese 明 (aka) "bright" or 朱 (aka) "vermilion red" with 里 (ri) "village" or 莉 (ri) "white jasmine"

Alena

Short form of Magdalena or Helena; Belarusian form of Helen

Aliona

Alternate transcription of Russian Алёна or Ukrainian Альона

Alkyra

Alora

Variant of Elora; from Botswana, "my dream" in the Bantu languages

Alyona

Russian diminutive of Yelena, now used independently

Antra

Recorded as a given name in Latvian and Malagasy; no meaning is documented

Arxel

Ayleen

Aylo

Recorded as a given name in English, for boys and girls

Blitzen

Cayra

Celena

Derived from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon

Chiaro

Italian for light or clear

Cindra

A combination of the names Cindy and Sandra

Elaine

An Old French form of Helen

Eleanor

From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor

Elena

Form of Helen used in various languages

Elian

Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as Elijah or Elisabeth

Elin

Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.

Elina

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen

Elinor

Variant of Eleanor, a female given name

Ellee

Inari Sami word formed from the verb eelliđ with the suffix -ee.

Elli

Modern Greek form of Helle; also a diminutive of names beginning with El, and an Old Norse word meaning "old age".

Ellie Mae

Elly

Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth, and other names beginning with El

Elora

Probably an invented name, borne by the infant girl in the 1988 film Willow

Elouan

Possibly from a Breton word meaning "light"

Emmylou

Combination of Emmy and Lou

Fia

Recorded as a given name in Irish, German and Swedish

Hal

A medieval diminutive of Harry

Heilo

Helena

Latinate form of Helen

Helene

Ancient Greek form of Helen; also modern Scandinavian and German

Hellen

Hellena

A given name recorded in English (African) use, feminine

Hellie

Hikaru

Japanese unisex name meaning "light" (光) or "brightness" (輝)

Honeymaren

A given name recorded in popular culture, used for a feminine character

Hyperion

Ancient Greek Ὑπερίων (Huperíōn), from ὑπέρ (hyper), "over"

Ilena

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Ilene

Variant of Eileen, probably inspired by the spelling of Irene

Ilkar

Ilma

Means "air" in Finnish

Ilon

Ilona

Hungarian form of Helen, from Greek Helenē, interpreted as "torch", "light" or "shining one".

Irya

No documented meaning; recorded as a Russian feminine given name

Ishu

Ixie

Izara

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in Basque, southern American and Maghrebi Arabic use

Janja

A name of Slavic origin, often associated with the meaning 'bearer of light' or 'God is gracious.'

Jitka

Czech form of Judith, from Hebrew, meaning "woman of Judea"

Kalo

From the Romani adjective kalo, meaning 'black'

Kera

Recorded as a given name in English, where it is rare and feminine

Kira

Russian feminine form of cyrus; also a variant of ciara 1

Kiras

Kiro

A diminutive of Kiril

Kiros

A name of Ge'ez origin

Kyrah

A variation of Kira, meaning 'beam of light' or 'sunbeam'.

Laney

Diminutive of Elaine

Lazer

Yiddish variant of Eliezer

Leela

Alternate transcription of Lila 1; from Sanskrit lila, "play or divine play"

Leena

Finnish and Estonian short form of Helena or Matleena; also a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.

Leia

Form of Leah used in the Greek Old Testament, and a Portuguese form

Lena

Light or bright, also can mean 'torch' in Greek

Lenya

Recorded as a given name in German and Russian

Leonora

Italian short form of Eleanor.

Leora

Hebrew female given name, a variant of Liora ("my light") or contraction of Leonora

Linus

Latin form of the Greek name Linos, of uncertain meaning

Loni

Feminine variant of Lonnie

Loomis

An English-language surname

Loyce

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Lu

A given name recorded in English, Chinese, Burmese and Provençal

Luca

Italian and Romanian form of Lucas, from Luke.

Lucas

Latin form of the Greek name Λουκᾶς, and the form used in several other languages

Luce

Italian and French variant of Lucia; also the Italian word for light.

Luci

Diminutive of Luca or Lucia, or a variant of Lucy

Lucia

Feminine form of the Latin name Lucius, from lux, light

Lucian

Romanian and English form of Lucianus, from Latin lux, "light".

Luciana

Feminine form of Lucianus

Lucie

French and Czech form of Lucia

Lucien

French form of Lucianus, the Latin patronymic of Lucius

Lucille

French form of Lucilla.

Lucinda

An elaboration of Lucia, from the Latin for light

Lucio

Italian and Spanish form of the Latin name Lucius

Lucius

Roman praenomen derived from Latin lux, "light"

Lucy

English form of Lucia, from the Latin Lucius, meaning 'as of light'.

Lucy Lu

Lucyloo

Luke

English form of Latin Lucas, from Greek Loukas, probably meaning "from Lucania".

Luke Skybarker

Lumen

Latin for light; also the SI unit of luminous flux