Baby names meaning light

Light in a baby's name is usually the dawn you hope for, or the lamp that is lit when the house turns quiet. Chirag means a lamp. Diya means a small clay lamp, the one amma sets near the doorway. Ayansh means a part of the parents, and also the first ray of light. Anushka means a flash of lightning, quicker and sharper than a steady flame. Ask yourself which brightness you mean before you choose. Morning at the window is not the same as a clay lamp in the puja room. Keep the word that matches that picture, then see if the sound fits the child.

Anushka means Grace; favour; a flash of lightning. Arjun means Bright; a Mahabharata hero. Ashwin means A horseman; the Vedic healer twins. Ayansh means A part of the parents; first ray of light.

17 names, in alphabetical order.

• Anushkaअनुष्काGrace; favour; a flash of lightning
• Arjunअर्जुनBright; a Mahabharata hero.
• Ashwinअश्विनA horseman; the Vedic healer twins.
• AyanshआयंशA part of the parents; first ray of light.
• ChiragचिरागA lamp.
• DeepदीपA lamp.
• DiyaदियाA small clay lamp.
• IndiraइंदिराSplendour; a name of Lakshmi.
• KiaraकिआराBright.
• KiranकिरणA ray of light.
• NoorनूरLight.
• ReyanshरेयांशA part of a sunbeam.

• SanaसनाA flash of light.
• TejasतेजसSharp brilliance.
• Tvishaत्विषाBrilliance.
• VasuवसुA bright one; an elemental god.
• VirajविराजOne who sits in splendour.