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Used for girls and boys

Literal meaning
light: the Latin word for light Likely
Origin
Latin
Element: Fire

In this tradition light belongs to Fire

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #2918 (girls), #1168 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #4201 (girls), #2269 (boys)

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sources

The same meaning in Chinese

  • 亮 liàng light
  • 光 guāng light
  • 昀 yún light of the sun
  • 曦 xī dawn light
  • 熹 xī dawn light
  • 曙 shǔ light of dawn

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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