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Names meaning light
There's a quiet shelf of names in Arabic where the word doesn't picture a thing, but a quality of light — the just-before-dawn glow, the lamp left burning for someone walking home, the warmth a face has when it greets you. Some carry the literal word for light. Others name the lamp, or the radiance, or the way a face brightens. May one of them carry your child's name across every doorway they ever walk through. May they grow up to be a small light in whatever room they enter.
32 names
- Noorنُور
Light
ArabicIn the Qur’an - Zahraزَهْرَاء
Radiant, blooming, brilliant
Arabic - Zaraزَارَة
Flower; radiant
Arabic · Persian - Nourنُور
Light
ArabicIn the Qur’an - Mahnoorماهنُور
Moonlight
Urdu · Persian · Arabic - Zehraزَهْرَاء
Radiant, shining
Turkish · Arabic - Halaهَالَة
Halo, ring around the moon
Arabic - Sanaسَنَاء
Brilliance, radiance
Arabic · Urdu - Anwarأَنْوَر
Brighter, more luminous
Arabic - Sorayaثُرَيَّا
The Pleiades star cluster
Arabic · Persian - Arashآرَش
Bright; legendary archer
Persian - Azharأَزْهَر
Most radiant, brightest
Arabic - Muneerمُنِير
Luminous, radiant
Arabic - Munirمُنِير
Bright, illuminating
ArabicIn the Qur’an - Muniraمُنِيرَة
Shining, illuminating
ArabicIn the Qur’an - Zaharaزَهَرَة
Flower; brilliance
Arabic · Swahili - Azharأَزْهَر
Most radiant, most luminous
Arabic - Lamijaلَامِيَة
Shining, brilliant
Arabic - Bahiraبَاهِرَة
Brilliant, dazzling
Arabic - Nuruنُورُو
Light (Swahili form of Noor)
Swahili · Arabic - Saqibثَاقِب
Piercing, bright (of a star)
Arabic · Urdu - Shahabشِهَاب
Shooting star, meteor
Arabic · Persian - Shamsشَمْس
Sun
Arabic - Sirajسِرَاج
Lamp; source of light
Arabic - Sohrabسُهرَاب
Illustrious, shining
Persian - Kouroshكُورُوش
Sun, far-sighted
Persian - Thurayaثُرَيَّا
The Pleiades star cluster
Arabic - Mehrdadمِهردَاد
Given by the sun; given by Mithra
Persian - Roxanaرُوكْسَانَا
Bright, dawn
Persian - Sepidehسِپِيدِه
Dawn, daybreak
Persian - Zuhuraزُهُرَة
Venus; brilliance
Swahili · Arabic - Berrinبِرّين
Brilliant, shining
Turkish · Persian
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