Light is a surname.

Light
Origin
Language(s)Old English, Middle English
Other names
Related namesLeicht, Leight, Licht, Luce, Luz, Lyght, Lyte

Etymology

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Coming from Middle English, there are several possible meanings. In Middle English, lyght means a happy, cheerful person. The Old English leoht could be a person who is ‘bright’ or ‘cheerful’.

The two forms of light - leoht and lioht had distinct meanings, but became mixed over time. The Middle English word lite, coming from Old English l¯t ‘little’, also became lyght.[1]

People

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See also

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  • Zion Lights (born 1984), British author and environmental activist

References

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  1. ^ "Light Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 November 2016.