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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English (African)
Meaning & History
From the English word light meaning "Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light".From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).It's also transferred from the surname Light.As a given name, it's most common in Nigeria and several African countries.