Boys:
- Argi (ahr-gee, Basque)--"light"
- Argider (ahr-gee-dehr, Basque)--"beautiful light"
- Arman (ahr-MAHN, Kazakh)--"dream"
- Asher (ASH-er, English)--from Hebrew, "blessed"
- Ayman (AY-man, Arabic)--"blessed, lucky"
- Barak (bah-RAHK, Arabic)--"blessing"
- Benedict (BEN-eh-dikt, English)--from Latin, "blessed"
- Bhaskar (BHAHS-kar, Hindi)--"shining"
- Cemal (jem-AHL, Turkish)--"beauty"
- Daiki (dah-ee-kee, Japanese)--"great radiance" or "great & noble"
- Enver (en-VEHR, Turkish, Albanian)--"radiance"
- Eyal (eh-YAHL, Hebrew)--"strength"
- Jamal (jah-MAHL, Arabic)--"beauty"
- Kallias (KAHL-lee-as, Greek)--"beauty"
- Kibwe (KEE-bweh, Swahili)--"blessed"
- Krešimir (KRESH-ih-meer, Croatian)--"bringer of peace"
- Macario (mah-KAHR-yoh, Spanish)--from Greek, "blessed"
- Prakash (prah-KAHSH, Hindi)--"light"
- Roshan (roh-SHAN, Persian)--"light"
- Sisu (SEE-soo, Finnish)--"strength, willpower"
- Taiki (tah-ee-kee, Japanese)--"great radiance"
Girls:
- Abha (ahb-hah, Hindi)--"splendor"
- Aditi (ah-DEE-tee, Hindi)--"freedom"
- Aiman (eye-MAHN, Kazakh)--"beauty of the moon"
- Áine (AW-nyeh, Irish)--"radiance"
- Aisling (AHSH-leeng, Irish)--"dream"
- Aoibhe (EE-vah, Irish)--"beauty"
- Argiñe (ahr-gee-nyeh, Basque)--"light"
- Audrey (AW-dree, English)--"noble strength"
- Beata (beh-AH-tah, Latin)--"blessed"
- Bracha (BRAH-khah, Hebrew)--"blessing"
- Caoimhe (KWEE-vah, Irish)--"beauty". Anglicized to Keeva.
- Carwen (KAHR-wen, Welsh)--"pure love"
- Daina (DAY-nah, Lithuanian; DYE-nah, Latvian)--"song"
- Dipika (dee-PEE-kah, Hindi)--"light"
- Duana (DOO-an-ah, Irish)--"poem, song"
- Feray (feh-RYE, Turkish)--"radiance of the moon"
- Fotini (foh-tee-NEE, Greek)--"light"
- Gita (GEE-tah, Hindi)--"song"
- Hikari (hee-kah-ree, Japanese)--"light"
- Indira (IN-dih-rah, Hindi)--"beauty"
- Jyoti (jyot-EE, Hindi)--"light"
- Kanti (KAHN-tee, Hindi)--"beauty"
- Kavita (KAH-vee-tah, Hindi)--"poem, poetry"
- Keren (keh-rehn, Hebrew)--"ray of light"
- Lesedi (leh-seh-DEE, Tswana)--"light"
- Lucy (LOO-see, English)--from Latin, "light". Other forms include Lucia, Luce, Lucille, Lucette, Lux, Luz, and Luzia.
- Luule (LOO-leh, Estonian)--"poetry"
- Masego (mah-seh-hoh, Tswana)--"blessing"
- Megumi (meh-goo-mee, Japanese)--"blessing"
- Mele (meh-leh, Hawaiian)--"song"
- Nadra (NAH-drah, Arabic)--"radiance"
- Nima (NEE-mah, Arabic)--"blessing"
- Noya (no-yah, Hebrew)--"beauty"
- Nur (NOOR, Arabic)--"light". Other forms include Nuru (NOO-roo, Swahili).
- Säde (SAD-eh, Finnish)--"ray of light"
- Sana (SAH-nah, Arabic)--"brilliance"
- Saoirse (SEER-shah, Irish)--"freedom"
- Sanja (SAHN-yah, Croatian, Serbian)--"dream"
- Shira (shee-rah, Hebrew)--"poetry"
- Solveig (SOHL-vay, Scandinavian)--from Old Norse, "strength of the sun"
- Svajonė (svah-YOH-nyeh, Lithuanian)--"dream"
- Svatava (svah-tah-VAH, Czech)--"light" or "world". Another form is Svetlana (Russian, Slavic)
- Thi (TEE, Vietnamese)--"poem"
- Treasa (TRAH-sah, Irish)--"strength"
Unisex:
- Amets (ah-mehts, Basque)--"dream"
- Li (LEE, Chinese)--"reason" or "strength" [several other meanings possible depending on the characters]
- Liron (lee-rohn, Hebrew)--"my song"
- Noa (noh-ah, Hawaiian)--"freedom"
- Ori (oh-ree, Hebrew)--"my light"
- Shir (SHEER, Hebrew)--"song"
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