Names That Mean Bright

Maori form of Robert

Famously borne by Vietnamese revolutionary and politician Ho Chi Minh, this is a popular Vietnamese boy name.

This fairytale-esque compound name is a contraction of Rose and Lore or Eleonore. A famous bearer is the retired gymnast Roselore Sonntag.

Gwenno originated as a diminutive of Gwenllian, Gwynhwyfar or Gwendolen, but it is increasingly being bestowed as a full name, with between 10 and 20 births a year in England & Wales. Musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Mererid Saunders) is a famous bearer.

French version of the mythological name Phaedra.

Rovshana is the Azerbaijani form of Roshanak, the Persian name that spawned Roxanne and Roxana.

Probably related to Gilbert, from the same Germanic root: gisil, meaning "pledge" or "hostage". The Gis- syllable may also derive from Celtic gaiso "spear".

Dazzling Japanese name featured in the 2021 reboot of Gossip Girl as the given name of Aki Menzies.

An improvement on Clarabelle.

Unfashionable in the U.S. yet a shining star in The Netherlands, where nickname-names are enormously stylish.

Variant of Ombeline