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
Alan Light (born c. 1966), Americanjournalist and music reviewer
This page lists people with the
surnameLight. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
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
Alan Light (born c. 1966), Americanjournalist and music reviewer
This page lists people with the
surnameLight. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.