Last name: LIGHT
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LIGHT : This last name is indexed 78,733 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LIGHT : 1: English: from Middle English liht ‘light active’ (Old English lēoht).2: English: topographic name from Middle English liht leht ‘light’ (Old English lēoht) used for a ‘light place clearing glade’.3: English: nickname from Middle English lit ‘little’ (Old English lȳt). Compare Little.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of German Licht and probably also of some cognates from other languages.
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