Given name · also Old Norse
Ljótur
“bright”
Ljótur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ljótur probably goes back to a word meaning “bright.”
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Where it comes from
Ljótur probably comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Old Norse Ljótr, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz.
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