Licht Name Origin and Family Crest

The spelling Licht grew out of Light, an English surname with a long paper trail. Its meaning, shared with Light, is “Bright, nimble”.

Heraldry and the Licht name

There is no single Licht family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

How the spelling arose

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Licht has “c” where Light has “g”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Licht ranked 11,753 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,665 people answering to the name. Between 1891 and 2000, 131 babies born in France were registered as Licht, with the most births in 1951–1960. For the full story, order the Licht surname pack.