Licht Family History
Licht Name Meaning
German Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a chandler from Middle High German lieht ‘bright’ ‘light’ Yiddish likht ‘candle light’. In some instances the German name may have arisen as a topographic name for someone settling in a clearing (of a forest) or as a nickname for a light agile person later (from Middle Low German līht) for an unsteady wavering one and the Jewish name may have been ornamental. German: habitational name from any of the places called Lichta or Lichte both in Thuringia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022