Bright Forename

3,352nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 311,943 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Bright Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Bright Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
93%
 
149,5791:1,187211
Ghana
99%
 
78,9411:34262
Malawi
100%
33,2301:515109
Zambia-21,8391:726155
Uganda
92%
 
9,3961:4,359523
Zimbabwe
98%
 
4,7561:3,243557
South Africa
94%
 
2,0401:26,7323,356
Tanzania
94%
 
2,0261:26,0552,425
Kenya-1,9481:23,7722,184
Egypt
 
68%
1,6051:57,2593,134
United States
75%
 
9631:376,46610,903
Bangladesh-7331:217,54610,835
Saudi Arabia-6411:48,0705,572
Togo-5771:12,5461,699
England
77%
 
5641:98,5873,774
India
82%
 
4981:2,439,514119,210
Botswana
100%
4221:5,176864
China-4051:3,372,97749,378
Swaziland-2561:5,079891
Poland
50%
 
1881:202,2723,614
Cameroon
75%
 
1561:138,5296,555
Canada
100%
1231:269,3779,064
DR Congo
100%
961:769,03824,327
Russia
 
75%
651:2,218,98014,456
Spain
100%
641:727,0317,550
Kuwait-571:66,4085,422
Netherlands
78%
 
471:359,61910,367
Indonesia-441:5,862,811220,905
Solomon Islands
71%
 
391:14,8961,295
Portugal-371:281,3755,179
Philippines
85%
 
361:2,944,70859,101
Belgium
100%
321:359,0646,694
Congo
58%
 
261:192,6626,232
Brazil-251:8,569,446111,821
Malaysia
77%
 
251:1,217,99840,661
Australia-241:569,0688,566
Germany
80%
 
241:4,028,24517,729
Ivory Coast
73%
 
231:1,003,30129,672
Qatar
100%
231:103,02612,248
South Korea-201:277,2219,162
Sweden
94%
 
191:518,83713,099
Thailand
100%
171:4,121,51884,061
Singapore-151:419,13710,588
France
100%
141:4,747,88119,704
Liberia
83%
 
141:315,1479,860
Pakistan
100%
141:13,882,69183,133
Norway
100%
131:394,7957,741
Scotland
50%
 
131:411,5675,527
Italy
53%
 
121:5,088,50823,387
United Arab Emirates-121:595,99919,549
Afghanistan
100%
101:3,262,35223,137
Wales
86%
 
101:309,4314,737
Belarus
100%
91:1,053,5985,565
Gabon-91:209,2602,118
Kazakhstan
100%
91:1,971,87215,474
Myanmar-91:5,772,0301,432
Rwanda
100%
91:1,263,4931,939
Sudan-91:4,200,7754,893
Taiwan
100%
91:2,641,07657,947
Israel
 
86%
71:1,200,41715,461
Austria
80%
 
61:1,419,0348,656
Finland
89%
 
61:913,8648,662
Switzerland
 
75%
61:1,368,91614,223
Benin-51:2,115,16940,564
Denmark-51:1,129,90012,942
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Oman-51:821,7336,168
Gambia-41:481,649818
Iraq-41:8,754,46516,071
Lesotho
100%
41:509,99925,489
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Vietnam-41:23,155,7785,302
Burkina Faso
100%
21:9,189,73469,235
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Lebanon-21:2,813,78613,895
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Senegal-21:7,290,67824,413
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Ireland
 
87%
11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Wallis and Futuna-11:13,529157

Bright (114,909) may also be a surname.

Bright Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Braight9223/
Brights929/
Brighth928/
Brighte927/
Brigjht923/
Brright922/
Breight922/
Brightz921/
Brightt921/
Brighht921/
Brieght921/
Brightte864/
Wright834,464/
Bryght8310/
Breght837/
Brught832/
Vright832/
Brighd832/
Brigeet7714/
Briggyt775/
Wraight774/
Breiget772/
Braiget772/
Brigche771/
Brigdte771/
Wrighth771/
Bryghte771/
Brigdth771/
Breghth771/
Brijget771/
Brigd734/
Brixh732/
Brigx731/
Briggyth718/
Brigeeth716/
Brigeesh714/
Brigeete713/
Briggytt713/
Breigett711/
Brigeett711/
Briggeet711/
Braigeth711/
Wright's711/
Breige67243/
Braige678/
Briggeeth672/
Bryget671/
Briggx671/
Brigeette671/
Brigeethe671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bright