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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage German, Jewish

Meaning & History

Occupational name for someone who made candles or possibly for someone who tended a light, from an agent derivative of from Middle High German lieht, Yiddish likht "candle, light".
Added 1/16/2016 by anonymous