Chiragh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chiragh

What is the meaning of the name Chiragh ?

The baby name Chiragh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /tʃɪˈrɑːɡ/ (Urdu/Hindi), /t͡ʃeˈɾɒːɣ/ (Persian); respelling: chee-RAHG or chi-RAAG.

Chiragh is Persian in Origin.

Chiragh is a masculine given name from Persian چراغ (čerāgh), meaning “lamp,” “light,” or “illumination.” Through centuries of Persian influence it entered Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Sindhi, and other South Asian languages, retaining the sense of a guiding flame or auspicious brightness. In everyday Hindustani the simplified form Chirag is common, while Persian transliterations sometimes appear as Charagh or Cheragh.

The name carries devotional and poetic weight in the subcontinent: Nasiruddin Mahmud ‘Chiragh-e-Delhi’ (d. 1356), the renowned Chishti Sufi, helped cement its association with spiritual guidance. Today it is used across Muslim communities in South Asia and the diaspora, occasionally as an honorific epithet. Variants include Chirag, Charagh, and Cheragh; compound forms like Chiragh-ud-Din (“lamp of the faith”) echo classical naming patterns. Thematically comparable names are Arabic Siraj and Sanskritic Deepak, both meaning “lamp.”