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wait, i just found him on wikipedia and it said something that might be related and is somewhat interesting. Copying directly:   Tsugumi Ohba, the story writer of  Death Note , said that his editor suggested the  family name  "Yagami" for Light. Ohba said that he did not feel "too concerned" about the meaning of the name (the  kanji  are "night" and "god"); he said that after he created the final scene in the manga he "liked" that the final scene created "deeper significance" in the name, of Kira worshippers worshipping him at night under the light of the moon.