Names starting with L
537 Names found
Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white". In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Rachel and Leah.
Scottish Gaelic form of Laurence 1.
Irish form of Laurence 1.
Latinized form of Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaimon), the Greek name of the city-state commonly known as Sparta. According to Greek mythology Lacedaemon, a son...
Diminutive of Lachlan.
Anglicized form of Lachlann, the Scottish Gaelic form of Lochlainn. In the English-speaking world, this name became especially popular in Australia...
From Old Irish Lachtnae meaning "milk-coloured", from lacht "milk" (borrowed from Latin). This was the name of a great-grandfather of the Irish king B...
Diminutive of László.
Romanian and Portuguese form of Vladislav.
Medieval Latinized form of Vladislav.
Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian and Serbian variant of Vladislav.
Means "of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Eliasaph. It is misspelled as Δαήλ (Dael) in the Greek translation,...
Means "gatherer of the people" in Greek. In Greek mythology this is the name of the father of Odysseus. Shakespeare later used it for a character in...
From medieval Latin Laloecen, possibly related to Welsh llallo meaning "brother, friend". This name appears in medieval tales about Saint Kentigern, b...
Derived from Latvian laime meaning "luck, fate, happiness". Laimonis is a character in the play Vaidelote (1894) by Latvian playwright Aspazija.
Derived from a Scottish surname that translates to "landowner" in the Scots language.
Latinized form of Greek Λάϊος (Laios), of unknown meaning. In Greek mythology this was a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta. Due to a prophecy...
Hungarian form of Louis. It was borne by two Hungarian kings, beginning with the 14th-century Lajos I the Great, who was named after his French uncle.
Original Greek form of Lacedaemon.
Means "having lucky marks" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the Ramayana he is the younger half-brother and loyal companion of the hero Rama, accompanyi...
Signifies "he makes noise" in the Shawnee language. It served as an alternate name for the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa (1775-1836).
A diminutive of Eduardo.
Derived from a French and English surname that originated as a place name in Normandy, meaning "the pool" in Old French (la mare). During the latter...
The Limburgish variant of Lambert. The spelling reflects the influence of the French pronunciation of Lambert.
The name originates from the Old German components lant, meaning "land," and beraht, which translates to "bright." It is associated with Saint...
May signify "to make low" in Hebrew. Two figures in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament bear this name: one a descendant of Cain, the other a...
The surname has Scottish origins and was derived from the medieval Gaelic name Lagmann, which in turn comes from the Old Norse term lǫgmaðr, meaning "...
Signifies "bright, shining, brilliant" in Greek. In Greek mythology, it was borne by the father of Leukippos.
From the Germanic name Lanzo, which was initially a short form of names beginning with the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element land, Old High German lan...
Perhaps an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see Lance). In Arthurian legend, Lancelot was considered the most valiant among the Knights of the Round...
The surname originates from an Old English place name that translates to "long hill", which essentially means "ridge". Its adoption might also have...
The French variant of Landric. Several French saints carried this name, among them a 5th-century bishop of Sées and a 7th-century bishop of Paris.
An Old German name composed of the elements lant meaning "land" and wolf meaning "wolf". It was carried by several Lombard noblemen.
Derived from an English surname meaning "lane, path", originally given to someone who resided near a lane.