Names starting with L

Latinised short form of compound names ending in -lind, t=tender, soft (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as and, from linþaz, whence also t=gentle, mild, pliable, limber

From Late - saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus

Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium

From Louise, the feminine form of Louis

The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him

The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob

Light

Associated with Laura by folk etymology

A woman converted by St

The lily flower; purity, innocence

Flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Lindesēġe, t=Isle of Lind, the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from llɨnn, from lindos, in reference to the Brayford +; cf

Night; dark-haired beauty

A feminine form of Leo through Leon

19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy

Moon

Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with lila

A Latinate form of Lilian, or borrowed from Italian or Spanish

It is found most frequently in the English-speaking countries, and as a short form of several names, including the Russian name Svetlana, the Gaelic name Alana, and other names ending with "-lana

Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian

"Night; dark beauty

From - and -, by folk etymology associated with Laura

Anglicized form of Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be

Variant of Leila and Layla, from لَيْلَى, related to لَيْلَة

Derived from Lucia with the suffix, first used by Cervantes in Don Quixote (1605)

It can be used as a short form of the name Larissa

A latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century

Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of lilium

Derived from Juliana or Eliana

"Tender, soft; young palm tree

From the - epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes

A name of Italian/Portuguese/Spanish origin

Borrowed from lilia, plural of lilium, or a Latinization of the English Lily

A, a of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa

A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death

From Līvia, feminine form of Līvius, name of a plebeian Roman gens

From the - short form of Eleonora, cognate to Eleanor

A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre

The daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas

American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna

A modern nonstandard spelling of Lucy, from Lucia, from the - feminine form of the Latin praenomen Lucius, from lux "light"

Layan is a feminine Arabic given name meaning "prosperity life", "soft, gentle

From Léonie, from Leonia, feminine of Leonius, derived from leo

A name of Turkish/Arabic origin

A short form of Alexa or Alexandra

In Arabic it has been derived from the word which means "shining" or "radiant"

From Louis, from Loïs, Loïc, &c

Little hollow; from a Scottish place name

Strong-willed warrior; a short form of William, from Germanic elements meaning 'will, desire' and 'helmet, protection'

Light; man from Lucania

Light; from Lucania

From Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from leo or liut and hart

Lion

Transferred from the common - surname Leroy, meaning "the king"

Joined, attached

Ultimately from Leo and leo, from Λέων and λέων, likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language

As an English surname, from the placename Leicester

By folk etymology associated with a lance

Borrowed from Luca, from Lūcās, from Λουκᾶς, hypocoristic of Λούκιος (from Lūcius) or Λουκανός or both with -ᾶς

As an English surname, from lane; as an - surname, from several origins, including Laighin

A rare surname, also spelled Lucas

From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from la mare

From the common Slavic (-, etc) male given name Luka and from Лука́, all cognates of and Lucas

A sophist who was of Syrian origin

From Lūcius, a common Roman praenomen deriving from lux

The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned

From Linus, Λῖνος, of uncertain meaning

As a Jewish surname, a variant of the biblical name Levi

Used in the 19th century but rare today

A man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later Christianity revered as a saint

Al-Latif is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "kind"