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The Name Begins With The Letter L:
LABAN  m  Biblical
Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white"...

LABHRAINN  m  Scottish
Scottish form of LAURENCE

LABHRÁS  m  Irish
Irish form of LAURENCE

LACEY  f & m  English
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy...

LACHESIS  f  Greek Mythology
Means "apportioner" in Greek...

LACHIE  m  Scottish
Pet form of LACHLAN

LACHINA  f  Scottish
Feminine form of LACHLAN

LACHLAN  m  Scottish
This was originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway... 

LACHTNA  m  Irish
Means "milk-coloured" in Irish Gaelic...

LACI  m  Hungarian
Pet form of LÁSZLÓ

LACY  f & m  English
Variant of LACEY

LADISLAO  m  Italian
Italian form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAS  m  History
Latinate form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAUS  m  History
Latinate form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAV  m  Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Czech, Slovak and Slovene form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAVA  f  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of VLADISLAV

LADONNA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name DONNA.

LAEL  m  Biblical
Means "of God" in Hebrew. This was the name of Eliasaph in the Old Testament.

LAELIA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning...

LÆRKE  f  Danish
Means "lark" in Danish.

LAETITIA  f  Late Roman, English
Variant of LETITIA

LAGINA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name GINA.

LAHJA  f  Finnish
Means "gift" in Finnish.

LAIA  f  Catalan
Catalan pet form of EULALIA

LAILA  f  Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA

LAIMA  f  Lithuanian, Latvian, Mythology
Means "luck" in Latvian and Lithuanian...

LAINE  f  Estonian
Means "wave" in Estonian.

LAINEY  f  English
Pet form of ELAINE

LAIRD  m  English
From a surname meaning "landowner" in Scottish.

LAJOS  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of LOUIS

LAKE  m  English
Simply means "lake" from the English word for the inland body of water... 

LAKEISHA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KEISHA.

LAKESHIA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KESHIA.

LAKISHA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KISHA.

LAKSHMAN  m  Indian
Modern transcription of LAKSHMANA

LAKSHMANA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "having lucky marks" in Sanskrit...

LAKSHMI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "sign, mark" in Sanskrit...

LAL  m  Indian
Means "to play, to caress" in Sanskrit.

LALA  f  Bulgarian
From a south Slavic word meaning "tulip".

LALAGE  f  English
Derived from Greek λαλαγεω (lalageo) meaning "to babble, to prattle"...

LALAWETHIKA  m  Native American
Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee...

LALEH  f  Iranian
Means "tulip" in Persian.

LALIA  f  English
Short form of EULALIA

LALIT  m  Indian
Means "playful, charming, desirable" in Sanskrit.

LALITA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of LALIT...

LALLA  f  English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALLIE  f  English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALLY  f  English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALO  m  Spanish
Pet form of EDUARDO

LAMBERT  m  English, French, German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"...

LAMECH  m  Biblical
Possibly means "to make low" in Hebrew...

LAMIS  f  Arabic
Means "soft" in Arabic.

LAMMERT  m  Dutch, German
Dutch and Low German form of LAMBERT

LAMONT  m  English
From a Scottish surname meaning "lawgiver" in Old Norse.

LAMPRECHT  m  German
German form of LAMBERT

LAMYA  f  Arabic
Means "having beautiful dark lips" in Arabic.

LAN  f  Chinese, Vietnamese
Means "orchid" in Chinese and Vietnamese.

LANA  f  English, Russian
Short form of ALANA or SVETLANA

LANCE  m  English
From the Germanic name Lanzo, a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land".

LANCELOT  m  English, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly an Old French pet form of Lanzo (see LANCE)...

LANDON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (that is, "ridge").

LANE  m & f  English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.

LANEY  f  English
Variant of LAINEY

LANFORD  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "long ford" in Old English.

LANGDON  m  English
From a surname which was a variant of LANDON.

LÀNH  m  Vietnamese
Means "peaceful" in Vietnamese.

LANI  f  Hawaiian
Means "sky, heaven" in Hawaiian.

LANNY  m  English
Pet form of LANDON, LANFORD and other names beginning with Lan.

LANTY  m  ?
Pet form of LEACHLAINN

LANZO  m  German
German form of LANCE

LAOISE  f  Irish
Possibly from the name Luigsech which means "radiant girl" in Irish...

LÁRA  f  Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURA

LARA (1)  f  Russian, English
Short form of LARISA

LARA (2)  f  English, German
Variant of LAURA

LARAINE  f  English
Variant of LORRAINE

LAREYNA  f  English
Either means "the queen" in Spanish or else is a variant of LORRAINE.

LARI  m  Finnish
Finnish pet form of LAURENCE

LARISA  f  Russian, English
Russian name of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly... 

LARISSA  f  English
Variant of LARISA

LARK  f  English
From the English word for the type of songbird.

LARKIN  m  English
From a surname which was itself originally derived from the given name LAURENCE 

LARRIE  m  English
Short form of LAURENCE

LARRY  m  English
Short form of LAURENCE

LARS  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE

LÁRUS  m  Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURENCE

LARYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LAUREN

LASHAWN  f & m  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHAWN.

LASHAY  m  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and SHAY

LASHONDA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHONDA.

LASSE  m  Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of LAURENCE

LASSI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of LAURENCE

LÁSZLÓ  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of VLADISLAV...

LATA  f  Indian
Means "vine, creeping plant" in Sanskrit.

LATANYA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TANYA.

LATASHA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TASHA.

LATEEFAH  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of LATIFA

LATIF  m  Arabic
Means "gentle, kind" in Arabic.

LATIFA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of LATIF

LATIFAH  f  Arabic
Feminine form of LATIF

LATISHA  f  English
Variant of LETITIA

LATONYA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TONYA.

LATOYA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TOYA.

LAUCHLAN  m  Scottish
Variant of LACHLAN

LAUMA  m  Latvian, Mythology
Meaning unknown...

LAUNCE  m  English
Variant of LANCE

LAUNO  m  Finnish
Finnish short form of NICHOLAS

LAURA  f  English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"...

LAURAINE  f  English
Variant of LORRAINE influenced by the spelling of LAURA.

LAURE  f  French
French form of LAURA

LAUREEN  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAUREL  f  English
Means simply "laurel" from the name of the tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.

LAURELLE  f  English
Variant of LAUREL

LAUREN  f  English
Feminine form of LAURENCE ...

LAURENA  f  English
Variant of LORENA

LAURENCE (1)  m  English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "of Laurentum"...

LAURENCE (2)  f  French
French feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE.

LAURENCIA  f  English
Feminine form of LAURENCE

LAURENE  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURENS  m  Dutch
Dutch form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE .

LAURENT  m  French
French form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE 

LAURENTIA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE 

LAURENTIN  m  French
From the Roman cognomen Laurentinus, itself a derivative of Laurentius (see LAURENCE ...

LAURENTINE  f  French
Feminine form of LAURENTIN

LAURENTIU  m  Romanian
Romanian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LAURENTIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of LAURENCE

LAURESSA  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURETTA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of LAURA

LAURETTE  f  French
French pet form of LAURA

LAURI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of LAURENCE

LAURIE  f & m  English
Pet form of LAURA or LAURENCE

LAURINDA  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURINE  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURISSA  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURITA  f  English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURITS  m  Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE 

LAURITZ  m  Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LAURO  m  Italian
Italian form of Laurus (see LAURA).

LAURYN  f  English
Variant of LAUREN

LAVANYA  f  Indian
Means "beauty, grace" in Sanskrit.

LAVENA  f  English
Variant of LAVINIA

LAVENDER  f  English
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.

LAVERN  f & m  English
Variant of LAVERNE

LAVERNA  f  Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown. Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery.

LAVERNE  f & m  English
Modern name, either a variant of LAVERNA or a combination of the popular prefix La with Latin vernus "of spring".

LAVI  m  Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

LAVINA  f  English
Variant of LAVINIA

LAVINIA  f  Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin...

LAVONE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LAVONNE

LAVONNE  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name YVONNE.

LAVRA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of LAURA

LAVRENTI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAVRENTIOS  m  Greek
Greek form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LAVRENTIY  m  Russian
Russian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LAVRENTY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAWAHIZ  f  Arabic
Means "glances" in Arabic.

LAWAN  f  Thai
Means "beautiful" in Thai.

LAWANDA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name WANDA.

LAWRENCE  m  English
Variant of LAURENCE ...

LAWRIE  m  English
Pet form of LAWRENCE

LAWSON  m  English
From a surname which means "son of LAURENCE

LAXMAN  m  Indian
Variant transcription of LAKSHMAN

LAXMI  f  Indian
Variant transcription of LAKSHMI

LAYLA  f  Arabic
Means "night" in Arabic...

LAYNE  m  English
Variant of LANE

LAYTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "leek garden" in Old English.

LAZ  m  English
Pet form of LARRY

LÁZÁR  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of LAZARUS

LAZAR  m  Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of LAZARUS

LAZARE  m  French
French form of LAZARUS

LAZARUS  m  Biblical
Latin form of ELEAZAR found in the New Testament...

LAZER  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER

LAZZARO  m  Italian
Italian form of LAZARUS

LÉA  f  French
French form of LEAH

LEA  f  German
German form of LEAH

LEACHLAINN  m  Irish
Short form of MAELEACHLAINN

LEAH  f  English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"...

LÉAN  f  Irish
Irish form of HELEN

LEANDER  m  Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
From the Greek Λεανδρος (Leandros) which means "lion of a man" from Greek λεων (leon) "lion" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man"...

LEANDRA  f  English
Feminine form of LEANDER

LÉANDRE  m  French
French form of LEANDER

LEANDRO  m  Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LEANDER

LEANN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LIANE or a combination of LEE and ANN

LEANNA  f  English
Variant of LIANA or a combination of LEE and ANNA

LEANNE  f  English
Variant of LIANE or a combination of LEE and ANNE

LEANORA  f  English
Variant of LEONORA

LEATRICE  f  English (Modern)
Combination of LEAH and BEATRICE

LEBERECHT  m  German
Means "live rightly" from German lebe "live" and recht "right"...

LECH  m  Polish
Meaning unknown...

LECHOSŁAW  m  Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements Lech "Pole" and slav "glory".

LECHOSŁAWA  f  Polish
Feminine form of LECHOSŁAW

LECIA  f  English
Short form of ALICIA

LEDA  f  Greek Mythology
Possibly means "woman" from Greek...

LEE  m & f  English
From a surname derived from Old English leah "meadow"...

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