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The Name Begins With The Letter L:
LEEANN  f  English
Combination of LEE and ANN

LEEBA  f  Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LEELA  f  Indian
Variant transcription of LILA

LEENA  f  Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of HELENA or MATLEENA

LEESA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LISA

LEEVI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of LEVI

LEFTERIS  m  Greek
Short form of ELEFTHERIOS

LEGOLAS  m  Literature
Means "green leaves" in Sindarin, from laeg "green" combined with go-lass "collection of leaves"...

LEHI  m  Biblical, Mormon
From an Old Testament place name meaning "jawbone" in Hebrew...

LEIA  f  English
Variant of LEAH

LEIF  m  Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element leifr meaning "descendent, heir"...

LEIGH  f & m  English
From a surname derived from Old English leah or Middle English legh, which mean "meadow".

LEIGHTON  m & f  English
Variant of LAYTON

LEILA  f  Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA...

LEILAH  f  Arabic, English
Variant of LEILA

LEILANI  f  Hawaiian
Means "heavenly flowers" in Hawaiian.

LEITH  m  English
From the name of a Scottish town, which is derived from Gaelic leathann "broad".

LEKAN  m  Yoruba
Short form of OLAMILEKAN

LELA  f  Arabic, English
Variant of LEILA

LELAND  m  English
From a surname meaning "fallow land" in Old English.

LELIA  f  Italian
Variant of LAELIA

LEMMINKÄINEN  m  Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly related to Finnish lempi "love"...

LEMMY  m  ?
Possibly a pet form of LEMUEL

LEMOINE  m  English
From a surname meaning "the monk" in French.

LEMPI  f  Finnish
Means "love" in Finnish.

LEMUEL  m  Biblical
Means "belonging to God" in Hebrew...

LEN  m  English
Short form of LEONARD

LENA  f  Scandinavian, German, Russian
Scandinavian and German short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENARD  m  English
Variant of LEONARD

LENE  f  German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of HELENE or MAGDALENE

LENI  f  German
German pet form of HELENE or MAGDALENA

LENKA  f  Czech
Short form of MADLENKA

LENNARD  m  English
Variant of LEONARD

LENNART  m  Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LENNIE  m  English, Swedish
Pet form of LEONARD or LENNART

LENNON  m  English
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Leannáin, which means "descendent of Leannán"...

LENNOX  m  Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the name of a district in Scotland, the Levenach.

LENNY  m  English, Swedish
Pet form of LEONARD or LENNART

LENORA  f  English
Short form of ELEONORA

LENORE  f  English
Short form of ELEANOR...

LENOX  m  Scottish, English
Variant of LENNOX

LENUTA  f  Romanian
Romanian pet form of ELENA

LENZ  m  German
Short form of LORENZ

LEO  m  English, German, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lion", ultimately from Greek λεων (leon)...

LEOCÁDIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of LEOCADIA

LEOCADIA  f  Spanish
Derived from Greek λευκος (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white"...

LEOCADIO  m  Spanish
Masculine form of LEOCADIA

LEOFRIC  m  Anglo-Saxon
Means "dear power", derived from the Old English element leof "dear, agreeable, beloved" combined with ric "power".

LEOFWINE  m  Anglo-Saxon
Means "dear friend", derived from the Old English elements leof "dear, agreeable, beloved" and wine "friend"...

LEOKADIA  f  Polish
Polish form of LEOCADIA

LEOLA  f  English
Feminine form of LEO

LEOLIN  m 
Variant of LLYWELYN influenced by Latin leo "lion".

LÉON  m  French
French form of LEO

LEON  m  English, German, Polish
English, German and Polish form of LEO...

LEONA  f  English, German
Feminine form of LEON

LÉONARD  m  French
French form of LEONARD

LEONARD  m  English, Polish
Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic element leon "lion" combined with hard "brave, hardy"...

LEONARDO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD...

LEONAS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of LEON

LÉONCE  m  French
French form of LEONTIUS

LEONCIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of LEONTIUS

LEONE (1)  m  Italian
Italian form of LEON

LEONE (2)  f  English
Variant of LEONA

LEONHARD  m  German
German form of LEONARD...

LEONID  m  Russian
Russian form of LEONIDAS

LEONIDAS  m  Greek, Ancient Greek
From Greek λεων (leon) "lion"...

LÉONIDE  m & f  French
French masculine and feminine form of LEONIDAS

LÉONIE  f  French
French feminine form of LEONIUS

LEONIE  f  German
German feminine form of LEONIUS

LEONIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin leo "lion".

LÉONNE  f  French
Feminine form of LÉON

LEONOR  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEANOR

LEONORA  f  Italian
Italian short form of ELEANOR

LEONORE  f  German
German short form of ELEANOR

LEONTI  m  Russian
Russian form of LEONTIUS

LEONTINA  f  Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Leontinus, which was itself derived from LEONTIUS.

LÉONTINE  f  French
French form of LEONTINA

LEONTIUS  m  Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from LEO...

LEONTY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of LEONTI

LEONTYNE  f  English
Variant of LEONTINA

LEONZIO  m  Italian
Italian form of LEONTIUS

LÉOPOLD  m  French
French form of LEOPOLD

LEOPOLD  m  English, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and bald "bold"...

LEOPOLDO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEOPOLD

LEOŠ  m  Czech
Czech form of LEO

LERATO  f  African
Means "love" in Sesotho.

LEROI  m  English
Variant of LEROY

LEROY  m  English
From the French nickname le roi meaning "the king".

LES  m  English
Short form of LESLIE or LESTER

LESEDI  f  African
Means "light" in Tswana.

LESIA  f  English
Pet form of ALICIA

LESŁAW  m  Polish
Short form of LECHOSŁAW

LESŁAWA  f  Polish
Short feminine form of LECHOSŁAW

LESLEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LESLIE

LESLEY  f & m  English
Variant of LESLIE

LESLIE  m & f  English
From a surname which was derived from a Scottish place name meaning either "garden of hollies" or "garden by the pool" in Gaelic.

LESLY  f & m  English
Variant of LESLIE

LESSIE  f  English
Pet form of LESLIE

LESTARI  f  Indonesian
Means "eternal, abiding" in Indonesian and Javanese.

LESTAT  m  Literature
Name used by author Anne Rice for a character in her 'Vampire Chronicles' novels, where it belongs to the French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt...

LESTER  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the name of the city of Leicester, originally denoting a person who was from that place.

LESZEK  m  Polish
Pet form of LECH

LETA  f  English
Either derived from Latin laetus meaning "glad" or else a short form of names ending in leta.

LETHA  f  English
Short form of ALETHA

LETICIA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of LETITIA

LETITIA  f  English
From the Late Latin name Laetitia which meant "joy, happiness".

LETIZIA  f  Italian
Italian form of LETITIA

LETO  f  Greek Mythology
Possibly derived from Greek ληθω (letho) "hidden, forgotten"...

LETTICE  f  English
Medieval form of LETITIA

LETTIE  f  English
Pet form of LETTICE

LETTY  f  English
Pet form of LETTICE

LEV (1)  m  Russian
Means "lion" in Russian.

LEV (2)  m  Jewish
Means "heart" in Hebrew.

LEVENT  m  Turkish
Possibly means "handsome" in Turkish.

LEVI  m  Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "attached" in Hebrew...

LEVON  m  Armenian
Armenian form of LEON

LEW  m  Polish
Polish cognate of LEV

LEWELLA  f  English
Variant of LOUELLA

LEWIN  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the first name LEOFWINE

LEWIS  m  English
English form of LOUIS...

LEX  m  English
Short form of ALEXANDER

LEXA  f  English
Short form of ALEXANDRA or ALEXA

LEXI  f  English
Pet form of ALEXANDRA

LEXIA  f  English
Short form of ALEXIA

LEXIE  f  English
Pet form of ALEXANDRA

LEXINE  f  English
Pet form of ALEXANDRA

LEXUS  f  English
Short form of ALEXUS...

LEXY  f  English
Pet form of ALEXANDRA

LEYLA  f  Arabic, English
Variant of LEILA

LEYTON  m  English
Variant of LAYTON

LI  m & f  Chinese
Means either "strength" or "plum" or "black" or "sharp" in Chinese...

LÍA  f  Galician
Galician form of LEAH

LIA  f  Italian
Italian form of LEAH

LÍADÁIN  f  Irish
Variant of LÍADAN

LÍADAN  f  Irish
Means "grey lady" in Irish Gaelic...

LIAM  m  Irish
Irish short form of WILLIAM

LIANA  f  Italian, Portuguese, English
Short form of ELIANA (1) or JULIANA...

LIANE  f  French, English
Short form of ÉLIANE or JULIANE

LIANNE  f  English
Variant of LIANE

LIAT  f  Jewish
Means "you are mine" in Hebrew.

LIBBY  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

LIBENA  f  Czech
Derived from the Czech element lib meaning "love".

LIBER  m  Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin liber meaning "free"...

LIBERATORE  m  Italian
Means "liberator" in Italian.

LIBERIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin liber "free"...

LIBERTY  f  English
Means simply "liberty, freedom" from the English word, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free".

LIBITINA  f  Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown. Libitina was the Roman goddess of funerals, corpses and death.

LIBOR  m  Czech
Czech form of LIBERIUS

LIBORIA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of LIBERIUS

LIBORIO  m  Italian
Italian form of LIBERIUS

LIBUŠE  f  Czech
Pet form of LIBENA

LÍDA  f  Czech
Czech pet form of LUDMILA

LIDDY  f  English
Pet form of LYDIA

LÍDIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of LYDIA

LIDIA  f  Polish, Italian, Spanish
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of LYDIA

LIDIYA  f  Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of LYDIA

LIDOCHKA  f  Russian
Russian pet form of LIDIYA

LIEBER  m  Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LIEN (1)  f  Dutch
Short form of names ending in lina.

LIEN (2)  f  Vietnamese
Means "lotus" in Vietnamese.

LIES  f  German, Dutch
German and Dutch pet form of ELISABETH

LIESA  f  German
German pet form of ELIZABETH

LIESBETH  f  Dutch
Dutch variant of ELIZABETH

LIESE  f  German
German and Dutch pet form of ELIZABETH

LIESEL  f  German
German short form of ELIZABETH

LIESELOTTE  f  German
Variant of LISELOTTE

LIESJE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of ELIZABETH

LIESL  f  German
German short form of ELIZABETH

LIEVE  f  Dutch
Short form of GODELIEVE

LIEVEN  m  Dutch
Dutch form of LEOFWINE

LIEVIN  m  Dutch
From the Germanic name Liafwin, a cognate of LEOFWINE.

LIGEIA  f  Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek λιγυς (ligys) meaning "clear-voiced, shrill, whistling"...

LÍGIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of LIGEIA

LIINA  f  Finnish
Short form of KAROLIINA

LIISA  f  Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of ELISABET or ELIISABET

LIISI  f  Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

LIISU  f  Estonian
Estonian short form of ELIISABET

LIJSBETH  f  Dutch
Dutch form of ELIZABETH

LILA  f  Indian
Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.

LILAC  f  English
From the name of the shrub with purple or white flowers.

LILAVATI  f  Indian
Means "playful, amusing, charming" in Sanskrit...

LÍLE  f  Irish
Irish form of LILY

LILEAS  f  Scottish
Scottish form of LILIANA

LILI  f  German
German pet form of ELIZABETH

LILIA  f  English
Elaborated form of LILY

LÍLIAN  f  Portuguese
Portuguese variant of LILIANA

LILIAN  f  English
Variant of LILIANA

LILIANA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish
Derived from Latin lilium meaning "lily".

LILIANE  f  French
French form of LILIANA

LILIANNE  f  English
Variant of LILIANA

LILIAS  f  Scottish
Scottish form of LILIANA

LILIBETH  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

LILIJANA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of LILIANA

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