History Behind The Name The Etymology Of First Names

 

Facts: How popular was your name when you were born? More Facts: Check out the most popular first names given to babies in America for each year from 1880 through 2000 It’s A Fact: Nicknames are very important in genealogy research. Learn which nicknames may have been used by your ancestors along with possible first name equivalents, including such common nicknames as Patsy for Martha and Polly for Mary. More Facts: Choose a first name with a bit of heritage with these tips and suggestions for looking for baby names in your family tree :Finally: Names That Start With The Letter L - Find More Names AT Our Main Website A to Z Directory Behind A To Z First Names

La... Lee...

Lee... - Lil...

Lil... - Lou...

Lou... - Lyy...

The Name Begins With The Letter L:
LILITH  f  English, Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Assyrian lilitu meaning "of the night"...

LILJA  f  Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of LILY

LILJANA  f  Macedonian
Macedonian form of LILIANA

LILLIA  f  English
Elaborated form of LILY

LILLIAN  f  English
Variant of LILIAN

LILLIAS  f  Scottish
Scottish form of LILIANA

LILLIE  f  English
Variant of LILY

LILLY  f  English
Variant of LILY

LILO  f  German
Short form of LISELOTTE

LILY  f  English
Simply means "lily" from the name of the flower, a symbol of purity...

LILYANA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of LILIANA

LIM  m & f  Chinese
Hokkien Chinese form of LIN

LIN  m & f  Chinese
Means either "forest" or "fine jade" in Chinese.

LINA (1)  f  Arabic
Means either "palm tree" or "tender" in Arabic.

LINA (2)  f  English, Italian, Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in lina.

LINA (3)  f  Indian
Means "absorbed, united" in Sanskrit.

LINAS  m  Lithuanian
Means "flax" in Lithuanian.

LINCOLN  m  English
From the name of the city in England, meaning "lake colony" from Welsh lynn "lake" or "pool" and Latin colonia "colony"...

LINDA  f  English
This name could be derived from several sources...

LINDEN  f  English
Either from Old English linde "lime tree" or else an elaboration of LINDA

LINDITA  f  Albanian
Means "the day is born" in Albanian.

LINDIWE  f  African
Means "have waited" in Zulu.

LINDON  m  English
Variant of LYNDON

LINDSAY  f & m  English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Lincoln's wetland" in Old English.

LINDSEY  f & m  English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LINDSIE  f & m  English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LINDY  f  English
Pet form of LINDA

LINE  f  Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in line.

LINETTE  f  English
Variant of LYNETTE

LINFORD  m  English
From a surname which was originally taken from place names meaning either "flax ford" or "lime tree ford" in Old English.

LING  f  Chinese
Means "bell, chime, tinkling" in Chinese.

LINH  f  Vietnamese
Means "spring" in Vietnamese.

LINN  f  Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

LINNAEA  f  English
Variant of LINNÉA

LINNÉA  f  Swedish
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower...

LINNET  f  English
Either a variant of LYNETTE or else from the name of the small bird, a type of finch.

LINNETTE  f  English
Variant of LYNETTE

LINNIE  f  English
Pet form of LINDA and other names beginning with Lin.

LINO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of LINUS

LINOS  m  Greek Mythology
Greek form of LINUS

LINSAY  f & m  English
Variant of LINDSAY

LINSEY  f & m  English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LINTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "lime tree town" in Old English.

LINUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized), German
From the Greek name Λινος (Linos) meaning "flax"...

LINWOOD  m  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English.

LINZI  f  English
Feminine variant of LINDSAY

LIONEL  m  French
Pet form of LÉON

LIOR  m & f  Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

LIORA  f  Jewish
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIORIT  f  Jewish
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIOUBA  f  Russian
Variant transcription of LYUBA

LIR  m  Irish Mythology
Irish cognate of LLYR...

LIRON  m & f  Jewish
Means "my song" or "my joy" in Hebrew.

LIS  f  Scandinavian, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

LISA  f  English, German, Swedish
Short form of ELIZABETH or ELISABETH...

LISANNE  f  English, Dutch
Combination of LISA and ANNE

LISBET  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of ELIZABETH

LISBETH  f  German
German short form of ELIZABETH

LISE  f  English, Danish, Norwegian
Short form of ELIZABETH or ELISABETH

LISELOT  f  Dutch
Dutch form of LISELOTTE

LISELOTTE  f  German, Danish
Contraction of LIESE and CHARLOTTE

LISETTE  f  French
French pet form of ELIZABETH

LISHA  f  English (Modern)
Short form of ALICIA or FELICIA or other names ending with the same sound.

LISSA  f  English
Short form of MELISSA

LITA  f  English
Short form of names ending in lita.

LIUDVIKA  f  Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of LUDWIG

LIUDVIKAS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of LUDWIG

LIÙSAIDH  f  Scottish
Scottish form of LUCIA

LIV  f  Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse hlif meaning "protection"...

LIVIA (1)  f  Italian, Portuguese, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS...

LIVIA (2)  f  English
Short form of OLIVIA

LIVIANA  f  Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Livianus, which was itself derived from the family name LIVIUS.

LIVIO  m  Italian
Italian form of LIVIUS

LIVIU  m  Romanian
Romanian form of LIVIUS

LIVIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name which may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious"...

LIVNA  f  Jewish
Means "white" in Hebrew.

LIVNAT  f  Jewish
Variant of LIVNA

LIVVY  f  English
Pet form of OLIVIA

LIVY  m  History
Form of LIVIUS used to refer to the Roman historian Titus Livius.

LIZ  f  English
Short form of ELIZABETH

LIZA  f  English, Russian
Short form of ELIZABETH or YELIZAVETA

LIZAVETA  f  Russian
Short form of YELIZAVETA

LIZBETH  f  English
Short form of ELIZABETH

LIZETTE  f  English
Variant of LISETTE

LIZZIE  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

LIZZY  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

LJUBA  m  Croatian, Serbian
Pet form of LJUBOMIR

LJUBICA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
From the Slavic element lub meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix...

LJUBOMIR  m  Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of LUBOMIR

LJUDMILA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of LUDMILA

LLEU  m  Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of LUGH...

LLEUCU  f  Welsh
Welsh form of LUCIA

LLEW  m  Welsh
Means "lion" in Welsh...

LLEWELLA  f  Welsh
Feminine form of LLYWELYN

LLEWELLYN  m  Welsh
Variant of LLEWELYN

LLEWELYN  m  Welsh
Variant of LLYWELYN influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".

LLINOS  f  Welsh
Means "greenfinch" in Welsh. The greenfinch is a small, green, European bird.

LLORA  f  Catalan
Catalan form of LAURA

LLORENÇ  m  Catalan
Catalan form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LLOYD  m  English
From a surname derived from Welsh llwyd meaning "grey"...

LLUC  m  Catalan
Catalan form of LUKE

LLUIS  m  Catalan
Catalan form of LOUIS

LLYR  m  Welsh Mythology
Means "the sea" in Welsh...

LLYWELLYN  m  Welsh
Variant of LLYWELYN

LLYWELYN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of the Old Celtic name Lugubelenus, a combination of the names of the gods Lug (see LUGH) and BELENUS...

LOCHAN  m  Indian
Means "the eye" in Sanskrit.

LOCHANA  f  Indian
Feminine form of LOCHAN

LOCHLAINN  m  Irish
Irish form of LACHLAN

LOCHLANN  m  Irish
Irish form of LACHLAN

LOCKIE  m  English
Pet form of LACHLAN

LODEWIJK  m  Dutch
Dutch form of LUDWIG

LODOVICO  m  Italian
Italian form of LUDWIG

LOES  f  Dutch
Dutch form of LOUISE

LOGAN  m & f  Scottish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic.

LOÏC  m  French, Breton
Breton form of LOUIS

LOÍDA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of LOIS (1)

LOIS (1)  f  English, Biblical
Possibly derived from Greek λωιων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better"...

LOIS (2)  m  Galician
Galician form of LOUIS

LOJZE  m  Slovene
Short form of ALOJZ

LOKI  m  Norse Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break"...

LOLA  f  Spanish, English
Pet form of DOLORES

LOLICIA  f  English
Elaborated form of LOLA

LOLITA  f  Spanish
Pet form of LOLA

LOMÁN  m  Irish
Variant of LOMMÁN

LOMMÁN  m  Irish
Means "little bare one", derived from Irish Gaelic lomm "bare" combined with a diminutive suffix...

LON  m  English
Short form of ALONSO

LONÁN  m  Irish
Means "little blackbird", derived from Irish Gaelic lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix.

LONDON  m & f  English
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom...

LONE  f  Danish
Short form of ABELONE or MAGDALONE

LONGIN  m  Polish
Polish form of LONGINUS

LONGINA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of LONGINUS

LONGINUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin longus "long"...

LONNIE  m  English
Short form of ALONSO

LONNY  m  English
Short form of ALONSO

LOPE  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Lupus (see LOUP).

LORA  f  English, Italian
Variant of LAURA or a pet form of ELEONORA

LORAINE  f  English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAINNE  f  English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORÁND  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROLAND

LÓRÁNT  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROLAND

LORAYNE  f  English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORCÁN  m  Irish
Variant of LORCCÁN

LORCCÁN  m  Irish
Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix...

LORE (1)  f  German
German pet form of ELEONORE

LORE (2)  f  Basque
Means "flower" in Basque.

LOREA  f  Basque
Variant of LORE (2)

LOREDANA  f  Italian, Romanian
Invented by the Italian novelist Luciano Zuccoli for his novel 'L'amore de Loredana'...

LOREEN  f  English
Elaboration of LORA

LORELEI  f  Germanic Mythology
From a Germanic name meaning "luring rock"...

LORELLE  f  English
Variant of LAUREL

LOREN  f & m  English
Either a variant of LAUREN (feminine) or a shortened form of LAURENCE (masculine).

LORENA  f  English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Latinized form of LAUREN

LORENCIO  m  Medieval Spanish
Archaic Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LORENE  f  English
Elaboration of LORA

LORENS  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE

LORENZ  m  German
German form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LORENZA  f  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

LORENZO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE ...

LORETA  f  Italian
Variant of LORETO

LORETO  f & m  Italian
From the name of a town in Italy...

LORETTA  f  English, Italian
Variant of LAURETTA

LORETTE  f  English
Variant of LAURETTE

LORI  f  English
Pet form of LAURA or LORRAINE

LORIE  f  English
Pet form of LORA

LORIN  m  English
Variant of LOREN

LŐRINC  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE 

LORINDA  f  English
Variant of LAURINDA

LORIS  m  Italian
Pet form of LORENZO

LORITA  f  English
Variant of LAURITA

LORN  m  English
Variant of LORNE

LORNA  f  English, Scottish
Created by the novelist R...

LORNE  m  English
Derived from the title 'Marquis of Lorne', which was based on the Scottish place name Lorne, of unknown meaning...

LORRAINE  f  English
From the name of a region in France which means "kingdom of Lothair"...

LORRI  f  English
Variant of LORI

LORRIE  f  English
Variant of LORI

LORRIN  m  English
Variant of LOREN

LOTHAIR  m  History
English form of LOTHAR

LOTHAIRE  m  French
French form of LOTHAR

LOTHAR  m  German
Means "famous army" from the Germanic elements hlud "fame" and heri "army"...

LOTHARIO  m  Italian
Italian form of LOTHAR

LOTTA  f  Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA

LOTTE  f  German, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE

LOTTIE  f  English
Pet form of CHARLOTTE

LOTUS  f  English
From the name of the lotus flower or the fruit which comes from the lotus tree...

LOU  f & m  English
Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS

LOUELLA  f  English
Combination of LOU and the popular name suffix ella.

LOUHI  f  Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown...

LOUIE  m  English
Pet form of LOUIS

LOUIS  m  French, English, Dutch
French form of LUDWIG...

LOUISA  f  English
Latinate feminine form of LOUIS

LOUISE  f  French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of LOUIS

LOUIZA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of LOUISA

LOUP  m  French
French form of the Late Latin name Lupus which meant "wolf"...

La... Lee...

Lee... - Lil...

Lil... - Lou...

Lou... - Lyy...

Find More Names AT Our Main Website A to Z Directory Behind A To Z First Names