Names starting with L
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Latinized form of the Greek name Λέανδρος (Leandros), composed of λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek...
The female form of Leander.
The Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian variant of Leander.
The Belarusian variant of Leonidas.
Likely originated as a variation of Liana. It is now often regarded as a combination of Lee and Anna [1].
A form of Leir used by Shakespeare for the title character of his tragic play King Lear (1606).
Perhaps a blend of Leah and Beatrice. This name was first brought to public attention by American actress Leatrice Joy (1893-1985).
Signifies "moon" in Hebrew, a poetic term derived from לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white". This name appears briefly in the Old Testament.
Signifies "live rightly" from German lebe "live" and recht "right". This name was coined in the 17th century.
Likely an invented name, though it does coincide with the Spanish surname Lebrón, derived from liebre meaning "hare". It is the name of basketball...
According to Polish legend, this was the name of the founder of the Lechites, a group that includes the Poles. The name probably stems from that of...
The female form of Lechosław.
Of unknown meaning. In Greek myth, she was a Spartan queen and mother of Castor, Pollux, Helen, and Clytemnestra by the god Zeus, who approached her...
Derived from the surname Ledger, which has origins in the Germanic name Leutgar. The popularity of this name may have been impacted by the renowned...
From a surname derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing". The surname was borne by Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of Confederate forces...
A South Indian variant of Lilavati.
A shortened form of Eleftherios.
From the English word meaning "something inherited from a predecessor, heritage". It derives from Old French legacie, itself from Latin legatum "beque...
From the English word referring to a story about the past (or by extension, a heroic figure in such a story), ultimately from the Latin lego "to read"...
Signifies "green leaves" in the fictional language Sindarin, from laeg "green" combined with go-lass "collection of leaves". In J. R. R. Tolkien's The...
From an Old Testament place name meaning "jawbone" in Hebrew, named for the site where the hero Samson defeated 1,000 warriors armed only with a...
From Chinese 磊 (lěi) meaning "pile of stones, open, upright" (typically masculine) or 蕾 (lěi) meaning "bud" (typically feminine). Other characters...
A form of Leah used in the Greek Old Testament, as well as a Portuguese variant. This is the name of a princess in George Lucas's Star Wars films...
Signifies "lion" in Yiddish, from Old High German lewo. It serves as a vernacular form of Arieh.
Of unknown meaning. It was popularized by a character in Estonian writer Andres Saal's historical stories Vambola (1889) and Aita (1891). Saal...
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century, the...
A variation of Layton. Its popularity surged as a female name after 2007, following actress Leighton Meester's (born 1986) appearance on the TV show G...
Signifies "lord of thunder", from Chinese 雷 (léi) meaning "thunder" and 公 (gōng) meaning "lord, prince". This is the name of a Chinese thunder deity.
A variation of Layla, and the standard Persian transliteration.
Lord Byron used this spelling for characters in The Giaour (1813) and Don Juan (1819),...Signifies "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty". It gained popularity...