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Laurentyna f Polish
Polish form of Laurentina.

Laurentz m Medieval Romansh
Medieval Romansh form of Laurentius.

Laurentzi m Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Lorenzo and Laurent.

Laurenza f Italian
Variant of Lorenza.

Laurenzia f Italian (Rare), Romansh
Italian and Romansh form of Laurentia.

Laurenziu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Laurentius.

Lauresha f Albanian
Derived from Albanian laureshë "crested lark, skylark".

Laurestina f English (Rare)

Laurestine f English (Rare)
Variant of Laurestina.

Laureta f Albanian
Albanian form of Lauretta.

Lauretha f African American
Lauretha has Latin origins and is related to the name Laura. Its meanings are "laurel", "sweet bay tree", "symbol of victory".

Laureto f Provençal
Provençal form of Laurette.

Laurey f English
Variant of Laurie.

Laureys m Medieval Flemish
Contracted form of Laurentius.

Lauri f Spanish
Diminutive of Laura.

Lauria f Italian
Elaboration of Laura.

Lauriaan m Dutch (Archaic)
Dutch form of Laurianus.

Laurian m English, Romanian, French, Provençal
English, French, Provençal and Romanian form of Laurianus.

Laurian f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Laurianne.

Lauriana f Late Roman, Dutch
Feminine form of Laurianus. However, in modern times, it can be a blend of the names Laura and Ana in some cases.

Lauriane f French, French (Quebec), French (Swiss), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Lauriana. This name is borne by Lauriane Gilliéron (b. 1984), who was crowned Miss Switzerland in 2005.

Laurianna f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), English (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French variant of Laurianne. Outside of the francophone world (such as in English-speaking countries), this given name tends to be either a variant of Lauriana or a combination of the names Laura or Laurie with Anna.

Laurianne f French, French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French variant of Lauriane. Outside of the francophone world (such as in English-speaking countries and in the Netherlands), this given name tends to be a combination of the names Laura or Laurie with Anne 1.

Lauriano m Asturian
Asturian form of Laurianus.

Laurianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Laurus. This name was borne by a saint from the 6th century AD.

Laurica f Romanian (Rare)
Romanian diminutive of Laura.

Laurice f English (American), Italian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
English feminine form of Laurence 1.

Laurieann f English (American), English (Canadian)
This given name can be a variant spelling of Laurianne as well as be a combination of the names Laurie and Ann.... [more]

Laurien f Dutch, Flemish
Dutch form of Laurine (though in some cases it is a short form of Laurentien), with its spelling phonetical in nature.

Laurien m French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Laurianus.

Laurienne f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Lauriana, which is occasionally used in non-francophone countries.

Laurienziu m Sicilian
Variant of Laurenziu.

Laurier m French (Quebec, Rare)

Lauriette f English
Elaboration of Laura using the popular suffix -ette.

Lauriina f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish variation of Lorraine. Might also be a feminine form of Lauri.

Laurijn f & m Dutch
Dutch form of Laurinus (for males) and pet form of Laurina (for females).

Laurika f Afrikaans, Slovak
Afrikaans elaboration and Slovak diminutive of Laura. Laurika Rauch is a South African singer who performs in both Afrikaans and English.

Laurilyn f American (Rare)
Variant of Laureline.

Laurin m German, Germanic Mythology
Old German name of uncertain origin. In recent years it has been debated that Laurin might be derived from Latin laurinus "crowned with laurels".... [more]

Laurin m French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
French form of Laurinus.

Laurina f Late Roman, Dutch, German, Italian, Corsican, Sardinian, Spanish, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Sicilian
Feminine form of Laurinus.

Laurinç m Friulian
Friulian form of Laurence 1.

Laurinde f Dutch (Rare)

Laurinha f Portuguese
Diminutive of Laura.

Laurinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Lauro.

Laurino m Italian
Italian form of Laurinus.

Laurinus m Late Roman
Extended form of Laurus.

Lauris f Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Laura.

Lauris m Latvian
Latvian form of Laurentius.

Laurisa f Italian
Elaboration of Laura (compare Laurissa).

Laurito m Spanish
Masculine form of Laurita.

Lauritza f Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Laura (compare Maritza).

Laùrka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Laùra.

Lauro f Provençal
Provençal form of Laure.

Lauronda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laronda (a combination of the popular prefix La with the name Ronda), perhaps influenced by Laurinda.

Laurren f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lauren.

Laurs m Danish
Contracted form of Laurits.

Lauru m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Lauro.

Laŭruk m Belarusian
Diminutive of both Laŭr and Laŭrencij.

Lauruzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Laura.

Laury f English
Variant of Laurie.

Lauryn m German (Silesian, Archaic)
Variant of Laurin.

Lauryne f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Laurine.

Laurynn f American
Variant of Lauren.

Laurys m Manx
Manx form of Laurence 1.

Laurys f Spanish (Caribbean, Rare, ?)
Variant of Lauris.

Laus m Estonian (Archaic)
Short form of Nikolaus.

Laus m Dutch (Rare)
Contraction of Laurens, Laurentius and Laurus.

Laust m Danish
Danish dialectical (Jylland) form of Laurits.

Laut m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch given name of which the meaning is uncertain. It might possibly be a short form of Laurentius, but it could also possibly be a short form of a Germanic name that contains the element hlud meaning "famous" (such as Ludolf) or even leud meaning "people" (such as Ludger).... [more]

Lautet m East Frisian
Short version of Lauwert.

Lauti m Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Lautaro. A known bearer of this name is Lautaro "Lauti" Suárez (b. 2018), the son of the Uruguayan professional soccer player Luis Suárez (b. 1987).

Lautilde f Medieval French
Either derived from Gothic lauths "grand" or Gothic laudi "figure, size" and Old High German hiltja "battle".

Lauwerdt m Low German
Variation of Lauwert.

Lauwert m Low German
Combination of lauwe meaning "lion" and ward meaning "guard or defender".

Laux m Medieval German
Hessian form of Lucas and Lukas, used only in the medieval period.

Lav m Croatian, Serbian
Means "lion" in Croatian and Serbian.

Lav m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Nepali, Hinduism, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sinhalese, Assamese
Meaning - little piece, fragment , cloves, plucking, moment, half a second, sport, act of cutting or plucking, numerator of fraction, Name of a son of lord Ram

Lav f English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Lavender.

Lava f Swedish
Short form of Olava.

Lava f Medieval English
Diminutives of Medieval English masculine names ending in -lāf (such as Beorhtlaf and Cynelaf) used as a feminine given name... [more]

Lavada f English (American)

Lavaeh f Obscure

Lavaina f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Lavina.

Lavakaw m Rukai

Lavali f Sanskrit
Means "clove" in Sanskrit.

Lavan m Indian
grace

Lavan m Hebrew
Hebrew form of Laban.

Lavanda f Croatian, Russian, Italian
Means "lavender" in Croatian, Italian and Russian.

Lavania f Romani (Archaic)

Lavantia f English (American, Rare)
Meaning uncertain. This was borne by the 19th-century American social reformer Lavantia Densmore Douglass (1827-1899).

Lavar m African American
Possibly influenced from Lamar.

Lâvara f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Laura.

Lâvaríse m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Lavrits.

Lavars m Faroese
Faroese variant of Lavrants.

Lavaughn f & m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La- and the name Vaughn.

Lavderim m Albanian
Variant of Lavdrim.

Lavdi f Albanian
Derived from Albanian lavdi "glory".

Lavdie f Albanian
Variant of Lavdi.

Lavdim m Albanian

Lavdimir m Albanian
Derived from Albanian lavdi "glory" and mirë "good".

Lavdrim m Albanian
Derived from Albanian lavdërim "praise".

Lave m & f Swedish
Variant of Lage and Lava.

Laveah f English (Rare)
Variant of Lavaeh.

Laveda f American (South, Rare)

Lavee f Indian

Laveene f American
It is a modern invented name.

Lavell m African American

Lavelle f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Lavelle.

Lavenda f English

Lavenia f American (Rare, Archaic)
Variant form of Lavinia, which was rarely used between the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

Lavera f American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Vera 1, possibly based on similar-sounding names such as Alvera or Laverne.

Laveran m Brazilian
Transferred use of the French surname Laveran.... [more]

Laveran m French
The surname Laveran probably became popular as a first name thanks to the French Nobel Prize in Medicine Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran. Laveran discovered that protozoan parasites were the causative agent of malaria.

Laverda f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Verda using the popular prefix La-.

Laverna f English
Feminine variant of Lavern.

Lavernne f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Laverne.

Lavert m English (Rare)
Variant of Levert.

Laverta f English (Rare)
Variant of Laverda.

Lavertis m African American (Rare)

Lavesh m Indian

Laveta f American (Rare)

Lavette f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Yvette.

Lavi m Finnish
Finnish short form of Olavi.

Lavi m Indian
Name - Lavi, Lavy लवि... [more]

Lavie m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavi.

Lavighja f Corsican (Rare)
Feminine form of Lavighju.

Lavighju m Corsican
Corsican form of Louis via Luigi.

Lavinha f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Lavínia.

Lavinho m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Male version of Lavinha, which is derived from Lavinia

Lavínia f Catalan, Portuguese, Hungarian
Hungarian, Portuguese and Catalan form of Lavinia.

Lavinie f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Gallicized form of Lavinia.

Lavinija f Serbian
Serbian form of Lavinia.

Laviniya f Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Russian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian form of Lavinia.

Laviolette f French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic), American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Laviolette.

Lavisa f Corsican
Corsican form of Luisa.

Lavish m & f Indian (Rare), Sanskrit
A variant of name Lav which means "tiny or small particle" in Sanskrit.

Lavish m & f Indian
Lord of love, cute and luxury. Rich.

Lavisu m Corsican
Corsican form of Louis.

Lavīze f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian cognate of Louise.

Lavkha m Lezgin
Means "proud" in Lezgin.

Lavkush m Hinduism

Lávo m Sami
Short form of Nihkolávo.

Lavon m & f Mormon, African American
Variant of Lavonne.

Lavon m Belarusian
Variant transcription of Liavon.

Lavona f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Lavonne.

Lavonda f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix la combined with the name Vonda.

Lavonia f English
Variant of Lavinia or Lavonne.

Lavonn f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Lavon.

Lavonna f English (American)
Variant of Lavonne.

Lavonte m African American (Modern)
Combination of the phonetic elements la, von and tay, sharing a sound with names such as Devante and Javonte.

Lavorary m & f Malagasy
Means "successful, prosperous" in Malagasy.

Lavoslav m Croatian
Means "glorious lion", derived from Croatian lav "lion" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Lavoughn f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavaughn.

Lavoy m African American

Lávra m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lávrá f Sami
Sami form of Laura.

Lavrans m Norwegian, Faroese (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Laurentius.

Lavrants m Old Norse, Norwegian (Archaic)
Ancient Scandinavian and Norwegian form of Laurentius.

Lavrencij m Slovene
Variant Slovene form of Laurence 1.

Lavrencija f Slovene
Slovene form of Laurentia.

Lavrentia f Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Laurentia.

Lavrentie m Moldovan, History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Laurențiu.

Lavrentijs m Latvian
Latvian form of Laurentius.

Lavrentin m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Laurentinus.

Lavrentina f Greek (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Modern Greek and Russian form of Laurentina.

Lavrentis m Greek (Rare)
Variant form of Lavrentios.... [more]

Lavrentiya f Russian (Rare)
Feminine form of Lavrentiy.

Lavrin m Ukrainian
Ukrainian folk form of Laurence 1. Lavrin Kaydash is a character in Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi's classic novel 'The family of Kaydash'.

Lavrits m Danish
Variant of Laurits.

Lávrras m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lávrrohaš m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lávus m Faroese
Faroese short form of Olavus.

Lavya f Indian
Means "renowned for her devotion to her teacher" in Indian.

LaVyrle f Obscure

Lawaiʻa m Hawaiian (Rare)
From the word meaning "fisherman."

Lawana f African American (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning. It might possibly be a variant of LaWanda.

Lawanga f Pashto
Means "clove" in Pashto.

Lawanna f African American (Rare)
More common variant of Lajuana (See also LaWanda).

Lawayne m African American
Combination of La- and Wayne.

Lawelena f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Laverne.

Lawen m & f Arabic

Lawerence m English
Variant of Lawrence.

Lawford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawford.

Lawîn m Kurdish
Means "young man" in Kurdish.

Lawinia f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Lavinia.

Lawiniusz m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Lavinius.

Lawje f Kurdish
Means "carol, ballad" in Kurdish.

Lawless m Obscure
Transferred use of the surname Lawless.

Lawn m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawn.

Lawna f English (Canadian, Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning. It might be a variant of Lorna or Lana.

Lawon m English
From the surname derived from Leofwine, which means "beloved friend".... [more]

Lawonda f African American (Rare)
Variant of LaWanda.

Ławr m Polish
Polish transcription of Lavr.

Lawr m Russian (Germanized)
German transcription of Lavr.

Lawra f Sorbian, English (Rare)
Sorbian form and English variant of Laura.

Lawra m Aymara
Means "flames" in Aymara.

Lawrance m English (Rare)
Variant of Lawrence.

Lawren f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Lauren.

Lawrencia f English
Variant of Laurencia.

Lawrencine f Obscure
Feminine form of Lawrence.

Lawrent m English (African)
Variant of Laurent.

Lawrenz m Maltese
Maltese form of Lawrence.

Ławrjenc m Sorbian
Sorbian form of Lawrence.

Lawton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawton.

Lawyer m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawyer.

Làxaro m Venetian
Venetian form of Lazzaro.

Laxminarayan m Indian, Sanskrit, Hinduism
Variant of Lakshminarayan.

Laxmishanker m Indian

Laxsha f Indian
Means "beautiful loving memory" in Indian.

Laxus m Popular Culture (Modern)
Derived from Latin lux- "light". This is the name of the Fairy Tail manga/anime character Laxus Dreyer.

Lay m & f Burmese
From a contraction of Burmese ကလေး (hkale) meaning "small, little, young, child".

Laya f French (Modern)

Laya f Indian, Telugu
Derived from Sanskrit laya "rest; dissolution; extinction; rhythm".... [more]

Laya f Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano laya meaning "free, freedom".

Laya f Spanish (Modern)
Spanish borrowing of Laia.

Layā f Arabic
Arabic form of Leah.

Lay-a-bet f Apache

Layah f English
Variant of Leia.

Layal f Arabic
Means "nights" in Arabic, the plural of ليل (layl) meaning "night, nighttime".

Layale f Arabic
French variant of the Arabic name ليال (Layal) meaning "nights" from the plural of layl "night" (compare the cognate Layali, plural of Layla)... [more]

Layali f Arabic
Means "nights" in Arabic.

Layamon m History, Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old Norse Lǫgmaðr meaning "lawyer", derived from lǫg "law" and maðr "man". This was the name of an early 13th-century English poet and chronicler known for authoring 'Brut', the first English-language work to feature King Arthur.

Layana f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Modern)
Variant of Laiana.

Layane f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Layan.

Layane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Laiane.

Layanus m Livonian (Latinized), Medieval Baltic (Latinized)

Laycee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lacy.

Laycie f English (Rare)
Variant of Lacey.

Laycock m Medieval English
Diminutive of Lawrence.

Layden m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Leighton influenced by names ending in -ayden such as Brayden or Zayden.

Laydon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layton (Possibly influenced by names ending with den, such as Hayden).

Layen f Kurdish
Possibly means "side" in Kurdish.

Layken f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Läylä f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Layla.