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LEAH f English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"... [more] LEE m & f English From a surname which was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing"... [more] LELAND m English From a surname, originally from an English place name, which meant "fallow land" in Old English... [more] LENA f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese Scandinavian, German and Polish short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA. LEO m German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman Derived from Latin leo "lion", a cognate of LEON... [more] LEON m English, German, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Ancient Greek Derived from Greek λεων (leon) meaning "lion"... [more] LEONARD m English, Polish, Ancient Germanic Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic elements levon "lion" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more] LEOPOLD m German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish Derived from the Germanic elements leud "people" and bald "bold"... [more] LESLIE f & m English From a Scottish surname which was derived from a Scottish place name, probably derived from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly"... [more] 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... [more] LIANA f Italian, Portuguese, English Short form of ELIANA (1), JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana... [more] LIBERTY f English Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free"... [more] LINA (2) f English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Croatian Short form of names ending in lina. LINCOLN m English From a surname which was originally from the name of a city in England, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony"... [more] LINDA f English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Croatian, Ancient Germanic Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more] LINDSAY f & m English, Scottish From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from the name of the region Lindsey, which means "LINCOLN island" in Old English... [more] LINDY m & f English Originally this was a masculine name, coming into use in America in 1927 when the dance called the Lindy Hop became popular... [more] LINTON m English From a surname which was originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "lime tree town" in Old English. LINWOOD m English From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English. LISA f English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more] LOGAN m & f Scottish, English From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic. LOIS (1) f English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Possibly derived from Greek λωιων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better"... [more] LOREN m & f English Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine). LORNA f English, Scottish Created by the novelist R. D. Blackmore for the title character in his novel 'Lorna Doone' (1869)... [more] LORNE m English From the title 'Marquis of Lorne', which was based on the Scottish place name Lorne, of unknown meaning... [more] LORRAINE f English From the name of a region in France, originally meaning "kingdom of LOTHAR"... [more] LOWELL m English From an English surname which was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix... [more] LUANA f English, Italian, Portuguese From the movie 'Bird of Paradise' (1932), in which it was borne by the main character, a Polynesian girl... [more] LUCIA f Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more] LUCINDA f English, Portuguese, Literature An elaboration of LUCIA created by Cervantes for his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605)... [more] LUCIUS m Ancient Roman, Biblical, English Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light"... [more] LUKE m English, Biblical English form of the Greek name Λουκας (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania", Lucania being a region in Italy... [more] LYDIA f English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Means "from Lydia" in Greek... [more] LYNDON m English From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English... [more] LYNETTE f English Form of LUNED first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872)... [more] MACK (1) m English From a surname which was originally a shortened form of various Gaelic surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Gaelic mac meaning "son")... [more] MACKENZIE f & m English From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of COINNEACH"... [more] MAGDALENA f German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Romanian, Finnish, English Latinate form of MAGDALENE MAGDALENE f German, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more] MAGNOLIA f English From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol. MAJOR m English From a surname which was originally derived from the given name Mauger, an Old French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning "council spear"... [more] MALACHI m Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin From the Hebrew name מַלְאָכִי (Mal'akhiy) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel"... [more] MALCOLM m Scottish, English From Scottish Máel Coluim which means "disciple of Saint COLUMBA"... [more] MALVINA f Scottish, English, Literature Created by the poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems... [more] MANLEY m English From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "common clearing" in Old English. MANUEL m Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English, Italian, Late Greek (Latinized) Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [more] MARCUS m Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Roman praenomen, or given name, which was probably derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more] MARGARET f English Derived from Latin Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl", probably ultimately a borrowing from Sanskrit... [more] MARIA f & m Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more] MARIANNA f Italian, English, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, Greek Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [more] MARIANNE f French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more] MARIE f French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish French and Czech form of MARIA... [more] MARISA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA. MARJORIE f English Medieval variant of MARGERY, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram... [more] MARQUIS m African American From a noble title which was derived from the Old French word marchis "march, borderland", which originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm. MARTHA f English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress"... [more] MARTIN m English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Finnish From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more] MARTINA f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more] MARVIN m English, German Probably from an English surname which was derived from the given name MERVYN... [more] MARY f English, Biblical Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)... [more] MASON m English From an English surname meaning "stoneworker", from an Old French word of Germanic origin (akin to Old English macian "to make"). MATILDA f English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more] MATTHEW m English, Biblical English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH"... [more] MAVIS f English From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, ultimately derived from Old French... [more] MAX m German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English). MAXIMILIAN m German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more] MAXWELL m English From a Scottish surname meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name MAGNUS, combined with Old English wella "stream"... [more] MAY f English Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess... [more] MELANIE f English, German, Dutch From the French form of the Latin name Melania, derived from Greek μελαινα (melaina) meaning "black, dark"... [more] MELINA f English, French, Greek Elaboration of Mel (either from names such as MELISSA or from Greek μελι meaning "honey")... [more] MELINDA f English Combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) with the popular name suffix inda... [more] MELODY f English From the English word melody, which is derived (via Old French and Late Latin) from Greek μελος (melos) "song" combined with αειδω (aeido) "to sing". MELVILLE m English From a Scottish surname which was originally from a Norman French place name meaning "bad town"... [more] |
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