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LABAN   m   Biblical
Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white"... [more]

LABHRAINN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of LAURENCE (1)

LABHRÁS   m   Irish
Irish form of LAURENCE (1)

LACEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy... [more]

LACHESIS   f   Greek Mythology
Means "apportioner" in Greek... [more]

LACHIE   m   Scottish
Pet form of LACHLAN

LACHINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of LACHLAN

LACHLAN   m   Scottish
This was originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway... [more]

LACHTNA   m   Irish
Means "milk-coloured" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

LACI   m   Hungarian
Pet form of LÁSZLÓ

LACY   f & m   English
Variant of LACEY

LADISLAO   m   Italian
Italian form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAS   m   History
Latinate form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAUS   m   History
Latinate form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Czech, Slovak and Slovene form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of VLADISLAV

LADONNA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name DONNA.

LAEL   m   Biblical
Means "of God" in Hebrew. This was the name of Eliasaph in the Old Testament.

LAELIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning... [more]

LÆRKE   f   Danish
Means "lark" in Danish.

LAETITIA   f   Late Roman, English
Variant of LETITIA

LAGINA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name GINA.

LAHJA   f   Finnish
Means "gift" in Finnish.

LAIA   f   Catalan
Catalan pet form of EULALIA

LAILA   f   Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA

LAIMA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian, Mythology
Means "luck" in Latvian and Lithuanian... [more]

LAINE   f   Estonian
Means "wave" in Estonian.

LAINEY   f   English
Pet form of ELAINE

LAIRD   m   English
From a surname meaning "landowner" in Scottish.

LAJOS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of LOUIS

LAKE   m   English
Simply means "lake" from the English word for the inland body of water... [more]

LAKEISHA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KEISHA.

LAKESHIA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KESHIA.

LAKISHA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KISHA.

LAKSHMAN   m   Indian
Modern transcription of LAKSHMANA

LAKSHMANA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "having lucky marks" in Sanskrit... [more]

LAKSHMI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "sign, mark" in Sanskrit... [more]

LAL   m   Indian
Means "to play, to caress" in Sanskrit.

LALA   f   Bulgarian
From a south Slavic word meaning "tulip".

LALAGE   f   English
Derived from Greek λαλαγεω (lalageo) meaning "to babble, to prattle"... [more]

LALAWETHIKA   m   Native American
Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee... [more]

LALEH   f   Iranian
Means "tulip" in Persian.

LALIA   f   English
Short form of EULALIA

LALIT   m   Indian
Means "playful, charming, desirable" in Sanskrit.

LALITA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of LALIT... [more]

LALLA   f   English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALLIE   f   English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALLY   f   English
Pet form of LALAGE

LALO   m   Spanish
Pet form of EDUARDO

LAMBERT   m   English, French, German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"... [more]

LAMECH   m   Biblical
Possibly means "to make low" in Hebrew... [more]

LAMIS   f   Arabic
Means "soft" in Arabic.

LAMMERT   m   Dutch, German
Dutch and Low German form of LAMBERT

LAMONT   m   English
From a Scottish surname meaning "lawgiver" in Old Norse.

LAMPRECHT   m   German
German form of LAMBERT

LAMYA   f   Arabic
Means "having beautiful dark lips" in Arabic.

LAN   f   Chinese, Vietnamese
From Chinese "orchid"... [more]

LANA   f   English, Russian
Short form of ALANA or SVETLANA

LANCE   m   English
From the Germanic name Lanzo, a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land".

LANCELOT   m   English, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly an Old French pet form of Lanzo (see LANCE)... [more]

LANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (that is, "ridge").

LANE   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.

LANEY   f   English
Variant of LAINEY

LANFORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "long ford" in Old English.

LANGDON   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of the surname LANDON.

LÀNH   m   Vietnamese
Means "peaceful" in Vietnamese.

LANI   f   Hawaiian
Means "sky, heaven" in Hawaiian.

LANNY   m   English
Pet form of LANDON, LANFORD and other names beginning with Lan.

LANTY   m   ?
Pet form of LEACHLAINN

LANZO   m   German
German form of LANCE

LAOGHAIRE   m   Irish
Modern Irish form of LÓEGAIRE

LAOISE   f   Irish
Possibly from the name Luigsech which means "radiant girl" in Irish... [more]

LÁRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURA

LARA (1)   f   Russian, English, Slovene
Short form of LARISA

LARA (2)   f   English, German
Variant of LAURA

LARAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LAREYNA   f   English
Either means "the queen" in Spanish or else is a variant of LORRAINE.

LARI   m   Finnish
Finnish pet form of LAURENCE (1)

LARISA   f   Russian, English
Russian name of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly... [more]

LARISSA   f   English
Variant of LARISA

LARK   f   English
From the English word for the type of songbird.

LARKIN   m   English
From a surname which was itself originally derived from the given name LAURENCE (1).

LARRIE   m   English
Short form of LAURENCE (1)

LARRY   m   English
Short form of LAURENCE (1)

LARS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LÁRUS   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURENCE (1)

LARYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LAUREN

LASHAWN   f & m   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHAWN.

LASHAY   m   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and SHAY (1).

LASHONDA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHONDA.

LASSE   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of LAURENCE (1)

LASSI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of LAURENCE (1)

LÁSZLÓ   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of VLADISLAV... [more]

LATA   f   Indian
Means "vine, creeping plant" in Sanskrit.

LATANYA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TANYA.

LATASHA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TASHA.

LATEEFAH   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of LATIFA

LATIF   m   Arabic
Means "gentle, kind" in Arabic.

LATIFA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of LATIF

LATIFAH   f   Arabic
Feminine form of LATIF

LATISHA   f   English
Variant of LETITIA

LATONYA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TONYA.

LATOYA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TOYA.

LAUCHLAN   m   Scottish
Variant of LACHLAN

LAUMA   f   Latvian, Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

LAUNCE   m   English
Variant of LANCE

LAUNO   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of NICHOLAS

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAURAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE influenced by the spelling of LAURA.

LAURE   f   French
French form of LAURA

LAUREEN   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAUREL   f   English
Means simply "laurel" from the name of the tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.

LAURELLE   f   English
Variant of LAUREL

LAUREN   f   English
Feminine form of LAURENCE (1)... [more]

LAURENA   f   English
Variant of LORENA

LAURENCE (1)   m   English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "of Laurentum"... [more]

LAURENCE (2)   f   French
French feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURENCIA   f   English
Feminine form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURENE   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURENS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURENT   m   French
French form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURENTIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURENTIN   m   French
From the Roman cognomen Laurentinus, itself a derivative of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1))... [more]

LAURENTINE   f   French
Feminine form of LAURENTIN

LAURENTIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURENTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURESSA   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURETTA   f   Italian
Italian pet form of LAURA

LAURETTE   f   French
French pet form of LAURA

LAURI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURIE   f & m   English
Pet form of LAURA or LAURENCE (1)

LAURINDA   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURINE   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURISSA   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURITA   f   English
Pet form of LAURA

LAURITS   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURITZ   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURO   m   Italian
Italian form of Laurus (see LAURA).

LAURYN   f   English
Variant of LAUREN

LAVANYA   f   Indian
Means "beauty, grace" in Sanskrit.

LAVENA   f   English
Variant of LAVINIA

LAVENDER   f   English
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.

LAVERN   f & m   English
Variant of LAVERNE

LAVERNA   f   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown. Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery.

LAVERNE   f & m   English
Modern name, either a variant of LAVERNA or a combination of the popular prefix La with Latin vernus "of spring".

LAVI   m   Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

LAVINA   f   English
Variant of LAVINIA

LAVINIA   f   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin... [more]

LAVONE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LAVONNE

LAVONNE   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name YVONNE.

LAVRA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of LAURA

LAVRENTI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAVRENTIOS   m   Greek
Greek form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAVRENTIY   m   Russian
Russian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAVRENTY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAWAHIZ   f   Arabic
Means "glances" in Arabic.

LAWAN   f   Thai
Means "beautiful" in Thai.

LAWANDA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name WANDA.

LAWRENCE   m   English
Variant of LAURENCE (1)... [more]

LAWRIE   m   English
Pet form of LAWRENCE

LAWSON   m   English
From a surname which means "son of LAURENCE (1)".

LAXMAN   m   Indian
Variant transcription of LAKSHMAN

LAXMI   f   Indian
Variant transcription of LAKSHMI

LAYLA   f   Arabic
Means "night" in Arabic... [more]

LAYNE   m & f   English
Variant of LANE

LAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "leek garden" in Old English.

LAZ   m   English
Pet form of LARRY

LÁZÁR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of LAZARUS

LAZAR   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of LAZARUS

LAZARE   m   French
French form of LAZARUS

LAZARUS   m   Biblical
Latin form of ELEAZAR found in the New Testament... [more]

LAZER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER

LAZZARO   m   Italian
Italian form of LAZARUS

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