LIM   m & f   Chinese
Hokkien Chinese form of LIN

LIN   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese 林 "forest" or 琳 "fine jade, gem".

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 a surname which was originally from the name of a city in England, derived from Welsh llyn "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony"... [more]

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINDEN   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LYNDON.

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

LINDIWE   f   Southern African
Means "have waited" in Zulu.

LINDON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of LYNDON.

LINDSAY   f & m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name in Lincolnshire meaning "island of Lincoln" in Old English... [more]

LINDSEY   f & m   English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LINDSIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

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]

LINE   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in line.

LINETTE   f   English
Variant of LYNETTE

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

LING   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese 灵 "alert, quick" or 铃 "bell, chime".

LINH   f   Vietnamese
Means "spring" in Vietnamese.

LINN   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

LINNAEA   f   English (Rare)
From the word for the type of flower, also called the twinflower (see LINNÉA).

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

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

LINNETTE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LYNETTE

LINNIE   f   English
Diminutive 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   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LINSEY   f   English (Modern)
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, Scandinavian
From the Greek name Λινος (Linos) meaning "flax"... [more]

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

LINZI   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LIONEL   m   French
Diminutive 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... [more]

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

LIS   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ELISABET

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH or ELISABET... [more]

LISANNE   f   Dutch
Combination of LISA and ANNE (1)

LISBET   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of ELISABET

LISBETH   f   German
German short form of ELISABETH

LISE   f   French, Scandinavian, English
Short form of ELISABETH or ELIZABETH

LISELOT   f   Dutch
Dutch form of LISELOTTE

LISELOTTE   f   German, Danish
Contraction of LIESE and CHARLOTTE

LISETTE   f   French
Diminutive of ÉLISABETH

LISHA   f   English
Diminutive of ALICIA, FELICIA, and other names ending with the same sound.

LISSA   f   English
Short form of MELISSA

LITA   f   English
Short form of names ending in lita... [more]

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"... [more]

LÍVIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak form of OLIVIA

LIVIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS... [more]

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.

LIVIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of 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"... [more]

LIVNA   f   Jewish
Means "white" in Hebrew.

LIVNAT   f   Jewish
Variant of LIVNA

LIVVY   f   English
Diminutive of OLIVIA

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

LIZ   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]

LIZA   f   English, Russian, Hungarian
Short form of ELIZABETH or YELIZAVETA

LIZAVETA   f   Russian
Short form of YELIZAVETA

LIZBETH   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH

LIZETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

LIZZIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

LIZZY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

LJUBA   m   Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of LJUBOMIR

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

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... [more]

LLEUCU   f   Welsh
Welsh form of LUCIA

LLEW   m   Welsh
Means "lion" in Welsh... [more]

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 (1)).

LLOYD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Welsh llwyd meaning "grey"... [more]

LLUC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of LUKE

LLUÍS   m   Catalan
Catalan form of LOUIS

LLYR   m   Welsh Mythology
Means "the sea" in Welsh... [more]

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... [more]

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
Diminutive of LACHLAN

LODEWIJK   m   Dutch
Dutch form of LUDWIG

LODOVICO   m   Italian
Italian form of LUDWIG

LÓEGAIRE   m   Irish Mythology, Ancient Celtic
Means "calf herder", derived from Irish loagh "calf"... [more]

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

LOIDA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of LOIS (1)

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

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"... [more]

LOLA   f   Spanish, English
Diminutive of DOLORES

LOLICIA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of LOLA

LOLITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive 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... [more]

LON   m   English
Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound... [more]

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

LONDON   m & f   English (Modern)
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain... [more]

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"... [more]

LONNIE   m   English
Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound.

LONNY   m   English
Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound.

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

LORA   f   English, Italian
Variant of LAURA... [more]

LORAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAINNE   f   English (Rare)
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
Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

LORCCÁN   m   Irish
Variant of LORCÁN

LORE (1)   f   German
German diminutive of ELEONORE

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

LOREA   f   Basque
Variant of LORE (2)

LOREDANA   f   Italian, Romanian
Created by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel 'Mattea' (1833) and later used by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel 'L'amore de Loredana' (1908)... [more]

LOREEN   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

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

LORELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAUREL

LOREN   m & f   English
Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine).

LORENA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LORRAINE

LORENA (2)   f   English
Latinized form of LAUREN... [more]

LORENCIO   m   Medieval Spanish
Archaic Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LORENE   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LORENZ   m   German
German form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LORENZA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LORENZO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1))... [more]

LORETA   f   Italian
Variant of LORETO

LORETO   f & m   Italian
From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretana in Latin... [more]

LORETTA   f   English, Italian
Either an elaboration of LORA or a variant of LAURETTA... [more]

LORETTE   f   French
Variant of LAURETTE

LORI   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA or LORRAINE

LORIE   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORIN   m   English
Variant of LOREN

LŐRINC   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LORINDA   f   English
Diminutive of LORA

LORIS   m   Italian
Diminutive of LORENZO

LORITA   f   Italian
Either a diminutive of LORA or a variant of LORETA.

LORN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LORNE

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

LORRI   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORRIE   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORRIN   m   English (Rare)
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"... [more]

LOTHARIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LOTHAR

LOTTA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA

LOTTE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE

LOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

LOTUS   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the lotus flower or the fruit which comes from the lotus tree... [more]

LOU   f & m   English, French
Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS

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

LOUHI   f   Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

LOUIE   m   English
Diminutive of LOUIS

LOUIS   m   French, English, Dutch
French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of LUDWIG... [more]

LOUISA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of LOUIS

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

LOUIZA   f   Greek
Greek form of LOUISA

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

LOURDES   f   Spanish
From the name of a French town... [more]

LOURENÇO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LOURENS   m   Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LOVE (1)   m   Swedish
Swedish form of LOUIS

LOVE (2)   f   English
Simply from the English word love, derived from Old English lufu.

LOVEL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of LOWELL.

LOVELL   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LOWELL.

LOVIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of LOUIS

LOVIISE   f   Estonian
Estonian feminine form of LOUIS

LOVISA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of LOUIS

LOVISE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of LOUIS

LOVRENC   m   Slovene
Slovene form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LOVRO   m   Slovene
Short form of LOVRENC

LOWELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix... [more]

LOWIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of LODEWIJK

LOWRI   f   Welsh
Welsh form of LAURA

LOYD   m   English
Variant of LLOYD