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LI   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese "reason, logic", "stand", "dawn, black", "strength, power" (which is usually only masculine) or "beautiful" (usually only feminine).

LIAM   m   Irish
Irish short form of WILLIAM

LIBER   m   Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin liber meaning "free"... [more]

LIBERATORE   m   Italian
Means "liberator" in Italian.

LIBERIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin liber "free"... [more]

LIBOR   m   Czech
Czech form of LIBERIUS

LIBORIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LIBERIUS

LIEBER   m   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LIEVEN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of LEOFWINE

LIEVIN   m   Dutch
From the Germanic name Liafwin, a cognate of LEOFWINE.

LIM   m & f   Chinese
Hokkien Chinese form of LIN

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

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]

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

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

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]

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 "alert, quick" or "bell, chime".

LINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of LINUS

LINOS   m   Greek Mythology
Greek form of LINUS

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.

LIONEL   m   French
Diminutive of LÉON

LIOR   m & f   Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

LIR   m   Irish Mythology
Irish cognate of LLYR... [more]

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

LIUDVIKAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of LUDWIG

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]

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

LJUBA   m   Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of LJUBOMIR

LJUBOMIR   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of LUBOMIR

LLEU   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of LUGH... [more]

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

LLEWELLYN   m   Welsh
Variant of LLEWELYN

LLEWELYN   m   Welsh
Variant of LLYWELYN influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".

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.

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]

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

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]

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]

LONGIN   m   Polish
Polish 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).

LORÁND   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROLAND

LÓRÁNT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROLAND

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

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

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

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

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

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

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

LORIN   m   English
Variant of LOREN

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

LORIS   m   Italian
Diminutive of LORENZO

LORN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LORNE

LORNE   m   English
From the title 'Marquis of Lorne', which was based on the Scottish place name Lorne, of unknown meaning... [more]

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

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

LOUIE   m   English
Diminutive of LOUIS

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

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

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.

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

LOYD   m   English
Variant of LLOYD

LUBBERT   m   Frisian
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and beraht "bright".

LUBEN   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of LYUBEN

LUBOMIERZ   m   Polish
Polish form of LUBOMÍR

LUBOMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak
Means "love and peace" from the Slavic elements lub "love" and mir "peace".

LUBOMIR   m   Polish
Polish form of LUBOMÍR

LUBOŠ   m   Czech, Slovak
Short form of LUBOMÍR and other names beginning with the Slavic element lub meaning "love".

LUC   m   French
French form of LUKE

LUCA (1)   m   Italian, Romanian
Italian and Romanian form of LUKE... [more]

LUCAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Lucanus which is of unknown meaning... [more]

LÚCÁS   m   Irish
Irish form of LUCAS

LUCAS   m   English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Latin form of Loukas (see LUKE).

LUCHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of LUDWIG

LUCIAN   m   Romanian, English
From the Roman family name Lucianus, which was derived from the Roman name LUCIUS.

LUCIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

LUCIEN   m   French
French form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

LUCIFER   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Means "bringing light", derived from Latin lux "light" and ferre "to bring"... [more]

LÚCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LUCIUS

LUCIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of LUCIUS

LUCIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light"... [more]

LUCJAN   m   Polish
Polish form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

LUCJUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of LUCIUS

LUCKY   m   English
From a nickname given to a lucky person... [more]

LUCRÈCE   f & m   French
French form of both LUCRETIA and its masculine form Lucretius.

LUDDE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of LUDVIG

LUDGER   m   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of LUITGER... [more]

LUDIS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of LUDWIG

LUDO   m   Dutch, Frisian
Short form of LUDOVIC or LUDOLF

LUDOLF   m   German
From the Germanic name Hludwolf which was composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wolf "wolf".

LUDOVIC   m   French
Medieval Latinized form of LUDWIG... [more]

LUDOVICO   m   Italian
Latinized form of LUDWIG

LUDOVIKO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto form of LUDWIG... [more]

LUDVIG   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LUDWIG

LUDVIGS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of LUDWIG

LUDVIK   m   Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene form of LUDWIG

LUDWIG   m   German
From the Germanic name Hludwig which meant "famous warrior", composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wig "warrior"... [more]

LUDWIK   m   Polish
Polish form of LUDWIG

LUGH   m   Irish Mythology
Irish form of Lug, the name of a Celtic god of the sun and craftsmanship, meaning "shining one" in Old Irish (ultimately from the Indo-European root *leuk "light, brightness")... [more]

LUGHAIDH   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH... [more]

LUGUS   m   Celtic Mythology
Gaulish cognate of LUGH

LUIGI   m   Italian
Italian form of LOUIS

LUIGINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of LUIGI

LUÍS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of LOUIS

LUIS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of LOUIS

LUITGER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and ger "spear".

LUITPOLD   m   German
German variant of LEOPOLD

LUIZ   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of LOUIS

LUKA   m   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of LUKE

LUKÁCS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of LUKE

LUKÁŠ   m   Czech
Czech form of LUKE

LUKAS   m   German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian
German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of LUKE

ŁUKASZ   m   Polish
Polish form of LUKE

LUKE   m   English, Biblical
English form of the Greek name Λουκας (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania", Lucania being a region in Italy... [more]

LUKEN   m   Basque
Basque form of Lucianus (see LUCIAN).

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

LUTHER   m   English
From a German surname, itself from a Germanic given name composed of the elements liut "people" and heri "army"... [more]

LÚÐVÍK   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LUDWIG

LUTZ   m   German
German diminutive of LUDWIG

LUUK   m   Dutch
Dutch form of LUKE

LUUKAS   m   Finnish
Finnish form of LUKE

LUX   f & m   Various
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".

LYALL   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Liulfr (which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf").

LYCURGUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Λυκουργος (Lykourgos), a Greek name which meant "deed of a wolf" from λυκου (lykou) "of a wolf" and εργον (ergon) "deed, work"... [more]

LYLE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French l'isle "island".

LYNDON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English... [more]

LYNN   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake"... [more]

LYNTON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LINTON

LYNWOOD   m   English
Variant of LINWOOD

LYOSHA   m   Russian
Diminutive of ALEKSEY

LYOV   m   Russian
Variant of LEV (1)

LYSANDER   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Λυσανδρος (Lysandros) which meant "a release of a man" from Greek λυσις (lysis) "a release" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man"... [more]

LYSIMACHUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Λυσιμαχος (Lysimachos) which meant "a loosening of battle", derived from λυσις (lysis) "a release, loosening" and μαχη (mache) "battle"... [more]

LYUBEN   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Slavic lub meaning "love".

LYUBOMIR   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of LUBOMIR

LYUDMIL   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian masculine form of LUDMILA

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