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

LACY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LACEY

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

LAUREN   f & m   English
Variant or feminine form of LAURENCE (1)... [more]

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

LAVERN   m & f   English
Variant of LAVERNE

LAVERNE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder"... [more]

LEE   m & f   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English leah "meadow"... [more]

LEIGH   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LEE.

LENNIE   m & f   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD, LENNART or LENA

LÉONIDE   m & f   French
French masculine and feminine form of LEONIDAS

LESLEY   f & m   English
Variant of LESLIE

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]

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

LIM   m & f   Chinese
Hokkien Chinese form of LIN

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

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]

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

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

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

LOGAN   m & f   Scottish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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