The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

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

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

LAGINA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name GINA.

LAILA   f   Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA

LAINEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LANEY

LAIRD   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname meaning "landowner".

LAKE   m   English (Rare)
From the English word lake, for the inland body of water... [more]

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

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

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

LALLIE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of LALAGE

LALLY   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of LALAGE

LAMAR   m   English
From a French and English surname, originally from a place name in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

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

LAMONT   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Logmaðr meaning "law man".

LANA   f   English, Russian
Short form of ALANA (English) or SVETLANA (Russian)... [more]

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

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

LANE   m   English
From a surname meaning "lane, path" which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.

LANEY   f   English
Diminutive of ELAINE

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

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

LANNY   m   English
Diminutive of LANCE, LANDON, and other names beginning with Lan.

LARA (1)   f   Russian, English, Slovene
Short form of LARISA... [more]

LARA (2)   f   English, German
Variant of LAURA

LARAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LARISSA   f   English
Variant of LARISA... [more]

LARK   f   English (Rare)
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)

LARYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAUREN

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

LASHAY   m   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and SHAY (1).

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

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

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

LATISHA   f   English (African American)
Variant of LETITIA

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

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

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

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

LAUREEN   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA

LAUREL   f   English
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.

LAURELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAUREL

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

LAURENA   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of LAUREN

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

LAURENCIA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURENE   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA

LAURESSA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of LAURA

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

LAURINDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LORINDA

LAURINE   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA

LAURISSA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of LAURA

LAURYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LAUREN

LAVENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAVINIA

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

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]

LAVINA   f   English
Variant of LAVINIA

LAVONE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAVONNE

LAVONNE   f   English
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name YVONNE

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

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

LAWRIE   m   English
Diminutive of LAWRENCE

LAWSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of LAURENCE (1)".

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

LAYNE   m   English
Variant of LANE

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

LAZ   m   English
Diminutive of LARRY

LEAH   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"... [more]

LEANDRA   f   English (Modern)
Either a feminine form of LEANDER or a combination of LEE and ANDRA.

LEANN   f   English
Combination of LEE and ANN

LEANNA   f   English
Combination of LEE and ANNA

LEANNE   f   English
Combination of LEE and ANNE (1)

LEANORA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LEONORA

LEATRICE   f   English
Possibly a combination of LEAH and BEATRICE... [more]

LECIA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of ALICIA, FELICIA or LETITIA.

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

LEEANN   f   English
Combination of LEE and ANN

LEESA   f   English
Variant of LISA

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

LEIGHTON   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LAYTON.

LEILA   f   Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA... [more]

LEILAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LEILA

LEITH   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, originally from the name of a Scottish town, which is derived from Gaelic lìte "wet, damp".

LELA   f   English
Variant of LEILA

LELAND   m   English
From a surname, originally from an English place name, which meant "fallow land" in Old English... [more]

LEMOINE   m   English (Rare)
From a French surname meaning "the monk" in French.

LEN   m   English
Short form of LEONARD

LENA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENARD   m   English
Variant of LEONARD

LENNARD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LEONARD

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

LENNON   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Leannáin, which means "descendent of Leannán"... [more]

LENNOX   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the name of a district in Scotland, the Levenach.

LENNY   m   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD or LENNART

LENORA   f   English
Short form of ELENORA

LENORE   f   English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]

LENOX   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of LENNOX.

LEO   m   German, Dutch, English, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lion", ultimately from Greek λεων (leon)... [more]

LEOLA   f   English
Feminine form of LEO

LEON   m   English, German, Polish, Slovene
Form of LEO... [more]

LEONA   f   English, German
Feminine form of LEON

LEONARD   m   English, Polish
Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic elements leon "lion" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

LEONE (2)   f   English
Variant of LEONA

LEONTYNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LÉONTINE... [more]

LEOPOLD   m   German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and bald "bold"... [more]

LEROI   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LEROY

LEROY   m   English
From the French nickname le roi meaning "the king"... [more]

LES   m   English
Short form of LESLIE or LESTER

LESIA   f   English
Short form of ALESIA

LESLEIGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LESLIE

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]

LESLY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LESLIE

LESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of names containing the sound les, such as LESLIE.

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]

LETA   f   English
Possibly derived from Latin laetus meaning "glad"... [more]

LETHA   f   English
Possibly a short form of ALETHA

LETITIA   f   English
From the Late Latin name Laetitia which meant "joy, happiness"... [more]

LETTICE   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of LETITIA

LETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of LETTICE

LETTY   f   English
Diminutive of LETTICE

LEVI   m   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "attached" in Hebrew... [more]

LEWIN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the given name LEOFWINE.

LEWIS   m   English
Medieval English form of LOUIS... [more]

LEX   m   English
Short form of ALEXANDER

LEXA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA or ALEXA

LEXI   f   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDRA

LEXIA   f   English
Short form of ALEXIA

LEXIE   f   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDRA

LEXINE   f   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDRA

LEXUS   f   English
Short form of ALEXUS... [more]

LEXY   f   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDRA

LEYLA   f   Arabic, English (Modern)
Variant of LEILA

LEYTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of LAYTON.

LIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese, English
Short form of ELIANA (1), JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana... [more]

LIANNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LEANNE

LIBBY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

LIBERTY   f   English
Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free"... [more]

LIDDY   f   English
Diminutive of LYDIA

LILAC   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the shrub with purple or white flowers.

LILIAN   f   English, French
Variant of LILLIAN

LILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Latinate form of LILLIAN

LILIBETH   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

LILLIA   f   English
Short form of LILLIAN or an elaborated form of LILY.

LILLIAN   f   English
Probably originally a diminutive of ELIZABETH... [more]

LILLIE   f   English
Variant of LILY

LILLY   f   English
Variant of LILY

LILY   f   English
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity... [more]

LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
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 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.

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]

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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]

LIVIA (2)   f   English
Short form of OLIVIA

LIVVY   f   English
Diminutive of OLIVIA

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

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

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

LOCKIE   m   English
Diminutive of LACHLAN

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
Possibly derived from Greek λωιων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better"... [more]

LOLA   f   Spanish, English
Diminutive of DOLORES

LOLICIA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of LOLA

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

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

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

LORAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAINNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAYNE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LOREEN   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

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

LORENE   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

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

LORI   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA or LORRAINE

LORIE   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORIN   m   English
Variant of LOREN

LORINDA   f   English
Diminutive of LORA

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

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.

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

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.

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

LOYD   m   English
Variant of LLOYD

LUANA   f   English, Italian
Combination of LOU and ANA... [more]

LUANN   f   English
Combination of LOU and ANN

LUANNA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of LOU and ANNA

LUANNE   f   English
Combination of LOU and ANNE (1)

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

LUCETTA   f   English
Diminutive of LUCIA... [more]

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

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

LUCILE   f   French, English
Variant of LUCILLE

LUCILLE   f   French, English
French form of LUCILLA... [more]

LUCINDA   f   English, Portuguese
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]

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

LUCY   f   English
English form of LUCIA, in use since the Middle Ages.

LUELLA   f   English
Variant of LOUELLA

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

LULA   f   English
Diminutive of LOUISE and names that begin with Lu.

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

LUVENIA   f   English
Possibly a form of LAVINIA... [more]

LUVINIA   f   English
Variant of LUVENIA

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").

LYDIA   f   English, German, Biblical
Means "from Lydia" in Greek... [more]

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

LYN   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNDA   f   English
Variant of LINDA

LYNDI   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDY

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

LYNDSAY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNDSEA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNDSEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNETTE   f   English
Form of LUNED first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872)... [more]

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

LYNNA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of LYNN

LYNNE   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNNETTE   f   English
Variant of LYNETTE

LYNSAY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNSEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNTON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LINTON

LYNWOOD   m   English
Variant of LINWOOD

LYRIC   f   English (Modern)
Means simply "lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek λυρικος (lyrikos).

LYSETTE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LISETTE

LYSSA   f   English
Short form of ALYSSA