The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. Modern spelling variations of traditional names are not included. See also about English names.

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

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)

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

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.

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

LELA   f   English
Variant of LEILA

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

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

LENORA   f   English
Short form of ELENORA

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

LEOLA   f   English
Feminine form of LEO

LEONA   f   English, German
Feminine form of LEON

LEONE (2)   f   English
Variant of LEONA

LESIA   f   English
Short form of ALESIA

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]

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

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]

LETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of LETTICE

LETTY   f   English
Diminutive of LETTICE

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

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

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

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.

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]

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]

LINETTE   f   English
Variant of LYNETTE

LINNIE   f   English
Diminutive of LINDA and other names beginning with Lin.

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

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

LISETTE   f   French, English
Diminutive of ÉLISABETH

LISHA   f   English
Short form 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

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

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

LORAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAYNE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LOREEN   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

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

LORINDA   f   English
Diminutive of LORA

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

LOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

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

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

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.

LUANA   f   English, Italian
From the movie 'Bird of Paradise' (1932), in which it was borne by the main character, a Polynesian girl.

LUANN   f   English
Either a combination of LOU and ANN or a variant of LUANA... [more]

LUANNE   f   English
Variant of LUANN

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

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

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]

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

LUELLA   f   English
Variant of LOUELLA

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

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

LUVINIA   f   English
Variant of LUVENIA

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

LYN   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNDA   f   English
Variant of LINDA

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]

LYNNE   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNNETTE   f   English
Variant of LYNETTE

LYSSA   f   English
Short form of ALYSSA

MABEL   f   English
Medieval feminine form of AMABILIS... [more]

MABELLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL... [more]

MABLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL

MACIE   f   English
Variant of MACY

MACKENZIE   f & m   English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of COINNEACH"... [more]

MACY   f   English
From an English surname, originally a Norman French place name, which meant "domain belonging to Maccius"... [more]

MADALYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MADELINE or MADISON

MADELEINE   f   French, English
French form of MAGDALENE

MADELINE   f   English, French
English form of MAGDALENE... [more]

MADELYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MADISON   f & m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of MAUD"... [more]

MADLYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADONNA   f   English
From a title of the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady" in Italian... [more]

MAE   f   English
Variant of MAY... [more]

MAGDALEN   f   English
Variant of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENE   f   German, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more]

MAGGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MAGNOLIA   f   English
From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.

MAHALA   f   English
Variant of MAHALAH or MAHALATH... [more]

MAHALIA   f   English
Variant of MAHALA

MALINDA   f   English
Variant of MELINDA

MALVINA   f   Scottish, English
Created by the poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems... [more]

MAMIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARY or MARGARET

MANDI   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MANDY   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MARALYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARCI   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARCIA   f   English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCIUS... [more]

MARCIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARCY   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARGARET   f   English
Derived from Latin Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl", probably ultimately a borrowing from Sanskrit... [more]

MARGARETTA   f   English
Latinate form of MARGARET

MARGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGERY   f   English
Medieval English form of MARGARET

MARGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGO   f   English
Variant of MARGOT

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIAH   f   English
Variant of MARIA... [more]

MARIAN (1)   f   English
Variant of MARION (1)... [more]

MARIANNA   f   Italian, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [more]

MARIANNE   f   French, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIE   f   French, Czech, German, English, Scandinavian
French and Czech form of Maria (see MARY)... [more]

MARIEL   f   English
Diminutive of MARY influenced by MURIEL... [more]

MARILOU   f   French, English, Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOUISE

MARILYN   f   English
Combination of MARY and lyn... [more]

MARILYNN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARINDA   f   English
Either a diminutive of MARY or a variant of MIRANDA

MARION (1)   f   French, English
Medieval French diminutive of MARY... [more]

MARISA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA.

MARISSA   f   English
Variant of MARISA

MARJE   f   English
Diminutive of MARJORIE

MARJORIE   f   English
Medieval variant of MARGERY, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram... [more]

MARJORY   f   English
Variant of MARJORIE

MARLA   f   English
Shortened form of MARLENE

MARLEEN   f   Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of MARLENE

MARLENA   f   English, Polish
Latinate form of MARLENE

MARLENE   f   German, English
Blend of MARIA and MAGDALENE... [more]

MARLYN   f & m   English
Feminine form or variant of MARLIN

MARNIE (1)   f   English
Variant of MARNA... [more]

MARSHA   f   English
Variant of MARCIA

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress"... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MARVA   f   English
Feminine form of MARVIN

MARY   f   English, Biblical
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)... [more]

MARYANN   f   English
Combination of MARY and ANN

MARYANNE   f   English
Combination of MARY and ANNE (1)

MARYBETH   f   English
Combination of MARY and BETH

MARYLOU   f   English
Combination of MARY and LOU

MARYLYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Variant of MATILDA

MATILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]

MATTIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of MATILDA or MATTHEW

MAUD   f   English, Dutch
Usual medieval form of MATILDA... [more]

MAUDE   f   English
Variant of MAUD

MAUDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MAUD

MAURA (2)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRE... [more]

MAUREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN

MAURINE   f   English, Irish
Variant of MAUREEN

MAVIS   f   English
From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, ultimately derived from Old French... [more]

MAXINE   f   English
Feminine form of MAX... [more]

MAY   f   English
Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess... [more]

MAYA (2)   f   English
Variant of MAIA (1)... [more]

MAYBELLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL

MAYME   f   English
Possibly a variant of MAMIE

MEAGAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEAGHAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEG   f   English
Medieval diminutive of MARGARET

MEGAN   f   Welsh, English
Welsh diminutive of MARGARET... [more]

MEGHAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEL   m & f   English
Short form of MELVIN, MELANIE, MELISSA, and other names beginning with Mel.

MELANIE   f   English, German, Dutch
From the French form of the Latin name Melania, derived from Greek μελαινα (melaina) meaning "black, dark"... [more]

MELBA   f   English
From the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba (1861-1931)... [more]

MELINA   f   English
Combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) and the popular name suffix ina.

MELINDA   f   English
Combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) with the popular name suffix inda... [more]

MELISSA   f   English, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "bee" in Greek... [more]

MELODY   f   English
From the English word melody, which is derived (via Old French and Late Latin) from Greek μελος (melos) "song" combined with αειδω (aeido) "to sing".

MELVA   f   English
Perhaps a feminine form of MELVIN

MERCY   f   English
From the English word mercy, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares"... [more]

MEREDITH   m & f   Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord"... [more]

MERILYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MERLE   f & m   English
Variant of MERRILL or MURIEL... [more]

MERLYN   m & f   English
Variant of MERLIN, sometimes used as a feminine form... [more]

MERRY (1)   f   English
From the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrge... [more]

MERYL   f   English
Variant of MURIEL, perhaps influenced by the spelling of the name CHERYL... [more]