This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the first letter is L.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Lífdís f Icelandic (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
hlíf "cover; shelter; protection (especially a shield)" and
dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or
dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
Lig f HmongMeans "youngest daughter" in Hmong.
Ligach f Pictish, Old Irish, Old CelticOf uncertain etymology. Name borne by the daughter of Máel Muire ingen Cináeda (died 913CE), a 9th century Pictish princess, and Flann Sinna (847-916CE), king of Mide and a High King of Ireland.
Ligad m & f Hebrew (Rare)Combination of the names
Li 2 and
Gad means "my fortune" / "my luck" in Hebrew, its quite rare name in Israel.
Light m & f English (African)From the English word
light meaning "Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light".... [
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Lightness f English (African)From the English word
lightness meaning "the amount of lights". This name is mainly found in Tanzania.
Lightning f & m Popular CultureFrom lightning (n.) visible discharge of energy between cloud and cloud or cloud and ground, late Old English, "lightning, flash of lightning," verbal noun from
lightnen "make bright," or else an extended form of Old English
lihting, from
leht. Lihao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
好 (hǎo) meaning "good, excellent" or
昊 (hào) meaning "summertime, sky, heaven".
Lihong f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 利
(lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" or 立
(lì) meaning "stand, establish" combined with 红
(hóng) meaning "red, vermillion, blush", 虹
(hóng) meaning "rainbow" or 宏
(hóng) meaning "wide, spacious, great, vast"... [
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Lihua f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 梨
(lí) meaning "pear", 立
(lì) meaning "stand, establish" or 礼
(lǐ) meaning "rite, ceremony, gift, present" combined with 华
(huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese" or 桦
(huà) meaning "birch"... [
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Lihui f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
慧 (huì) meaning "bright, intelligent".
Liia f Estonian, FinnishVariant of
Lia 2. In the case of the Estonian name, it is also considered an elaboration of
Lii and an Estonian renderin of Russian
Лия (see
Liya).
Lija f LatvianOf uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Latvianized variant of
Lia and a direct derivation from Latvian
lija "hen-harrier; mild, soft rain".
Lijomarbel f MarshalleseDerived from the Marshallese
li meaning "female person",
ijo meaning "there, at a distance" and
marbel, the name of a kind of indigenous plant.
Lijuan f ChineseFrom Chinese 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 娟
(juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful"... [
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Liju Illa f AymaraFrom the Aymara
liju meaning "totally" and
illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
Lijun f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 力
(lì) meaning "power, capability, influence", 利
(lì) meaning "benefit, advantage", 立
(lì) meaning "stand, establish", 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 军
(jūn) meaning "army", 君
(jūn) meaning "king, ruler" or 骏
(jùn) meaning "good horse, fast"... [
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Lika f ArmenianMeaning unknown. A notable bearer is Armenian actress Lika Salmanyan (1997-).
Likhit m & f ThaiMeans "writing, script, document" or "destined, fated" in Thai.
Līksma f LatvianDerived from Latvian
līksms "jolly, merry, cheerful, happy, joyful".
Lila f BretonOf debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from
Eulalia.
Lilaea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Directly taken from Greek
λιλαία meaning "lilac". In Greek mythology, Lilaea was a Naiad of a spring of the same name, daughter of the river god Cephissus. The ancient city of Lilaea and the modern village of Lilaia in Phocis are named after her.
Lilakai f NavajoMeaning uncertain, perhaps derived from Navajo
łį́į́ʼ "horse" and
łigaii "white". It was borne by Lilakai "Lily" Neil (1900-1961), the first woman to be elected to the Navajo Tribal Council (served 1946-1951).
Lilian f ChineseFrom the
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".
Lilie f GermanDirectly derived from the German word
Lilie meaning "lily". This can also be used as a spelling variant of
Lily.
Lilikoʻi f HawaiianFrom the word which refers to a passion fruit which got its Hawaiian name from the place where it was first planted.
Lilimar f & m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)In the case of American television actress Lilimar Hernandez (2000-) it is a combination of
Lili (a short form of
Liliana, her grandmother's name) and
Mar (from the Spanish vocabulary word
mar meaning "sea", a reference to her birthplace - an island in the Caribbean Sea).
Lilinoe f Hawaiian, Polynesian MythologyFrom the word meaning "fine mist." A deity in Hawaiian mythology goes by this name, associated with Mauna Kea alongside Poliʻahu and Waiau.
Liliom f & m HungarianMeans "lily" in Hungarian, from the Latin "lilium". This name has been used since the Árpád age (pre 1000 A.C.). It has history as a male name, such as in the play "Liliom" (1909) by Ferenc Molnár (which has inspired a 1934 film and the musical "Carousel")... [
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Liliore f ObscureIn the case of American heiress and philanthropist Liliore Green Rains (1909-1985), this may have been a variant of
Lilian, her mother's name.
Liliosa f History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines)Feminine diminutive of Latin
lilium "lily". This name belonged to an Iberian Christian woman martyred in Córdoba, Andalusia c.852 under Emir Abd ar-Rahman II, along with her husband Felix, his cousin Aurelius and Aurelius' wife Natalia.
Liliʻuokalani f HawaiianMeans "smarting of the high-born one". This name was borne by a Hawaiian monarch. She was named this because at the time of her birth, a relative was suffering from an eye pain.
Lilla f SwedishThe name Lilla means “Little” in Swedish, not as common as the Italian meaning “Lilac”
Lillai f RomaniDerived from Romani
lillai, meaning both "spring" and "summer".
Lille f EstonianDerived from Estonian
lille, the genitive form of
lill, "flower".
Lillegerd f Swedish (Rare)Combination of Swedish
lille, an inflected form of
liten meaning "little", with the name
Gerd 2. This name was first recorded in Sweden in 1921.
Lilliandil f Popular CultureCoined by Douglas Gresham for a character in the 2010 film version of
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which he produced. In the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis (Gresham's stepfather), the character is unnamed, known only as Ramandu's daughter... [
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Lillooet f English (Canadian, Anglicized, Modern)From the name of the Lil'wat First Nation people of Canada. Today, this is the name of a town in British Columbia. It nay also be considered a modern elaboration or variation of names like Lilith, Lillian, Lily, or Liliana.
Liln f LiteratureLady Liln was a minor character alluded to in
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Lilo f HawaiianMeans "generous" in Hawaiian. It was the name of a title character in Disney's 'Lilo and Stitch'.
Lilofee f LiteratureThis name was (first?) used by Manfred Hausmann in his poem 'Lilofee' (1929), where it belongs to a Nixe or water fairy of the Mummelsee (a mountain lake in the Black Forest), the subject of an old German folk ballad who was unnamed in earlier stories, referred to simply as
Lilienmädchen "lily-maiden"... [
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Lilong f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
珑 (lóng) meaning "gem cut like a dragon".
Lilun f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" or
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
纶 (lún) meaning "green silk thread".
Liluye f MiwokImplies "singing chicken hawk that soars" in the Miwok language.
Lilwen f WelshCombination of the Welsh elements
lili "lily" and
gwen "white; fair; blessed".