These
names are used in a modern context.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Levya f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Combination of the name
Lev 2 means "heart" with the letters ya (יה) (which are part of the name of God) means "Heart of God" in Hebrew.
Liam m & f Hebrew (Modern)Means "my people" or "my nation" from Hebrew לִי (
li, see
Li 2 and עָם (
am) "people, nation". It is also a modern Hebrew acronym for "לא ידע עמי מלחמה" which means "my nation didn't know war".
Liel f & m Hebrew (Modern)Means "my God" or "I have (a) God" from Hebrew לי
(li) meaning "me, mine" and אל
('el) meaning "God".
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.
Linddís f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
lind "lime-tree, linden tree; (protective shield of) linden wood; linden spear-shaft" and
dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister".
Linor f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Combination of
Li 2 and
Nor. A known bearer of this name is Israeli beauty queen, lawyer and activist Linor Abargil (1980-), who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998.
Linoy f Hebrew (Modern)Combination of the names
Li 2 and
Noy meaning "my beauty" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is the olympic gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics Linoy Ashram (1999)
Lis f Jèrriais (Modern)Derived from Jèrriais
lis "lily". This is a newly coined name, intended as a Jèrriais equivalent of
Lily.
Liveta f Lithuanian (Modern)Elaboration of
Livija through its short form
Liva. This name was popularised, beginning in 1993 and 1994, by pop singer and politician Liveta Kazlauskienė (1964-).
Lobo m Spanish (Modern, Rare), PortugueseSpanish and Portuguese for wolf, receiving rare usage as a modern update of Lope, the archaic Spanish/Portuguese word for wolf and historically a very common name, as can be evidenced by the ubiquitous presence of the patronym: Lopez/Lopes... [
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Lokbrá f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)Means "closed eyes" or "shut eye", from Old Norse
loka "to close, to lock" and
brá "eyelash". Alternatively, the first element could be derived from
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Lorca m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)The name
Lorca originated as a place name from the region of Navarre in Spain. Also famous as the surname of legendary Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was also the inspiration for legendary folksinger Leonard Cohen to name his now-grown up daughter Lorca.
Lórien m & f Literature, English (Modern)From the Sindarin name Lothlórien, an Elven city in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Named for a land called Lórien in Aman, from which Galadriel had been exiled, Lothlórien means Lórien of the Blossom... [
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Lotan m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Place name in Israel, derived from the name
Lot 1, which means "hidden" or "covering, veil" in Hebrew. Lotan ben Seir was a descendant of the tribe of the Seir tribe, descendants of
Esau, who settled in the northern region.
Lumikukka f Finnish (Modern)A combination of
Lumi, which means "snow", and
Kukka, which means "flower". The name was first used in the 1970's.
Lumity f English (Modern, Rare)Combination of the Spanish name and word Luz meaning light and the English name and word Amity meaning friend, which Lumity directly means friend of Light. ... [
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Lupin m English (Modern, Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Lupin. Fictional bearers of the surname are Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief turned detective extraordinaire in novels by French writer Maurice Leblanc (introduced in 1905), and Remus Lupin, a werewolf in the
Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling (introduced in 1999).
Lur f & m Basque Mythology, Basque (Modern)Means "earth" in Basque. In Basque mythology, Lur is one of the personifications of the soil, the cradle of life and the mother of the sun and the moon. She is closely related to the Basque mythological figure
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