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Lameck m African
Variant of Lamech.

Lamek m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Lamech.

Lamine m Western African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Al-Amin used in parts of western Africa as well as an Arabic alternate transcription chiefly used in northern Africa.

Lamon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lamon.

Landelino m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Landelin.

Langhorn m English
Transferred use of the surname Langhorn.

Lardarius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Ladarius.

Larencia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Larion m Romanian, Ukrainian, Hungarian
Truncated form of Ilarion.

Larsen m English
Variant of Larson.

Lashanti f African American (Modern)
Blend of the popular phonetic prefix la and the name Ashanti. It can be spelled Lashanti or with a capitalized third letter as LaShanti.

Lashinda f African American (Rare)

Lasith m Sinhalese

Latavius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La- with the name Tavius.

Latica f Croatian
It means "flower petal" in Croatian.

Laurell f English (Rare)
Variant of Laurel

Lavanda f Croatian, Russian, Italian
Means "lavender" in Croatian, Italian and Russian.

LaVyrle f Obscure

Lawford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawford.

Laynce m English
Variant spelling of Lance.

Lażżru m Maltese
Maltese form of Lazarus.

Learie m English (Rare)

Ledis m Caribbean

Leeon m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Leon.

Leeonzer m American

Lefter m Albanian
Albanian form of Lefteris.

Legarrette m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le with the name Garrette.

Legna f & m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Ángel spelled backwards.

Lehel m Hungarian, History
Younger form of Lél. Lehel (died 955) was a Magyar chieftain, one of the military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, and a descendant of Árpád.

Leka m Albanian
Variant of Lekë.

Leki m Bhutanese

Lemme f Estonian
Directly taken from lemme, the genitive singilar/attributive form of lemb "affection".

Lendl m English (African, Rare), Caribbean
Transferred use of the surname Lendl.

Lenko m Bulgarian, Croatian
Male form of Lena or a nickname for names containing the element len (Milenko, Alen, Milenije, etc.)

Leobaldo m Spanish
Variant form of Leudbald.

Leonardu m Maltese (Rare), Corsican, Sardinian
Maltese, Corsican and Sardinian form of Leonard.

Leposava f Serbian, Croatian
Variant form of Leposlava.

Lerenteé m African American (Rare)

Lesean m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le- with the name Sean. Also compare LaShawn.

Leterrius m African American (Rare)

Leuris m & f Spanish (Latin American)

Levison m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Levison.

Lhaden f Bhutanese

Lhendup m Bhutanese

Liberti f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Liberty.

Libertie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Liberty.

Librado m South American

Liia f Estonian, Finnish
Variant 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).

Liivi f Estonian
Short form of Olivia or Livia 1. Or from an Estonian place name Livonia.

Lijia f & m Chinese
Combination of the names Li 1 and Jia

Liliyana f Indonesian, Bulgarian
Variant spelling of Liliana.

Lira f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument lira (from Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)), called "lyre" in English.

Liuyang m & f Chinese
From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy" combined with 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean"... [more]

Ljubdrag m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements lyuby "love" and dragu meaning "precious".

Ljubenka f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ljubenko.

Ljubenko m Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
From the Slavic element lyuby "love".

Ljubinko m Croatian, Serbian
Male form of Ljubinka.

Ljubomira f Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of Ljubomir.

Lloy m English (American, Rare)

Lobel m Croatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology
An old Croatian name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Lochie m English
Diminutive of Lachlan.

Lockwood m English, Literature
Transferred use of the surname Lockwood, used for a character in Wuthering Heights.

Lonwabo m South African

Lonzie m English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Alonzo.

Lordan m Croatian
Either a masculine form of Loredana or derived from the English word lord.

Lossémy m Western African

Lota f Croatian, Slovene, Estonian
Croatian and Slovene form and Estonian variant of Lotta.

Lovorko m Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Lovorka.

Lovrek m Croatian
Nickname for Lovro.

Lovren m Croatian
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenac m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenko m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Lovrenac.

Lubanzi m South African, Xhosa, Zulu
Means "wide, deep" in Xhosa, often from the phrase thando olubanzi meaning "vast love".

Lučiano m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Luciano.

Lucijano m Croatian
Croatian spelling of Luciano.

Luguelín m Caribbean

Lukša m Croatian
Diminutive of Luka.

Lumme f Estonian
Possibly derived from the illative singular form of lumi "snow".

Lunasol f Spanish (Rare)
A combination of Luna and Sol 1.

Lungtok m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "learning, experience, realisation" in Tibetan. This was one of the given names of the 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (1805-1815).

Lutalo m Ganda
Famous bearer is Lutalo Muhammad (born 1991) a British taekwondo athlete.

Luzius m German (Swiss), German
Variant spelling of Lucius.

Lynae f English (Rare)
Variant of Linnae.

Lyncoln m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Lincoln.

Lyndie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lindy.

Lyndsie f English (Rare)
Variant of Lindsay.

Lynleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynley.

Lynnex f English (Modern, Rare)

Lynnix f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lennox.

Lynnlee f English (Rare)
A combination of Lynn and Lee.

Lynnleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynley.

Lynnox f & m Obscure (Modern)
Variant of Lennox.

Lynzie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynsey.

Lytton m English
From an Old English place name which meant "settlement on the hill". A famous bearer is author Lytton Strachey.

Maatalii f Inuit

Macnelly m South American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Macnelly.

Maddalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeline.

Maddalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madalyn.

Maddelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Maddelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Maddilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madeleyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeleine.

Madelynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Madilyne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madilynne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeline.

Maecie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Macy.

Maelynn f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Mae using the popular name suffix lyn.

Magdalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Magdalene.

Magdalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Magdalene.

Mahiedine m Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Maghrebi variant of Mohy al-Din (chiefly Algerian).

Mahmudullah m Bengali (Muslim)
Combination of Mahmud and Allah.

Maicon m Brazilian
Maicon is a variant of Michael originally referring to, and made popular in reference to, American singer Michael Jackson in the 1980s.

Maido m Estonian
Originally a short form of Matteus and Mattias, now used as a given name in its own right.

Mailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Maelyn.

Maiu f Estonian
Diminutive of Maia 3.

Majkl m Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Czech (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Michael, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Mak m Bosnian, Croatian
Male flower name, equivalent of English Poppy. Famous bearer is Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar.... [more]

Makaelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Makaela and Lyn.

Makailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Makaila using the popular name suffix lyn.

Makalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Makailyn.

Makaylyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Makaylynn.

Makaylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Makayla and Lynn.

Makenleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of McKinley.

Makiko f Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "herd" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.

Maksimiljan m Slovene
Variant form of Maximilian.

Malahija m Croatian
Croatian form of Malachi.... [more]

Maliq m Albanian
Variant of Malik 1.

Mandolina f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument, called mandolin in English.

Mangla f Indian

Manmohan m Indian, Hinduism
It is another name of Krishna, the Hindu deity. It is a compound of Man and Mohana.

Manos m Greek
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of Emmanouil (see Manolis).

Manteo m African American (Rare), Indigenous American

Manwel m Maltese
Maltese form of Manuel.

Marcelien f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Marceline, with its spelling phonetical in nature. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch sports sailor Marcelien de Koning (b. 1978).

Marelyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Marilyn.

Margerita f Maltese, Polish, Slovene, Romansh
Maltese and Romansh form and Polish and Slovene variant of Margaret.

Margje f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of Marga, Margaretha and Margriet. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch field hockey player Margje Teeuwen (b... [more]

Mariia f Finnish, Ukrainian
Variant spelling of Maria.

Marijela f Croatian, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of Mariella.

Markeis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Markica m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Marko.

Markis m Indonesian

Marlenis f Spanish (Caribbean)
Perhaps an elaborated form of Marlene. This is the middle name of American rapper and television personality Cardi B (1992-), born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar to Caribbean immigrants (a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother).

Marqise m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marquardt m German
Variant spelling of Marquard.

Marque m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marqueis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marquess m African American (Modern, Rare)
A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. See Marquis.

Marqueston m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Marques with the popular suffix ton.

Marrit f Dutch, Danish, Frisian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Marit.

Martavis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Altered form of Martavious.

Martijntje f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of Martijn.

Martrell m African American (Rare)

Marvan m Sinhalese

Masae f Japanese

Masahito m Japanese
From Masa combined with 人 (hito) meaning "person," also used as 仁 meaning "benevolence, compassion, humanity" or 史 meaning "history."... [more]

Mašenka f Slovene, Croatian
Feminine diminutive form of Maša.

Mashrafe m Bengali
Probably derived from Arabic مُشْرِف‎ (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer".

Masimo m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Massimo.

Matek m Croatian
Diminutive of Mato.

Matilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn or a combination of Matilda and Lyn.

Matilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Matis m Estonian
Estonian form of Mattis.

Mattalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mattilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mattilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mauricij m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mauritius and Mauricius.

Maximilano m Spanish, Portuguese
Variant spelling of Maximiliano.

Maxxzandra f African American (Modern, Rare)

Maybelis f South American

Mayelis f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Maylis.

Maylyn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of May and Lyn.

Maylynn f English (Rare)
A combination of May and Lynn.

Maytho f Bhutanese

McLain m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the English surname McLain.

Mechthildis f German (Latinized)
Latinised form of Mechthild.

Mediha f Turkish, Arabic (Egyptian), Bosnian, Albanian
Derived from Midha.

Meeta f Estonian
Estonian variant of Meta.

Mefodi m Old Church Slavic, Russian
Variant of Mefodiy.

Megalyn f English (American)
Combination of Megan and lyn.

Mehmedalija m Bosnian
Combination of Mehmed and Alija.

Meita f Indonesian
Possibly derived from Indonesian Mei meaning "May (the month)".

Memet m Turkish, Indonesian, Crimean Tatar, Albanian
Turkish and Albanian variant and Crimean Tatar form of Mehmet and Indonesian form of Muhammad.

Menasze m Yiddish
Variant of Menashe.

Mendharawa f Bhutanese

Mengtao m & f Chinese
From Chinese 梦 (mèng) meaning "dream, to dream" combined with 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, peach tree", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.

Mensura f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mensur.

Merima f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Meryem.

Mersada f Bosnian
Variant of Mirsada.

Mersiha f Bosnian

Merzet m Bosnian (Rare), Turkish (Rare)

Meša m Bosnian
Bosnian short form of Mehmed.

Meseret f & m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "foundation" in Amharic.

Metušael m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methushael.

Metušalah m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Metuzalem m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Mezzi m Romansh
Short form of Murezzan.

Mialynn f English (Rare)
Combination of Mia and Lynn.

Micaella f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino
Variant of Michaela.

Mientje f Dutch
Diminutive of Wilhelmina.

Mihej m Croatian
Croatian form of Micah.

Miiko m Finnish

Mijaín m Spanish (Caribbean)

Mijntje f Dutch
Diminutive of Wilhelmina.

Mikaal m Pakistani (Rare)

Mikhaela f English
Variant of Michaela.

Mikkael m Icelandic
Icelandic variant form of Mikael.

Milanija f Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Milana.

Milhouse m English, Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Milhouse.

Miljenka f Croatian, Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Miljenko.

Miljka f Serbian, Croatian
Croatian and Serbian variant of Milka 1. It was at the height of its popularity in the 1950s.

Milli f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Millie.

Milodar m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Milodarka.

Milot m Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.

Miltos m Greek
Short form of Miltiades.

Miluša f Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of Mila and any other Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Miloslava and Ludmila... [more]

Milyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Milan.

Milynn f English (Modern, Rare)

Mima f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bosnian
Nickname for Marija and other names starting with M (Milica, Mersiha, etc.).

Mimis m Greek
Short form of Dimitris.

Mingjuan f Chinese

Mink m Dutch
Variant of Minke.

Miralda f Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch

Mirando m Various (Rare)
Masculine form of Miranda.

Mirzel m Bosnian
Variant of Mirza.

Mirzela f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mirza.

Mirzet m Bosnian
Variant of Mirza.

Mišel m & f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene (Rare)
Variant of Michel.

Mišela f Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Feminine form of Mišel.

Mizuho f & m Japanese
From 瑞穂/水穂 (mizuho), referring to fresh, lush ears of rice, used as part of the name 瑞穂国 (Mizuho-no-kuni), one of the classical names for Japan which means something like "the Land of Abundant Rice."... [more]

Moeen m Arabic

Mohammadou m Central African
Variant of Mohammad.

Mojimir m Croatian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Mojmir.

Mojmíra f Czech, Slovak
Variant of Mojmira.

Mojmira f Croatian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Mojmir.

Momčilo m Serbian
Serbian form of Momchil.

Mominul m Bengali

Mon m Bhutanese

Moneeb m Arabic
Variant of Munib.

Möngke m Medieval Mongolian
Means "everlasting, eternal" in Mongolian.... [more]

Mönkh m & f Mongolian
Means "eternal" in Mongolian. It can be used as a short form of names containing the element мөнх (mönkh).

Montell m English
Variant of Montel.

Montgomerie m English
Variant spelling of Montgomery.

Morarji m Indian

Mordaunt m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Mordaunt.

Morihei m Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 守 (shu, su, mamo.ru, mamo.ri, mori, -mori, kami) meaning "guard, protect, defend, obey", 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" or 盛 (sei, jou, mo.ru, saka.ru, saka.n, mori) meaning "boom, prosper, copulate" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]

Mouhamadou m Western African
Form of Muhammad used in parts of French-influenced western Africa.

Moyle m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Moyle.

Mualelet f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mualeleth.

Mualeleth f Biblical
She was a wife of Kenan in the genealogies in Genesis in the Old Testament.

Mudassar m Urdu
Urdu transcription of Muddathir.

Muharem m Bosnian, Albanian
Variant of Muharrem.

Muhedin m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian variant of Mohy al-din.

Muhedina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Muhedin.

Muhidin m Indonesian, Bosnian
Indonesian and Bosnian form of Muhi al-Din.

Muhlo m Croatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology
An old Croatian name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Mukades f Turkish, Albanian
Variant of Muqaddas.

Mukadesa f Bosnian
Variant of Muqaddas.

Munib m Turkish, Arabic, Pakistani

Murezzan m Romansh
Romansh form of Maurus and Moritz, traditionally found in the Engadine valley. This name was borne by Swiss ice hockey player Murezzan Andreossi (1897 – 1958).

Mushtaq m Arabic, Urdu
Means "desirous, eager, yearning" in Arabic.

Mutaz m Arabic

Muttiah m Sinhalese

Myanna f English (Rare)

Mychal m English
Variant of Michael.

Naasunnguaq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic female name meaning ''sweet little flower'', from naasoq meaning ''flower, plant'' and nnguaq a suffix meaning ''sweet, dear''.

Nadalyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Nadan m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the verb nadati se meaning ''to hope''.

Nadana f Croatian (Rare)
Female form of Nadan.

Nadelyn f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Nadi m Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown.

Nadimir m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Croatian nada meaning ''hope'' and mir meaning ''peace''.

Nadimirka f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadimir.

Nadislava f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadislav.

Nadomir m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadimir.

Nadomirka f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadomir.

Nadoslav m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadislav.

Nafija f Bosnian

Nahomi f Japanese

Nahomy f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Nohemi.

Najda f Serbian
Feminine form of Najdan.

Najdan m Serbian
Serbian form of Nayden.

Najdana f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Najdan.

Najdin m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Najdan.

Najdina f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Najdin.

Nalbert m Brazilian (Rare)

Namgyal m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "victorious" or "complete victory", derived from Tibetan རྣམ (rnam) meaning "aspect, type, kind" combined with རྒྱལ (rgyal) meaning "to be victorious, to conquer".

Namgyel m & f Bhutanese, Tibetan
Variant transcription of Namgyal.

Nannan f & m Chinese
From Chinese 囡 (nān) meaning "daughter, child", 楠 (nán) meaning "Chinese cedar, Chinese giant redwood" or 南 (nán) meaning "south" combined with themselves... [more]

Naohiro m Japanese

Narandža f Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the word narandža meaning ''orange'' (fruit, not the colour).

Narcisco m Spanish
Variant of Narciso, probably influenced by Francisco.

Nardin m Bosnian

Narsingh m Indian

Naseeruddin m Indian (Muslim)
Variant spelling of Nasir al-Din. Means "helper of religion", derived from Arabic نصير (naseer) "helper" and دين (din) "religion".

Naser m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian variant of Nasser.

Nasimuddin m Arabic
Variant of Nazimuddin.

Natalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Natalia and Lynn.

Nausikaja f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian form of Nausicaa.