KunuutmGreenlandic Greenlandic form of Knut. This was the Greenlandic name of Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist of partial Inuit descent.
KuonratmOld High German Derived from the Germanic name elements kuoni "bold, brave, strong" and rât "counsel".
KupratmChuvash Kuprat is the Volga Bulgar form of the name 'Kubrat', a Bulgar ruler.
KürşatmTurkish From Old Turkic kür meaning "valiant, brave" combined with the title şad meaning "governor, leader". This is the name of a legendary hero in Turkish literature.
KürtmHungarian From the name of an ancient Hungarian tribe. This tribal name was probably of Turkish origin and possibly meant "snow slip, avalanche". This name should not be confused with unrelated name Kurt.... [more]
Labryntm & fWelsh This name was taken from the word "Labrynt" in welsh which means Labyrint. This name is used to describe or to pray for someone to be smart and/or strategic like a smart person who can solve a labyrint map
LatofatfUzbek Uzbek form of Latifa or derived from latofat meaning "grace, charm".
Lattm & fBurmese Alternate transcription of Burmese လတ် (see Lat).
LauncelotmTheatre, Arthurian Cycle Variant of Lancelot. This spelling was used by Shakespeare in his play The Merchant of Venice (written between 1596 and 1598) for the character of Launcelot Gobbo.
LautmDutch (Rare) Dutch given name of which the meaning is uncertain. It might possibly be a short form of Laurentius, but it could also possibly be a short form of a Germanic name that contains the element hlud meaning "famous" (such as Ludolf) or even leud meaning "people" (such as Ludger).... [more]
LeofgeatmAnglo-Saxon Old English name meaning "dear Geat", composed of the elements leof "dear, beloved" combined with Geat, which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Geats... [more]
LeynaertmMedieval Dutch, Medieval Flemish Medieval form of Leonard. It was used in all areas where Dutch was spoken, but the name appears to have been most prevalent in what was then the County of Flanders... [more]
LiaqatmUrdu From Arabic لِيَاقَة (liyāqa) meaning "aptitude, eligibility, capability".
Libbali-sharratfAncient Assyrian Possibly derived from the Akkadian elements libbāli meaning "inner city" (possibly an epithet of the goddess Ishtar) and šarratum, meaning "queen".
LibbetfEnglish (Rare) Diminutive of Elizabeth (see also Libby). It was used for a character, a young girl, in William Nicholson's book 'Noman'.
Lightm & fEnglish (African) From the English word light meaning "Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light".... [more]
LillooetfEnglish (Canadian, Rare), Obscure From the name of a Native American people of the Canadian province of British Columbia, or from the town, river or lake that were named for them.
LiparitmArmenian, Georgian (Archaic) Meaning uncertain. Georgian scholars believe that the name is of (western) Georgian origin and eventually exported to Armenia, whilst non-Georgian scholars theorize that the name is actually of Armenian origin.... [more]
ListfIcelandic (Rare) From Old Norse list meaning "art, craft" as well as "skill, adroitness, dexterity". This is also the Icelandic word for "art".
LittlefootmPopular Culture The Land Before Time is a 1988 American-Irish animated adventure drama film, it features a young Brontosaurus named Littlefoot.
LiubbertmGermanic Derived from Old High German liub (also found written as leub, see Goteleib) meaning "dear, beloved" combined with Old High German beraht meaning "bright".
LiubhartmGermanic Derived from Old High German liub (also found written as leub, see Goteleib) meaning "dear, beloved" combined with Gothic hardus or hard (hart in Old High German) "brave, hardy."
LovewitmLiterature This is the name of a character in the novel, "The Alchemist."
Luậtm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 律 (luật) meaning "rule, law, regulation, statute".
LubartmPolish (Rare, Archaic) Probably a form of Leonard. In use since the middle ages. There is also a theory that it is a Lithuanian name, originating from Lithuanian element ljauti meaning "to end", "to finish", "to complete", "to terminate", "to conclude", "to wind up", "to closure", "to clinch", "to cease", "to stand", "to leave off", and barti - "to call down", "to rout", "to grapple".
LumimuutfMinahasan Meaning unknown. In the Minahasan mythology of Indonesia, she was the ancestor of the Minahasan people, alongside with her husband Toar.
LutiantfOjibwe Lutiant LaVoy was an Ojibwe woman who worked as a nurse in Washington, D.C., during the 1918 pandemic. She was the only person in the United States with this name according to the 1910 census. Perhaps this is an Anglicized or Americanized version of a native Ojibwe name.
LuytmMedieval Dutch Medieval Dutch short form of names whose first element is derived from Old High German liut "people" or Old High German hlûd "famous", such as Liutbrand and Luderik... [more]
LyazzatfKazakh Means "enjoyment, pleasure" in Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic لذة (laddah).
Ma'atfEgyptian Mythology Ma'at refers to the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities who had brought order from chaos at the moment of creation... [more]
MabsantmArthurian Cycle Son of Caw, one of twenty brothers, and one of Arthur’s warriors found in the Welsh Culhwch and Olwen.
Mabsuthatm & fAstronomy This was the traditional name of the star 31 Lyncis in the constellation Lynx. The name derives from Arabic المبسوطة (al-mabsūtah) meaning "the outstretched (paw)".
MafdetfEgyptian Mythology From Egyptian mꜣfd.t, possibly meaning "the runner", deriving from the noun-forming prefix m- combined with jfd "to flee". This was the name of the Egyptian goddess of judgement, justice and execution, often depicted as a cheetah, serval, or panther... [more]
MaganbertmGermanic Derived from Old High German magan or megin "strength" combined with Old High German beraht "bright."
MalkatfNorthern African, Muslim Possibly means "queen of the house", deriving from the Arabic element malaka ("queen"). Name borne by a prominent Sudanese author known for her realist novel The Wide Void.
MałogostmPolish Derived from Polish mało or mały "small, little, insignificant" (which is derived from Proto-Slavic malъ "small") combined with Slavic gost "guest".