This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the length is 4 or 5.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Lolth f Popular CultureLolth, from R.A.Salvatore's, is the dark elf goddess of spiders and their ruler. She is often described as a beautiful female drow, or as a giant spider with a drow head.
Lona f Polynesian MythologyLona is a Hawaiian moon goddess. She fell in love with a married a mortal called ʻAikanaka. Lona and ʻAikanaka lived happily together until ʻAikanaka succumbed to old age.
Loni f American (Rare)Derived from the second element of the Hawaiian name
Leilani,
lani, "heaven, sky, royal, majesty". The American actress Loni Kaye Anderson (1946-) was given this name as a shortened form of Leiloni, a variant spelling of Leilani.
Loor f LiteratureThis is the name of a female warrior in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series.
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.
Lorî f KurdishDerived from Kurdish
lorik, lorîn meaning "lullaby".
Loria f BasqueDirectly taken from Basque
loria "glory", this name has long been considered the traditional Basque equivalent of
Gloria.... [
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Lorîn f KurdishDerived from Kurdish
lorik, lorîn meaning "lullaby".
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.
Lotem f & m HebrewMeans "cistus" in Hebrew. The cistus is a type of mountain flower that grows mainly in northern Israel, also known as rockrose.
Lotis f Greek, Greek MythologyFrom the Greek word λωτός (lotos) meaning “lotus tree”. Lotis was a river nymph that transformed into a lotus tree to avoid
Priapus.
Loula f English, GreekVariant of
Lula 1, as well as a Greek diminutive of various names. This was borne by Greek playwright
Angeliki-Theano 'Loula' Anagnostaki (1928-2017).
Lous f & m Dutch (Rare)Variant spelling of
Loes, which better reflects the origin of the name (
Louise) and also makes the name more recognizable and thus easy to pronounce for French speakers (which
Loes would not have been)... [
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Louse f Dutch (Rare)Most likely a variant of
Loes. It was most likely influenced or inspired by the French language, in the sense that the name is spelled in such a way that it is recognizable and thus easy to pronounce for French speakers (which
Loes would not have been)... [
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Loxi f English (American, Rare), LiteraturePerhaps originally a diminutive of some name. This was used by Thelma Strabel for the heroine of her novel 'Reap the Wild Wind' (1940), about the wreckers in and around Key West, Florida in the 1840s, which Cecil B. DeMille adapted into a popular film starring Paulette Goddard and John Wayne (1942).
Loxo f Greek MythologyThe name of one of the Hyperborian nymphs who accompanied Artemis. The name is ultimately derived from the word λοξος
(loxos) meaning "slant, trajectory" or "indirect, ambiguous".
Loyal m & f English, English (Puritan)From the English word meaning "firm in allegiance, faithful, to a person, cause, or institution", ultimately from Latin
lēgalis meaning "legal, law".
Loza f AmharicThe Amharic form of Luz, the name of a place in the Bible where it is believed Jacob saw his ladder.
Luam m & f LaoMeans "python" in Lao.
Luan m & f LaoMeans "move, advance" in Lao.
Luar m & f Basque (Modern)Basque variant of the the toponym
Loarre, the name of a castle and town in the Spanish region of Aragon.
Luật m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 律
(luật) meaning "rule, law, regulation, statute".
Luba f RomaniPossibly a Romani form of
Ruby, derived from the cropping the Romani words
lolo ("red") and
bar (stone), although it might also have been influenced by the Slavic name
Luba.
Lucra f CopticKnown from letters a letter in the Greek Language. The name could be Greek in origin, or possibly a hellenized form of an Egyptian name or word. The submittee claims she saw this name in the book "Egypt in Late Antiquity" by Roger S. Bagnall, on page 196.... [
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Luda f Medieval CzechDerived from Proto-Slavic
*ljudъ "people". This name was also used as a short form of various names beginning with the element
Lud-.
Lufei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
璐 (lù) meaning "a type of jade" and
翡 (fěi) meaning "kingfisher, emerald, jade".
Lufu f Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
lufu meaning "love, affection, desire". It is a feminine equivalent of
Lufa.
Lūgnė f LithuanianThe name comes directly from the Lithuanian word for the nuphar plant
Luhan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
路 (lù) meaning "road, path, journey" and
菡 (hàn) meaning "bud, lotus bud".
Luke f BasqueCoined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of
Lucía and
Lucie.
Lukke f East FrisianVariant of names with the name element
liut and the diminutive suffix -ke recorded from the 16th to 19th centuries in East Frisia.
Luli f ChineseMeans "dewy jasmine," from (露) lu "dew, essence," and (莉) li "white jasmine."
Lulia f Tigrinya, VariousSaid to mean "Diamond" in Tigrinya. Of Eritrean origin, this name gained some popularity around the world.
Lulwa f ArabicDerived from Arabic لؤلؤ
(luʾluʾ) meaning "pearls".
Lume f AlbanianDerived from either Albanian
lumë "river" or from Albanian
lume, a term referring to "powerful and beautiful mountain fairies".
Lumei f ChineseFrom the Chinese character 露 (lù) meaning "dew" combined with 玫 (méi) meaning "rose, gemstone", 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot", 莓 (méi) meaning "berry, strawberry", or 美 (měi) meaning "beauty"... [
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Lumen f Popular CultureThis is the name of a fictional character from the television series "Dexter".
Lumia f FinnishDerived from the Finnish
lumi meaning "snow".
Lumin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
露 (lù) meaning "dew" and
敏 (mǐn) meaning "nimble, agile, fast, clever".
Lumme f EstonianPossibly derived from the illative singular form of
lumi "snow".
Lunar f & m English (Modern, Rare)Simply from the English word
lunar which means "pertaining to the moon, crescent-shaped", ultimately from Latin
lunaris "of the moon" (via Old French
lunaire).
Luofu f ChineseFrom the characters 罗 (luó, meaning “silk gauze”) and 敷 (fū, meaning “to lay out”). Qin Luofu (秦罗敷) is a character who appears in the folk song poem “Mulberry by the Road” (陌上桑) from the Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220 CE)... [
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Lương m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 良
(lương) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable".
Lupe f Hawaiian, TonganIn Hawaiian
lupe means "kite", in Tongan
lupe refers to an endemic "pigeon". Also Hawaiian and Tongan form of
Ruby.
Lupy f LiteratureA character from
The Borrowers, a book by Mary Norton, possibly a variant of Russian
Lyuba.
Luren f ChineseFrom the Chinese
绿 (lǜ) meaning "green" and
仁 (rén) meaning "humaneness, benevolence, kindness".
Luria f LiteratureInvented by Austrian author Ursula Poznanski for her
Eleria series, first released in 2012. She was named after American microbiologist
Salvador Edward Luria and mostly goes by
Lu.
Lurra f Basque MythologyVariant of
Lur. A feminine, positive entity that relates to fecundity. Unlimited in all directions, she includes the stars, moon and sun inside her borders. The Earth is alive: she gives birth to the mountains, that grow and rise towards the sky, whilst other places subside... [
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Lurui f ChineseFrom the Chinese
露 (lù) meaning "dew" and
瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious".
Lusa f Inuit, LiteratureUsed by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Midnight".
Lúta f Old NorsePerhaps related to Old Icelandic
lúta "to lout, bow down; to kneel in Christian worship; to pay homage to".
Lutao f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 露 (
lù) meaning "dew, syrup" combined with 桃 (
táo) meaning "peach". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Lutka f English (Rare), PolishAs a Polish name it comes from the word
lutka meaning ''doll, puppet'', often used as a nickname or a pet form.
Luwi m & f LundaMeans "mercy, kindness" in Lunda.
Luxa f LiteratureThe name of a young queen in 'The Underland Chronicles' by Suzanne Collins. Probably a feminized version of
Lux.
Luxi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
露 (lù) meaning "dew" and
曦 (xī) meaning "sunshine, sunlight, early dawn"
Luxia f ChineseFrom Chinese 璐
(lù) meaning "beautiful jade" combined with 霞
(xiá) meaning "rosy clouds, mist". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Luxin f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
绿 (lǜ) meaning "green" and
欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous".