LiutprandmLombardic Variant of Liutbrand. This was the name of an 8th-century king of the Lombards. Liutprand is often regarded as the most successful Lombard monarch, notable for the Donation of Sutri in 728, which was the first accolade of sovereign territory to the Papacy.
LiutradmGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."
LiutrammGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with hraban or hramn "raven."
LiutricmGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."
Liuyangm & fChinese From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy" combined with 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean"... [more]
Liuyef & mChinese From Chinese 柳 (liǔ) meaning "willow" or 瑠 (liú) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 叶, 葉 (yè) meaning "leaf", 晔 (yè) meaning "bright, radiant", 野 (yě) meaning "field, wilderness, wild", 业 (yè) meaning "business, trade, merits, achievements" or 烨 (yè) meaning "glorious, bright, splendid"... [more]
LivijnmDutch (Archaic) Variant form of Lieven via its latinization Livinus. This particular form of the name has been very rare, even in late medieval times... [more]
Liweim & fChinese From Chinese 利 (lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" or 力 (lì) meaning "power, capability, influence" combined with 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary", 维 (wéi) meaning "tie, fasten, preserve, maintain" or 微 (wēi) meaning "small"... [more]
Liwenf & mChinese From Chinese 俪 (lì) meaning "husband and wife, couple", 立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish", or 利 (lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" combined with 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing"... [more]
Lixiaof & mChinese From the Chinese 骊 (lí) meaning "pure black horse" and 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, clear".
Lixinm & fChinese From Chinese 立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish", 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" or 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 新 (xīn) meaning "fresh, new"... [more]
Liyabonaf & mXhosa Means "it sees" or "you see" in Xhosa, sometimes taken from the phrase liyabona igama le Nkosi meaning "the name of the eye of God".
Liyemaf & mXhosa Means "to stop" or "to stand, to be standing" in Xhosa, often taken from the phrase liyema ikhaya "the home is standing" to indicate stability in the family.
Lkhagvam & fMongolian Means "Wednesday" or "Mercury (the planet)" in Mongolian.
LkhagvadorjmMongolian From Mongolian лхагва (lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
Lkhagvajargalm & fMongolian From Mongolian лхагва (lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Lkhagvajavm & fMongolian From Mongolian лхагва (lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Lkhagvasürenm & fMongolian From Mongolian лхагва (lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" or "Mercury (the planet)" and Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
LlanemPopular Culture Created by video game developer Blizzard Entertainment for a character in the "Warcraft" series of video games. In the series, Llane Wrynn is the King of Stormwind during the first invasion of Azeroth by the orcs.
LleisionmMedieval Welsh Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Welsh llais "voice", a derivation from Welsh lleisiol "vocal" and a Welsh contraction of kyrie eleision, an Ecclesiastical Latin phrase from Ancient Greek Κύριε, ἐλέησον, "Lord, have mercy".
LleómCatalan, Astronomy Catalan form of Leo as well as the Catalan name for Leo, the constellation of the zodiac. The name coincides with Catalan lleó "lion".
LlewynmEnglish Probably from the Welsh word llew meaning "lion", though it is not used as a name in Wales. It was used in the 2013 film 'Inside Llewyn Davis'.
LlionmWelsh Derived from the name of Caerleon, a legendary Welsh giant and king, whose name is derived from Welsh caer "(Roman) fortress" (ultimately from Latin castrum) and legionum "of the Legions"... [more]
LlywarchmMedieval Welsh, Welsh Possibly a Welsh form of the hypothetic old Celtic name *Lugumarcos meaning "horse of Lugus", derived from the name of the Celtic god Lugus combined with Welsh march "horse", but perhaps the first element is Welsh llyw "leader"... [more]
LobomSpanish (Modern, Rare), Portuguese Spanish 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... [more]
Lobsangm & fTibetan From Tibetan བློ་བཟང (blo bzang) meaning "noble-minded, intelligent, learned", from བློ (blo) meaning "mind, intellect" and བཟང (bzang) meaning "righteous, good".
Lộcm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 祿 (lộc) meaning "blessing, prosperity, bud".
LocmLiterature Little King Loc was a king of the gnomes in a French tale. Ref. Lang, Andrew. The Olive Fairy Book. 1907. "The Story of Little King Loc." & France, Anatole. "Abeille." 1883.
LochinvarmLiterature From the name of a Scottish loch, from Scots Gaelic Loch an barr meaning "loch on the hilltop". The place gave its name to several aristocratic titles including Baron of Lochinvar and Laird of Lochinvar, and in this capacity the name was used by Walter Scott for the character of young Lochinvar in his epic poem 'Marmion' (1808).
LockyermEnglish (Australian) Transferred use of the surname Lockyer. Can be given in honour of retired Australian rugby league star Darren Lockyer, or after the Lockyer Valley in Queensland, Australia named after the explorer Edmund Lockyer.
LocrinusmHistory, Literature The name of a legendary king of the Britons, likely derived from the ancient Locrian people from the Central Greek region of Locris rather than having a Celtic source. This theory is supported by the fact that Locrinus had a father called Brutus of Troy, one of the most fanciful bits of romanticism found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the British Kings... [more]
LocrynmCornish Possibly from Lloegyr, the medieval Welsh name for a region of southeastern Britain, which is of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historical realm (which he Latinized as Loegria) was named after Locrinus, the eldest son of Brutus of Troy and Innogen.
LodaymBhutanese Loday in Buddhism means wisdom. It is popularly used in the small kingdom of Bhutan. The famous ones who used this names were Guru Loday Choeksey, the famous Buddhist Tantric Master in the 8th century... [more]
LoelmEnglish Transferred use of the surname Loel. See also Lowell. Known bearers of this name include British philanthropist Loel Guinness (b... [more]
LogimNorse Mythology, Icelandic Means "flame, blaze" in Old Norse. In Norse legend Logi was 'a handsome king of a land north of Norway. A descendant of giants, his name became Hálogi - "tall Logi" - the legendary source of the modern Hålogaland region of Norway… His daughters were Eisa and Eimyrja, names both meaning "embers", and his wife's name Glöd probably means "red-hot embers" - all suggestive that Logi is a personification and deity of fire' (K.M. Sheard, 2011).
LǫgmaðrmMedieval Scandinavian Taken directly from Norse lǫgmaðr meaning "lawyer" (ultimately a combination of lǫg "law, fate" and maðr "man, human, person"). Only used as a byname in Scandinavia, the name came into use as a personal name by Norse settlers on the British Isles... [more]
LohraspmPersian, Persian Mythology, Literature Persian form of the Avestan compound name Aurvataspa or Arvataspa, which consists of Avestan aurva meaning "swift" and Avestan aspa meaning "horse". As such, the meaning of this name is basically "swift horse" or "one who has a swift horse".... [more]
LojmObscure (Rare, Archaic) Dialectal short form of Elochius found in an inscription on the altar of the St.-Ludwig chapel at Gehweiler (Wadern, Germany).
LokeshmIndian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu Means "lord of the world" from Sanskrit लोक (loka) meaning "world" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler". This is another name for the Hindu god Brahma.
LoknimMiwok Means "rain falls through the roof" in Miwok.
Lo-koutmYakama Brother of Yakima chieftain, Qualchan.
LokysmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the Lithuanian noun lokys meaning "bear". However, it should be noted that Lokys is also the name of a river in Lithuania, which is located in the county of Kaunas. As such, it is possible that in some cases, bearers of the given name Lokys were named after the river, rather than after the animal... [more]
Lolinef & mFrench (Rare), English (Australian) French diminutive of Lola, Latin origin, derived from the Latin words “istunus” or “iustus”, which means “just”. It is also associated with the Latin word “lumen”, meaning “light”.
LolliusmAncient Roman Roman family name of unknown meaning, possibly of Sabine origin. Alternatively it could be derived from Latin lolium "darnel", darnel being a type of grass.
Lollof & mSwedish Diminutive of Louise and Charlotte. The name is occasionally, albeit very rarely, used by males.