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Laudanu m Sicilian

Laudatus m Late Roman, Welsh (Latinized)
Derived from Latin laudatus meaning "praised, lauded, commended, esteemed", which is ultimately derived from Latin laudo meaning "to praise, to laud, to commend".... [more]

Laudelino m Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Diminutive of Laudo.

Laudo m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Polish (Archaic)
Portuguese and Polish form of Laud.

Laue m & f East Frisian
Diminutive of Laurentius.

Lauerinn m Manx
Manx variant form of Laurence.

Laughlin m English

Laugier m Provençal
Provençal form of Leutgar.

Lauke m & f East Frisian
Diminutive of Laue.

Lauko m East Frisian
Diminutive of Laue.

Lauleneke m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Lawrence.

Laulu f & m Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means 'song' in Finnish. This name has been used in Finland less than 20 times since 2000.

Launcelot m Theatre, Arthurian Romance
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.

Launceston m English
Transferred from the surname Launceston.

Launell m African American
Variant of Lonell.

Laur m Estonian
Variant of Lauri.

Laur m Polish
Polish form of Laurus.

Laurance m English (Rare)
English variant spelling of Laurence 1. Also compare the names Terence and Terance, which are another example of how -ence can be variantly spelled as -ance (and yet still be pronounced the same).... [more]

Laurant m Albanian

Laureà m Catalan

Laureano m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Laurianus.

Laurenç m Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon
Occitan form of Laurence 1.

Laŭrencij m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Laurêncio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Laurence 1.

Laurencio m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Rare)
Variant of Laurence 1 and Lorencio (via Laurencia)... [more]

Laurencjusz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Laurentius.

Laurendi m History (Ecclesiastical)
Basque form of Lorenzo.

Laurens m Occitan (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Laurenç.

Laurensius m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Laurente m Medieval Spanish (?), Filipino (Rare)
Possibly an archaic Spanish form of Laurence 1. Usage of this name in modern times is likely taken from the surname Laurente.

Laurenti m Italian
Italo-Swiss form of Laurentius especially in the northern part of Italy at the border with Switzerland. (see LAURENCE (1))

Laurentio m Interlingua
Interlingua form of Lawrence.

Laurentios m Ancient Roman (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1). Also take a look at Lavrentios, which is the modern Greek spelling of this name.

Laurents m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Laurenz.

Laurenty m Polish
Polish form of Lawrence.

Laurentyn m Polish
Polish form of Laurentinus.

Laurentz m Medieval Romansh
Medieval Romansh form of Laurentius.

Laurentzi m Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Lorenzo and Laurent.

Laurenziu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Laurentius.

Laureys m Medieval Flemish
Contracted form of Laurentius.

Lauriaan m Dutch (Archaic)
Dutch form of Laurianus.

Laurian m English, Romanian, French, Provençal
English, French, Provençal and Romanian form of Laurianus.

Lauriano m Asturian
Asturian form of Laurianus.

Laurianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Laurus. This name was borne by a saint from the 6th century AD.

Laurien m French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Laurianus.

Laurienziu m Sicilian
Variant of Laurenziu.

Laurier m French (Quebec, Rare)

Laurijn f & m Dutch
Dutch form of Laurinus (for males) and pet form of Laurina (for females).

Laurin m German, Germanic Mythology
Old German name of uncertain origin. In recent years it has been debated that Laurin might be derived from Latin laurinus "crowned with laurels".... [more]

Laurin m French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
French form of Laurinus.

Laurinç m Friulian
Friulian form of Laurence 1.

Laurinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Lauro.

Laurino m Italian
Italian form of Laurinus.

Laurinus m Late Roman
Extended form of Laurus.

Lauris m Latvian
Latvian form of Laurentius.

Laurito m Spanish
Masculine form of Laurita.

Laurs m Danish
Contracted form of Laurits.

Lauru m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Lauro.

Laŭruk m Belarusian
Diminutive of both Laŭr and Laŭrencij.

Lauryn m German (Silesian, Archaic)
Variant of Laurin.

Laurys m Manx
Manx form of Laurence 1.

Laus m Estonian (Archaic)
Short form of Nikolaus.

Laus m Dutch (Rare)
Contraction of Laurens, Laurentius and Laurus.

Laust m Danish
Danish dialectical (Jylland) form of Laurits.

Laut m Dutch (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]

Lautaro m Mapuche (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of the Mapudungun given name Lef-Traru, which means "swift hawk", derived from lef meaning "swift" combined with traru meaning "hawk".... [more]

Lautet m East Frisian
Short version of Lauwert.

Lauti m Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Lautaro. A known bearer of this name is Lautaro "Lauti" Suárez (b. 2018), the son of the Uruguayan professional soccer player Luis Suárez (b... [more]

Lauwerdt m Low German
Variation of Lauwert.

Lauwert m Low German
Combination of lauwe meaning "lion" and ward meaning "guard or defender".

Laux m Medieval German
Hessian form of Lucas and Lukas, used only in the medieval period.

Lav m Croatian, Serbian
Means "lion" in Croatian and Serbian.

Lav m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Nepali, Hinduism, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sinhalese, Assamese
Meaning - little piece, fragment , cloves, plucking, moment, half a second, sport, act of cutting or plucking, numerator of fraction, Name of a son of lord Ram

Lavakaw m Rukai

Lavan m Indian
grace

Lavan m Hebrew
Hebrew form of Laban.

Lavar m African American
Possibly influenced from Lamar.

Lâvaríse m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Lavrits.

Lavars m Faroese
Faroese variant of Lavrants.

Lavaughn f & m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La- and the name Vaughn.

Lavderim m Albanian
Variant of Lavdrim.

Lavdim m Albanian

Lavdimir m Albanian
Derived from Albanian lavdi "glory" and mirë "good".

Lavdrim m Albanian
Derived from Albanian lavdërim "praise".

Lave m & f Swedish
Variant of Lage and Lava.

Lavell m African American

Lavelle f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Lavelle.

Laveran m Brazilian
Transferred use of the French surname Laveran.... [more]

Laveran m French
The surname Laveran probably became popular as a first name thanks to the French Nobel Prize in Medicine Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran. Laveran discovered that protozoan parasites were the causative agent of malaria.

Lavert m English (Rare)
Variant of Levert.

Lavertis m African American (Rare)

Lavesh m Indian

Lavi m Finnish
Finnish short form of Olavi.

Lavi m Indian
Name - Lavi, Lavy लवि... [more]

Lavie m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavi.

Lavighju m Corsican
Corsican form of Louis via Luigi.

Lavinho m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Male version of Lavinha, which is derived from Lavinia

Lavish m & f Indian (Rare), Sanskrit
A variant of name Lav which means "tiny or small particle" in Sanskrit.

Lavish m & f Indian
Lord of love, cute and luxury. Rich.

Lavisu m Corsican
Corsican form of Louis.

Lavkha m Lezgin
Means "proud" in Lezgin.

Lavkush m Hinduism

Lávo m Sami
Short form of Nihkolávo.

Lavon m & f Mormon, African American
Variant of Lavonne.

Lavon m Belarusian
Variant transcription of Liavon.

Lavonn f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Lavon.

Lavonte m African American (Modern)
Combination of the phonetic elements la, von and tay, sharing a sound with names such as Devante and Javonte.

Lavorary m & f Malagasy
Means "successful, prosperous" in Malagasy.

Lavoslav m Croatian
Means "glorious lion", derived from Croatian lav "lion" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Lavoughn f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lavaughn.

Lavoy m African American

Lávra m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lavrans m Norwegian, Faroese (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Laurentius.

Lavrants m Old Norse, Norwegian (Archaic)
Ancient Scandinavian and Norwegian form of Laurentius.

Lavrencij m Slovene
Variant Slovene form of Laurence.

Lavrentie m Moldovan, History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Laurențiu.

Lavrentijs m Latvian
Latvian form of Laurentius.

Lavrentin m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Laurentinus.

Lavrentis m Greek (Rare)
Variant form of Lavrentios.... [more]

Lavrin m Ukrainian
Ukrainian folk form of Laurence 1. Lavrin Kaydash is a character in Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi's classic novel 'The family of Kaydash'.

Lavrits m Danish
Variant of Laurits.

Lávrras m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lávrrohaš m Sami
Sami form of Lavrants.

Lávus m Faroese
Faroese short form of Olavus.

Lawaiʻa m Hawaiian (Rare)
From the word meaning "fisherman."

Lawayne m African American
Combination of La- and Wayne.

Lawen m & f Arabic

Lawerence m English
Variant of Lawrence.

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

Lawîn m Kurdish
Means "young man" in Kurdish.

Lawiniusz m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Lavinius.

Lawless m Obscure
Transferred use of the surname Lawless.

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

Lawon m English
From the surname derived from Leofwine, which means "beloved friend".... [more]

Ławr m Polish
Polish transcription of Lavr.

Lawr m Russian (Germanized)
German transcription of Lavr.

Lawra m Aymara
Means "flames" in Aymara.

Lawrance m English (Rare)
Variant of Lawrence.

Lawren f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Lauren.

Lawrent m English (African)
Variant of Laurent.

Lawrenz m Maltese
Maltese form of Lawrence.

Ławrjenc m Sorbian
Sorbian form of Lawrence.

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

Lawyer m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lawyer.

Làxaro m Venetian
Venetian form of Lazzaro.

Laxminarayan m Indian, Sanskrit, Hinduism
Variant of Lakshminarayan.

Laxmishanker m Indian

Laxus m Popular Culture (Modern)
Derived from Latin lux- "light". This is the name of the Fairy Tail manga/anime character Laxus Dreyer.

Lay m & f Burmese
From a contraction of Burmese ကလေး (hkale) meaning "small, little, young, child".

Layamon m History, Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old Norse Lǫgmaðr meaning "lawyer", derived from lǫg "law" and maðr "man". This was the name of an early 13th-century English poet and chronicler known for authoring 'Brut', the first English-language work to feature King Arthur.

Layanus m Livonian (Latinized), Medieval Baltic (Latinized)

Laycock m Medieval English
Diminutive of Lawrence.

Layden m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Leighton influenced by names ending in -ayden such as Brayden or Zayden.

Laydon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layton (Possibly influenced by names ending with -den, such as Hayden).

Layken f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Layman m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Layman.

Layn m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lane.

Laynce m English
Variant spelling of Lance.

Layomi m & f Yoruba
It means God is my joy in Yoruba

Layqa m & f Aymara
Means "sorcerer, sorceress" in Aymara.

Layten m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layton.

Layth m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Laith.

Laythan m English (Rare)
Variant of Lathan.

Laython m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lathan.

Laza m Serbian, Russian, Croatian (Rare)
Short form of Lazar.

Laza m & f Malagasy
Means "fame, honour, glory" in Malagasy.

Lazaar m Dutch (Archaic), Flemish (Archaic)
Dutch and Flemish form of Lazarus.

Lazær m Ossetian
Ossetian form of Lazar (see Lazarus).

Lazaire m Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Variant of Lazare.

Lazamaniraka m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy laza meaning "fame, honour, glory" and maniraka meaning "to send".

Lazaras m Irish
Irish form of Lazarus.

Lâzare m Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Lazarus.

Lazarillo m Spanish (Rare), Literature
Diminutive of Lázaro.... [more]

Lazaro m Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Spanish form of Lazarus.

Lazarous m English (African)
Variant of Lazarus.

Làzaru m Sardinian
Sardinian form of Lazarus.

Lazaru m Corsican (Archaic), Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Lazarus.

Lázarus m Faroese
Faroese form of Lazarus.

Łazarz m Polish
Polish form of Lazarus.

Lazèr m Lengadocian, Provençal
Languedocian and Provençal form of Lazarus.

Lazër m Albanian

Lazhvardi m Georgian (Rare)
Derived from the Georgian word ლაჟვარდი (lazhvardi) meaning "azure", which is primarily used in Georgian poetry and literature in order to describe the colour of the sky. However, there are also sources that say that the word means "lapis lazuli" in Georgian, which makes sense, since the word is most likely derived from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "lapis lazuli" via Arabic لازوردي (lazuwardiyy) meaning "azure-coloured".

Laziz m Uzbek

Lazlo m French (Belgian, ?)

Lázó m Medieval Hungarian
Diminutive of Lázár.

Lazo m Croatian, Serbian, Georgian (Rare)
Croatian and Serbian short form of Lazar as well as a Georgian short form of Lazare.

Łazôrz m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Lazarus.

Lazos m Greek
Diminutive of Lazaros.

Lazuli f & m English (Modern, Rare)
The name is likely given in reference to the gemstone lapis lazuli, known for its deep, bright blue color. ... [more]

Lazz m & f English
Variant of Laz

Lazzao m Ligurian
Ligurian form of Lazarus.

Làzzaru m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Lazarus.

Lażżru m Maltese
Maltese form of Lazarus.

Lực m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 力 (lực) meaning "force, power, strength".

Le m Chinese

Lệ f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 麗 (lệ) meaning "beautiful, lovely".

Lễ m & f Vietnamese
Means "propriety" in Vietnamese.

Lea f & m English
Variant of Lee or short form of Eleanor, Leonora, Leonarda, etc.

Leabua m Sotho
Means "one who speaks" in Sotho.

Leades m Greek Mythology
According to Apollodorus, Leades was a son of Astacus who fought in the defense of Thebes against the Seven, and killed Eteocles.

Leafar m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
The name Rafael spelled backwards. This name was used by American tattoo artist and entrepreneur Kat Von D and musician Leafar Seyer (birth name Rafael Reyes) for their son born 2018.

Leago m & f Tswana
Means "His (God's) alter" in Setswana.

Leahcim m & f English (Rare)
Michael spelled backwards.

Leaifa m Sami
Sami form of Leif.

Leam m English (Rare)
Variant of Liam.

Leamington m English (Rare)

Leamon m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Leamon.

Lean m Swiss (Modern)

Leanderson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a combination of Leander and Anderson.

Leandre m Catalan, Provençal
Catalan and Provençal form of Leander.

Léandro m French (Rare)
Variant of Leandro.

Leándrosz m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Leandros.

Leandru m Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Leander.

Leang f & m Khmer
Means "raise, rear" or "feast, entertain" in Khmer.

Leangelo m African American (Rare)
Combination of Angelo with the name prefix Le-.

Leano m Italian

Leanteri m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Leander.

Leantwan m African American (Rare)
From Antwan combined with the prefix Le-, possibly from the French definite article le.

Leap m & f Khmer
Means "good luck, success" in Khmer.

Lear m Manx
Derived from Proto-Celtic *liro- "sea; ocean".

Learchos m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
The first element of this name is derived either from Greek λεων (leon) meaning "lion" (compare Leander) or from Attic Greek λεώς (leôs) meaning "the people" (see Leos)... [more]

Learchus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Learchos.

Learco m Italian
Italian form of Learchus. In Italy this name was popularized by the cyclist Learco Guerra (1902-1963).

Learcu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Learco.

Learie m English (Rare)

Leart m Albanian

Leaston m & f English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Leaston.

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

Leathlobhar m Old Irish
Means "half leper" from leath "half" and lobhar "leper".

Leavy m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Leavy.

Leb m Russian
Means "white" in Russian.

Lebari m Ogoni

Lebbaeus m Biblical Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Λεββαῖος (Lebbaios), which is of unknown meaning. This is another name for Saint Jude, also known as Thaddeus... [more]

Lebbe m West Frisian
Variant of Lubbe.

Lebbert m West Frisian
Variant of Lubbert.

Lebefromm m & f German (Rare, Archaic)
Means "live piously" from German lebe "live" and fromm "pious". This name was created in the 17th century.

Lebna f & m Amharic
Means "spirit, essence" in Amharic.

Lebone f & m Sotho
means “light”

Lebrecht m German (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Leberecht.

Lébuin m History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Leobwin via it's Latinized form Lebuinus.

Lebuíno m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Leobwin via it's Latinized form Lebuinus.

Lebuino m Italian
Italian form of Leobwin via it's Latinized form Lebuinus.

Lebuinus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Leobwin

Lebwin m Germanic, German
Contracted form of Leobwin and modern German variant of Levin.

Leça m Chechen
Variant transcription of Lecha.

Lecha m Chechen
Means "falcon" in Chechen.

Lechardus m Old Swedish
Latinized form of Lek.

Lechery m & f English (Puritan)
Meaning, "excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness." A puritanical name used as a warning.

Lechi m Chechen
Variant of Lecha.

Leci m Romansh
Surselvan Romansh form of Lucius.

Lecio m Asturian
Short form of Indalecio.

Leckard m Swedish
Younger Swedish form of Lechardus.

Leco m Dutch (Rare)
The meaning of this name is uncertain, but it may possibly be of Dutch or Frisian origin (compare Remco). A known bearer of this name is Leco van Zadelhoff (b... [more]

Leco m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Diminutive of Leonardo.

Leco m Galician
Hypocoristic of Leandro.

Lecrae m African American
Recent name of unknown origin. Rare usage since the late 1970's. A famous bearer of the name is American rapper Lecrae Moore (1979-), known simply as Lecrae.

Led m Russian
Means "ice" in Russian.

Ledenaert m Medieval Flemish
Medieval Flemish form of Leonard.

Ledevaert m Medieval Flemish
Corruption of Ledenaert.

Ledger m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ledger.

Ledi m Albanian

Ledian m Albanian

Ledimir m Croatian
Derived from (Serbo-)Croatian led "ice" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Ledion m Albanian

Ledis m Caribbean

Ledjan m Albanian
Variant of Ledian.

Ledjo m Sami
Sami form of Leo.

Ledjo m Albanian