LourenefFilipino Lourene BEVAART took part in the SECOND "international" series of the T.V. programme "Gladiators" (which took place in 1996). She got as far as the GRAND FINAL before being defeated by Peggy Odita (from the U.S.A.).
LousefDutch (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)... [more]
Lowaynem & fEnglish (American) Combination of a name starting with Lo- (such as Loren) with Wayne. Among female bearers, there may also be cases where this name is a variant of Lorraine, likely brought about by rhotacism.
LucernefVarious (Rare) Possibly derived from the name of the city in Switzerland, itself from Latin lucius meaning "pike (a type of fish)" with the suffix -aria, denoting a place. It is popularly regarded to be associated with Latin lucerna meaning "lantern"... [more]
LucrecefEnglish (Rare), Literature English form of Lucretia, used by William Shakespeare in the poem The Rape of Lucrece (1594), about the legendary Roman maiden Lucretia.
LudemDutch 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.
LumefAlbanian Derived from either Albanian lumë "river" or from Albanian lume, a term referring to "powerful and beautiful mountain fairies".
LumideefEnglish (Rare) Meaning uncertain, possibly a contraction of Lumiana and Dee. This name is borne by American singer Lumidee Cedeño (1984-), simply known as Lumidee.
LumièremPopular Culture Means "light" in French. The name can be recalled from the character in the Disney animated movie "Beauty and the Beast" in which he is transformed into a candelabrum.
LuminefFrench Probably from the Latin "lumen," meaning light.
LummefEstonian Possibly derived from the illative singular form of lumi "snow".
LunettefFrench (Archaic), English (Archaic) Means "little moon" in Medieval French. It is derived from French lune "moon" combined with a diminutive suffix. So, in other words, one could say that this name is the diminutive form of Lune.
LunisefHaitian Creole Possibly an invented name based on the sounds found in names such as Lucie and Denise. A known bearer is Haitian singer Lunise Morse of the band RAM, the wife of musician Richard Auguste Morse.
Luolanxuef & mChinese From the Chinese characters 落岚雪, luo meaning to fall or drift gently, lan meaning mountain mist, and xue meaning snow.
LurlinefEnglish, Jamaican Patois, Theatre English poetic variant of Lorelei. William Vincent Wallace used it for the title character, a nymph of the Rhine River, in his opera Lurline (first performed 1860).
LutinefFolklore The name of a type of female imp in French folklore, by extension meaning "the tormentress", derived from nuiton (probably altered to resemble luitier "to fight"), from netun (influenced by nuit "night"), itself ultimately from Neptune.
LütjemLow German (Rare, Archaic) Low German diminutive of Lude. It phonetically coincides with Low German lüttje "small; little" and Lüttje "the small one; the little one".
LuzernefVarious (Rare) Means "alfalfa" in French (species Medicago sativa). It is derived from Occitan lusèrna, first meaning "glowworm", then metaphorically meaning "alfalfa", due to the shiny appearance of the seeds of the plant, from old Occitan luzerna, meaning "lamp".
LycastefGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Λυκαστη (Lykaste), which might be related to Λύκαστος (Lykastos), the name of a town in the southern part of Crete. This was borne by several characters in Greek mythology, including a woman of Lemnos who slew her twin brother Cydimus.
LyckelemWest Frisian (Rare) West Frisian form of Nicolaas via the name Nyckele. This form came to be via a process called (consonant) assimilation, where the 'n' in the name assimilated with the following 'l'... [more]
LycklemWest Frisian (Rare) Shorter form or variant of Lyckele, which originated in late medieval times (as is evident by the archaic -ck- spelling), but is still in use to this day - albeit rarely... [more]
LykelemWest Frisian Modern spelling and form of Lyckele. A known bearer of this name was Lykele Faber (1919-2009), a Dutch (of Frisian descent) commando and radio operator during World War II.
LyklemWest Frisian Modern spelling and form of Lyckle. A known bearer of this name was Lykle Hogerzeil (1927-2011), a Dutch doctor who worked with people that suffered from leprosy.