LecomDutch (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. 1968), a Dutch celebrity cosmetician, stylist, television host and writer.
LecraemAfrican 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.
LediciafAsturian, Galician Asturian and Galician form of Letitia. The name coincides with Galician ledicia "delight, joy".
LeelachfHebrew (Modern, Rare) Rare variant of Lilach. It's also means "from me to you", from the name Li 2 means "to me" and the female word lach means "to you".
LeodegrancemArthurian Cycle, Welsh Mythology King Leodegrance was Queen Guinevere's father from Arthurian mythology. "His earliest existing mention is in the Prose 'Lancelot', though he may be identical to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Leodegar."
LeofcwenfAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements leof "dear, beloved" and cwen "woman, wife; queen".
LeofrancomItalian Leofranco is a given first name combining two names Leo and Franco. The name is said to be derived from Italy and the name can be used around the world. Leofranco is said to translate to “Free Lion”
LeotychidasmAncient Greek Partial Attic Greek translation of the Doric Greek name Latychidas (also found written as Laotychidas), because it contains the Attic Greek noun λεώς (leos) meaning "the people" (see Leos) but retains the Doric Greek patronymic suffix ίδας (idas)... [more]
LeotychidesmAncient Greek Attic Greek form of the Doric Greek name Latychidas (also found written as Laotychidas), because it contains the Attic Greek noun λεώς (leos) meaning "the people" (see Leos) and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides), which is used in both Attic and Ionic Greek.... [more]
LeshachikhafSlavic Mythology The wife of Leshy. Her name is derived from the same root, ле́ший (leshiy) meaning "one from the forest", ultimately from лес (les) meaning "forest".
LeuciusmLate Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Leukios. This name was borne by a martyr and saint from the 3rd century AD and by Leucius Charinus, the author of the so-called "Leucian Acts".
LeucophryefGreek Mythology Likely derived from λευκός (leukos) meaning "white, bright" and an unknown second element.
LeucosiafGreek Mythology (Latinized) From Greek Λευκωσια (Leukosia), possibly derived from λευκος (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white" and οὐσία (ousia) "being" or "substance, essence". According to some writers, there were three Sirens: Leucosia, Parthenope and Ligeia.
LeucotheafGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Λευκοθέα (Leukothea) meaning "white goddess", derived from λευκός (leukos) "bright, clear, white" and θεός (theos) "god"... [more]
LeucothoëfGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Λευκοθόη (Leukothoê), derived from Greek λευκός (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white" and θοός (thoos) "swift, nimble". In Greek mythology, Leucothoe was the beloved of Helios and sister of Clytia.
LiancaofChinese From the Chinese 恋 (liàn) meaning "love, yearn for" and 草 (cǎo) meaning "grass".
LianchunfChinese From the Chinese 恋 (liàn) meaning "love, long for" and 春 (chūn) meaning "spring".
LiancifChinese From the Chinese 恋 (liàn) meaning "love, yearn for" and 辞 (cí) meaning "words, speech, expression".
Liangchunf & mChinese From the Chinese 亮 (liàng) meaning "bright, brilliant, radiant, enlightened" and 纯 (chún) meaning "pure, clean, simple".
Liath Luachraf & mIrish Mythology Means "gray of Luachair" in Irish. It was the name of two characters in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, which both appear in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn.
LiberacionfSpanish (Philippines, Rare) Derived from Spanish liberación meaning "liberation". This name was most commonly (though still very rarely) given in 1945, the year that the Philippines was liberated from Japanese occupation... [more]
Lịchm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 歷 (lịch) meaning "experience, undergo, surpass, exceed".
LichafSpanish Spanish diminutive of Alicia. A known bearer of this name was Argentine human rights activist Alicia "Licha" Zubasnabar de De la Cuadra (1915-2008).
LichaomChinese From 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum" and 超 (chāo) meaning "to jump, to leap over".
LicidamItalian (Archaic), Theatre Italian form of Lycidas. It is chiefly used in the opera libretto L'Olimpiade (1733), which was written by the Italian poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782).
LicinianmHistory English form of Licinianus. This was born by the Roman Usurper Julius Valens Licinianus, known in English as Licinian.
LicinianusmLate Roman Roman cognomen which was derived from Licinius. Known bearers of this name include the Roman author Granius Licinianus (2nd century AD) and the Roman usurper Julius Valens Licinianus (3rd century AD).
LiciniomItalian, Spanish, Galician Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Licinius. A known bearer of this name was the Italian composer Licinio Refice (1883-1954).
LiciniusmAncient Roman Roman nomen gentile which was derived from the Roman cognomen Licinus, which itself was derived from the Latin adjective licinus meaning "bent, turned upward, upturned"... [more]
LicinusmAncient Roman Cognomen derived from the Latin adjective licinus meaning "bent, turned upward, upturned". Also compare the Latin verb licinio meaning "to show through, to disclose".
LicoriciafMedieval Jewish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman This name was recorded in the Jewish community in medieval England. It was famously borne by Licoricia of Winchester who was one of the most prominent female bankers and one of the most notable English Jewish women of her time.... [more]
LieschenfGerman (Archaic) Nickname for names containing lis, lies, lise, liese or lisa such as Elisabeth. Not used as a full first name in Germany.
LigachfPictish, Old Irish, Old Celtic Of uncertain etymology. Name borne by the daughter of Máel Muire ingen Cináeda (died 913CE), a 9th century Pictish princess, and Flann Sinna (847-916CE), king of Mide and a High King of Ireland.
LingcaifChinese From Chinese 铃, 鈴 (líng) both meaning "bell, chime", 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade", or 灵, 靈 (líng) both meaning "spirit, soul" combined with 菜 (cài) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 财, 財 (cái) both meaning "wealth, fortune, money"... [more]
LingcaofChinese From the Chinese 灵 (líng) meaning "spirit, soul" and 草 (cǎo) meaning "grass".
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."
LlacolénfMapuche (Hispanicized) Allegedly derived from a Mapuche word meaning "calm, peace". According to tradition, this was the name of a daughter of Galvarino, a Mapuche warrior who died in 1557 in the four-year Arauco War (Araucanian War) in Chile.
LlúcinafCatalan Catalan form of Lucina, the goddess of childbirth in Roman mythology.
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]
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.
LocaiefFrench (Archaic), History Archaic French form of Leocadia (compare Norman Lliocadie). Spanish child saint Leocadia, the subject of an ancient and popular cultus in Toledo, was known in French as Léocadie or Locaie.
LocardiafAfrican (Rare), English (Rare) Locardia Ndandarika (1945-) is a Zimbabwean sculptor, the first woman in her country to take up stone carving professionally.
LochinoyfUzbek Derived from Uzbek lochin meaning "falcon" and oy meaning "moon".
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).
LocikafFolklore From the Czech word for the Lactuca plant (lettuce). This is the Czech name for Rapunzel (the fairy tale character). This isn't a personal name in Czech.
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.