American Submitted Names

Kyslee f English

Kyte m English (Rare)
Transferred usage of the surname Kyte.

Kytha f American (Modern, Rare)

Kyuss m English (Rare)

Kyvon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements ky and von, probably modelled on Kevin.

Kyza f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaiser.

Kyzer m English (American)
English alternate spelling of Kaiser.

La f & m African American
Shortening of African American names that start with la, such as Latasha and Latanya for females and LaShawn and Lashay for males... [more]

Laadrian m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Adrian.

Laafrica f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Africa 1.

La'andre m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix La and Andre (perhaps inspired by the similar Léandre).

Laava f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Ava 1.

Laavery m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Avery.

Labeena f English
Not available

Labella f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Labelle.

Labelle f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Labelle or a combination of the prefix -la and the name Belle.

Laberta f English
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Berta, possibly modelled on Alberta... [more]

Labertha f African American, English
Combination of the prefix La and the name Bertha.

Labeth f English (Americanized, ?)

LaBonna f English (American, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Bonnie. Also compare Bonna, LaDonna.

Labradford m English (American, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the phonetic element la with the name Bradford.

Labrenda f African American
Combination of the popular name suffix La- and the name Brenda, typically stylized as LaBrenda in the vein of other, similar names.

Labrian m African American
A combination of the prefix La with the name Brian.

LaBron m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of LeBron.

Labruce m African American
Combination of the prefix la and the name Bruce.

Laca f American (Modern, Rare)
Likely a transferred use of the surname Laca.

LaCara f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la and Cara, probably modelled on Toccara.

Lace f English (American, Rare)
Either a transferred use of the surname Lace or directly from the English word lace.

Lacee f English
Variant of Lacy

Lacel m African American

Lacelia f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Celia.

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

Lachanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lashonda.

Lachandra f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lashondra.

Lachante f African American (Modern, Rare)
Unaccented version of Lachanté.

Lachanté f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix la- and the given name Chanté.

Lacharla f African American
Combination of the popular name prefix La and diminutive Charla.

LaCharles m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix la- and the given name Charles.

Lachele f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lachelle.

Lachell f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lachelle.

Lachelle f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and Chelle.

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

Lacherne f English

Lachita f English (American)

Lachlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Lachlan.

Lachrisha f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lucretia, influenced by Chris.

Lachuné f African American
It's the female form of the African-american name LaShaun, composed by the suffix -la and the name Shaun, which means "God is merciful".

Lachy m English
Diminutive of Lachlan.

Lacina f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Laci 2.

Lacinda f English (American), African American
Variant of Lucinda.

Lackie f American (Archaic)
Early American diminutive of Elizabeth, Adelaide, Eulalia, or other names containing an L.

Laclea f African American (Rare)
Variant of Clea.

Lacole f African American (Modern, Rare)
Blend of the popular prefix la with the name Nicole.

Laconia f African American
Variant of Laconya, which may be an invented name modelled after LaTonya and LaSonya. It also coincides with ancient Greek place name (see Laconia).

Lacorey f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Corey.

Lacoya f African American

Lacreasha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacrecia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacreesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacreisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia, influenced by Lakeisha.

Lacresha f African American
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacreshia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacresia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacretia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacricia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacrisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lacrissia f American (Rare)

LaDaniel m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Daniel.

Ladar m English (American)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]

Ladarian m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La- with the name Darian.

LaDarius m African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Darius.

LaDarrius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of LaDarius.

Ladasha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Dasha, probably modelled on Latasha.

Ladawn f African American (Modern)
Variant of LaDonna influenced by Dawn.

Ladawna f African American
Variant of LaDonna.

Ladd m English
English name meaning "manservant, young man".

Laddie m English (Rare, Archaic)

Ladeana f English (American)
Feminine form of Dean with french prefix "La".

Ladeena f American (Modern, Rare)

Ladelia f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Lodelia.

Ladell m English (American)
Prefix "La-" in front of Dell. Best known bearer may be American football coach and player Ladell Betts.

Ladema f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Lodema.

Laden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layden coinciding with the surname Laden.

Ladoïska f Louisiana Creole, Picard, French (Acadian), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Lodoïska.

LaDon m & f English (American)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Don.

Ladonn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Ladonta m African American
Feminization of Ladontae.

Ladontae m African American

Ladora f English (American, Rare)
Contracted form of Leadora.

Ladoris f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Doris.

Ladoska f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Contracted form of Ladoïska.

Ladre m African American (Modern, Rare)
A combination of the popular prefix la and the name Dre.

Ladrea f African American (Rare)

Ladrena f African American (Modern, Rare)

Ladrienne f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Laduska f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Ladoska.

Laduskia f American (South, Archaic)
Elaboration of Laduska.

Ladusky f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Laduska.

Lady f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Adelaide.

Ladybird f American
Ladybird Johnson, former first lady of the United States.

Ladybug f American (Archaic)
Derived from the species of beetle of the same name.

LaDynasty f African American (Rare)
Combination of la and Dynasty.

Laela f Indonesian, English
Variant of Layla.

Laelle f English (Rare)
Strictly feminine form of Lael, perhaps influenced by the French Laëlle.

Laelynn f English (Modern, Rare)

Laester f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laesther.

Laesther f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Esther.

Lafate m English (American)
A short form, American English version of the French surname Lafayette.

Lafayette m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lafayette. In the US, it was first used in the late 1700s as a masculine given name in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the American War of Independence (who also left his name in a city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis).

Lafe m English (American, Rare)
Short form of Lafayette.

Lafe m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Leif.

Lafolette f American
Derived from the French surname La Follette (sometimes also written as LaFollette), which means "the madwoman", derived from French folle "madwoman" (which is etymologically related to the modern English word folly)... [more]

LaFonda f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Fonda. Also compare Lavonda and LaWanda... [more]

Lafonse m African American

LaFrance f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
A combination of the popular prefix la- with the name of the European country, France. It could possibly on occasion be transferred from the French surname, Lafrance.

Lagarius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the popular prefix la with the name Gary, modelled on LaDarius.

Lagayle f African American
Combination of the popular prefix La- and Gayle.

Lagenia f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Lugenia.

Laguardia m African American
Transferred use of the surname Laguardia.

Lahoma f English (American, Rare)
Possibly derived from a short form of the place name Oklahoma, which means "red people" from Choctaw okla "people" combined with humma "red" (see Oklahoma)... [more]

Laia f English (Modern)
Variant of Leia.

Laiani f English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)

Laianna f African American

Laiden m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laydon/Layden and Layton.

Laike m English (Modern)
Variant of Lake.

Laiken f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Laken.

Laiklyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lakelyn.

Laiklynn f English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laiklyn. Laiklynn was given to 25 girls in 2018 according to the SSA.

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

Lailaa f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layla.

Lailah f English
Variant of Layla.

Lailamarie f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Laila 1 and Marie.

Lailani f American (Modern)
Variant of Leilani.

Laily f English
Diminutive of Laila 1.

Lailyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Laina f English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of names ending in -laina, such as Alaina, Melaina.

Laini f & m English (Rare), Samoan (Rare)
As an English name, it is a variant of Lainie.

Lainia f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly an elaborated form of Laina.

Lainie f English (Rare)
Variant of Laney.

Lainy f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laney.

Laisha f African American (Rare), American (Hispanic, Modern), Spanish (Mexican), Dhivehi
Possibly a combination of the popular prefix la with the name Aisha. This is borne by the Mexican telenovela actress Laisha Wilkins (1976-).

Laithen m American (South, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Laithen.

Laititia f French (Acadian, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic), English (Archaic)

Laiton m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Layton.

Laityn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Newly created name that was possibly meant to be a variant of Leighton. Laityn was given to 19 girls in 2017 according to the SSA.

Laiya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Leia.

Laiyah f African American

Laizaire m Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Creole form of Lazare via Eliezer.

Laizare m Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Variant of Lazare.

Lajean f & m African American (Rare)
Combination of the perfix La- and the given name Jean 1 (Compare LaShawn, Lajuan and Lasean).

Lajeune f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname La Jeune or Lajeune.

Lajohn m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la- and the name John (Compare Lajuan and LaShawn).

Lajoize f African American
Combination of the prefix La- with a variant of Joyce.

Lajon m African American
Combination of popular prefix La- with the name Jon. This is the name of an African-American rock musician, Lajon Witherspoon.

Lajonel m African American

Lajoyce f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix la- and the name Joyce.

Lajuan m & f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix la- and the given name Juan 1. Possibly related to LaShawn.

Lajuana f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix la- and the name Juana, making it strictly the feminine form of Lajuan (See also Lajuanda and Lawana).

Lajuanda f African American
Variant of LaWanda, influenced by the spelling of the name Juan 1.

Lakayla f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix la and Kayla, likely inspired by Makayla. It can be spelled Lakayla or with a capitalized third letter as LaKayla... [more]

Lakeas m African American

Lakeeta f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakita.

Lakeishah f African American

Lakeita f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakita.

Lakeith m African American
Combination of the popular prefix La and Keith.

Lakeithia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Allegedly coined as a feminine form of Keith.

Lakeithian m & f African American
Elaboration of Keith using the prefix la and suffix ian.

Lakeland m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of surname Lakeland. Possibly a combination of Lake and Land.

Lakelee f English (American)

Lakelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Lake using the popular name suffix lyn.

Laken f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Lake. It became popular after a character named Laken Lockridge was introduced in the American soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984.

Lakendrick m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Kendrick with the popular prefix La-.

La'kenya f African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Kenya.

Lakenzia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La and Kenzia.

Lakenzise f African American (Modern, Rare)

Laketa f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakita.

Laketta f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lakita.

Lakeyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Lakeys m African American (Rare)
Possibly a masculine form of Lakeisha, influenced by the spelling of the English word keys.

Lakiesha f African American
Variant of Lakeisha.

Lakin f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Lakina f English (Rare)

Laking m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with King.

Lakira f African American
Combination of prefix La- with Kira 2.

Lakita f African American
Variant of Laquita.

Lakoda m & f American

Lakota f & m English (Modern)
Means "alliance of friends, the allies" or "feeling affection, friendly, united, allied" in the Lakota language.

Lakotah f English (Modern)
Variant of Lakota.

Lakreisha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia, influenced by Lakeisha.

Lakresha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lakreshia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lakretia f English (Rare)
Variant of Lucretia.

Lakrisha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Krisha.

Lakwanzaa f African American (Rare)
Laquan + Kwanzaa.

Lakyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Lakyne f English
Variant of Laken.

Lakynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laken.

Lala f Portuguese, Spanish, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Laura. As a Spanish name, it may also be used as a diminutive of Eulalia, Alejandra or Esmeralda.

Lalah f English (American)

Lalani f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Leilani.

Lalania f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Lalea f African American
Combination of Lea and the prefix La. It also coincides with the Romanian word lalea meaning "tulip".

Laleah f American

Laleia f American (Rare)

Lalita f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lolita.

Lallah f American (Rare, Archaic)

Lalula f English (Rare)

Lamaea f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lamaia, Lamaya

Lamai f African American
Variant of Lamay.

Lamaia f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Maia 1.

Lamaj m African American (Modern)
Jamal spelled backwards.

Lamanda m African American

Lamanya f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with Manya.

Lamara f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Lamar.

Lamarco m African American (Rare)
Blend of Lamar and Marco. Also compare Lamarcus and Demarco.

Lamarcus m African American
Combination of the popular prefix La and Marcus.

Lamari m & f African American
Combination of the phonetic elements la, mar and ee in the same fashion as Kamari and Jamari.

Lamaria f African American
Feminine version of Lamario or Lamar.

Lamarian m African American (Rare)
Variant of Lamarion.

Lamario m African American
Elaboration of Lamar, possibly influenced by Mario.

Lamarion m African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular phonetic prefix la and Marion 2.

Lamarr m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lamar.

Lamasnipes m English

Lamaya f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Maya 2.

Lamaye f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lamay.

Lamelo m American (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
It was made by a outspoken man in California

Lamichael m African American
Combination of the popular prefix La- with Michael.

Lamilia f English (American, Rare)
Of uncertain etymology.

Lamir m African American (Rare)
Variant of Lamar, possibly influenced by names such as Jamir.

Lamira f English (American), Literature, Theatre
This name was used (possibly invented) by Jacobean-era dramatist John Fletcher for characters in his plays The Honest Man's Fortune (c.1613) and The Little French Lawyer (1647). It does not appear to have been used in England; it came into use in the early United States, occurring as early as the 1780s in New York, perhaps influenced by the similar-sounding name Almira 1.

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

Lamona f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La and Mona 1.

Lamonte m African American (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Lamonte.

Lamonya f African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix La- and name Monya.

Lamoura f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Amoura.

Lamyra f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lamira.

Lanae f English (American, Rare)
Perhaps an elaborated form of Lana, or a combination of the popular phonetic elements la and nay, sharing a sound with other popular names such as Janae, Renae and Shanae.

Lanah f English
Variant of Lana.

Lanaiya f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lanaya f American (Modern, Rare)

Lanayah f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lancaster m American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Lancaster.

Lancelotte m English (Rare)
Variant of Lancelot.

Lancie f English (Modern)
Feminine version of "Lance".

Landan m English (Modern)
Variant of Landon.

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

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

Landie f & m English
Short form of Landon or Yolanda.

Landin m English (Modern)
Variant of Landon.

Landis m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Landis. According to the Social Security Administration, there were 26 boys named Landis in 2018.

Landree f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Landry.

Landrie f English (Modern)
Feminine form of Landry.

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

Landy m & f English (American, Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
Pet form of Landon and possibly also Landry.

Landynn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Landon.

Lanea f English (American)

Lanell f & m English (American)
Variant of Lanelle.

Lanelle f English (American)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Nelle. It can be spelled Lanelle or with a capitalized third letter as LaNelle.

Lanesha f African American
Variant of Lanisha.

Lanesia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Lanisha.

Lanesra f English (Modern, Rare)
Arsenal (a famous football club from London) spelled backwards.

Lanessa f American (Rare)

Lanetta f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Lynetta, or, more likely, a combination of the popular prefix La- with the name Netta 1.

Lanette f English
Variant of Lanetta.

Laneya f American (Modern, Rare)

Langford m English
Transferred use of surname Langford.

Langhorn m English
Transferred use of the surname Langhorn.

Langley f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Langley 1.

Laniah f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lanica f American (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Lanie f English
Variant of Laney.

Laniece f English (Australian, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements la and nees. It can be spelled Laniece or with a capitalized third letter as LaNiece.

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

Lanijah f African American (Rare)

Lanika f African American

Lanikai f Hawaiian, English (American)
means "heavenly sea"

Lanina f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Nina 1.

Lanise f African American
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix la and the name Denise. It can be spelled LaNise or Lanise.

Lanisha f African American
Combination of the phonetic elements la, nee and sha. A known bearer is American model LaNisha Cole (1982-).

Lanita f English (American)

Laniya f African American

Laniyah f American (Modern, Rare)
Modern coinage possibly based on Lana and the -iyah suffix found in names such as Aniyah, Kamiyah, Amiyah and Makiyah, or a combination of the popular name prefix la and Niyah.

Lanna f English, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Lannah f American
Variant of Lana.

Lanndon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Landon.

Lannetta f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Lanetta.

Lannette f English (Rare)
Variant of Lanette.

Lannie m & f English
Either a variant of Lanny or a diminutive of Alana.

Lannis m American
Uncertain meaning. Possibly related to Linus or Alanis or the surname Lantz.

Lanora f American (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Lenora using the popular name prefix La.

Lanore f English (Rare)
Variant of Lenore.

Lansing m English
Transferred use of the surname Lansing.

Lantana f English (Rare)
From the name of the plant.

Lantz m English (American, Rare)
Possibly a transferred use of the surname Lantz.

Lanya f English
Variant of Lana influenced by the spelling of Tanya.

Lanyah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lanyia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lanyiah f African American (Rare)
Variant of Laniyah.

Lanz m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Lanz. Lanz also was a maker of tractors, the most famous model being the Lanz Bulldog.

Laori f English (Rare)