Behind the Name: Exakhan's Personal Name List

Lyubov

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Любовь(Russian) Любов(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: lyuw-BOF(Russian)

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Derived from the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love".

Lunete

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arthurian Cycle

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

Form of Eluned used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes in his poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. In the poem she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who aids the knight Yvain.

Liùsaidh

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Scottish Gaelic

Pronounced: LYOO-si

Rating: 40% based on 2 votes

Scottish Gaelic form of Lucia or Louisa.

Linda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Germanic

Pronounced: LIN-də(English) LIN-da(German, Dutch, Czech) LEEN-da(Italian) LEEN-DA(French) LEEN-dah(Finnish) LEEN-daw(Hungarian)

Rating: 18% based on 4 votes

Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful". In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.

Leofflæd

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Rating: 27% based on 3 votes

Derived from the Old English elements leof "dear, beloved" and flæd, possibly meaning "beauty".