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Livø f NorwegianNorwegian dialectal variant form of
Live found in Nord-Gudbrandsdalen.
Liwang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
旺 (wàng) meaning "prosper, prosperous".
Liwei m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 利
(lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" or 力
(lì) meaning "power, capability, influence" combined with 伟
(wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary", 维
(wéi) meaning "tie, fasten, preserve, maintain" or 微
(wēi) meaning "small"... [
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Liwen f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 俪
(lì) meaning "husband and wife, couple", 立
(lì) meaning "stand, establish", or 利
(lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" combined with 文
(wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing"... [
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Liwliwa f IlocanoMeans "inspiration, delight" or "consolation, comfort, solace" in Ilocano.
Lixian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
贤 (xián) meaning "virtuous, worthy, good".
Lixiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" or
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
祥 (xiáng) meaning "good luck, good omen, happiness".
Lixiao f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
骊 (lí) meaning "pure black horse" and
晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, clear".
Lixin m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 立
(lì) meaning "stand, establish", 莉
(lì) meaning "white jasmine" or 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 欣
(xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 新
(xīn) meaning "fresh, new"... [
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Lixu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
旭 (xù) meaning "rising sun, brilliant, radiance".
Lixuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
渲 (xuàn) meaning "add repeated washes of colour".
Lixun f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
勋 (xūn) meaning "meritorious deeds, merits".
Liyabona f & m XhosaMeans "it sees" or "you see" in Xhosa, sometimes taken from the phrase
liyabona igama le Nkosi meaning "the name of the eye of God".
Liyana f MalayDerived from Arabic لَيِّن
(layyin) meaning "soft, tender, delicate".
Liyana f MordvinPossibly derived from Erzya лияназ
(liyanaz) meaning "flax" (genus Linum). Alternatively it may mean "different, other".
Liyao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" or
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
谣 (yáo) meaning "folksong, ballad" or
姚 (yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".
Liyema f & m XhosaMeans "to stop" or "to stand, to be standing" in Xhosa, often taken from the phrase
liyema ikhaya "the home is standing" to indicate stability in the family.
Li-yin f ChineseFrom Chinese 理 (
lǐ) meaning "reason, logic" and 荫 (
yīn) meaning "shade, shelter, protect", as well as other Chinese characters pronounced similarly.
Liying f ChineseFrom Chinese 丽
(lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 荔
(lì) meaning "lychee" combined with 颖
(yǐng) meaning "clever, skillful, tip, ear of grain" or 英
(yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero"... [
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Liyou f ChineseFrom the Chinese
鹂 (lí) meaning "Chinese oriole" and
优 (yōu) meaning "superior, excellent".
Liyuan f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" and
元 (yuán) meaning "first, origin".
Liyuchun f ChineseFrom Chinese singer 李宇春, 宇 meaning universe and 春 meaning spring.
Lizhen f ChineseFrom the Chinese
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
祯 (zhēn) meaning "lucky, good omen, auspicious".
Lizhi f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
骊 (lí) meaning "pure black horse" and
智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, knowledge".
Lizhu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" or
莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" and
祝 (zhù) meaning "pray for happiness and blessings" or
珠 (zhū) meaning "bead, pearl, precious stone".
Lizi f ChineseFrom Chinese 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum", 莉 (lì) meaning "jasmine", 栗 (lì) meaning "chestnut", or 麗 (lì) meaning "pretty, beautiful, belle" combined with 子 (zǐ) meaning "child". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Lizika f SloveneOriginally a diminutive of
Liza, used as a given name in its own right.
Ljósbrá f Icelandic (Rare)Composed of Old Norse
ljós meaning "light of the sun, a burning light" and
brá meaning "eyelash".
Ljótgeirr f Old NorsePerhaps a combination of Old Norse
*ljótr "light" (or possibly
ljótr "ugly") and
geirr "spear". The name was found on a love note inscribed on a comb.
Lkhagva m & f MongolianMeans "Wednesday" or "Mercury (the planet)" in Mongolian.
Lkhagvagerel m & f MongolianFrom
лхавга (
lkhavga) meaning "Wednesday" or "Mercury (the planet)" in Mongolian and гэрэл (
gerel) meaning "light".
Lkhagvajav m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian лхагва
(lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" and жав
(jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Lkhagvamaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian лхагва
(lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday, Mercury (the planet)" and the feminine suffix маа
(maa).
Lkhagvasüren m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian лхагва
(lkhagva) meaning "Wednesday" or "Mercury (the planet)" and Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Lkhamdegd f MongolianFrom Tibetan ལྷ་མོ
(lha mo) meaning "goddess, fairy" (see
Lhamo) and Mongolian дэгд
(degd) meaning "gentian (flower)".
Llacolén f Mapuche (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.
Llanos f SpanishFrom the Marian title
Virgen de los Llanos, who's the Patron saint in many cities in Spain, particularly in the Southeast.... [
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Lledó f CatalanDerived from (Valencian) Catalan
lledó meaning "(Mediterranean) hackberry fruit", which is ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin
loto or
lotus, a word that was used to refer to at least two kinds of plants and one kind of tree.... [
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Llio f WelshOriginally a diminutive of
Gwenllian, now sometimes used independently. The 15th-century Welsh poet Dafydd Nanmor sang poems to a girl called Llio. It was revived in the early 20th century.
Llyan f LiteratureThe name of a giant cat in 'The Chronicles of Prydain' by Lloyd Alexander. Possibly a Welsh name.
Lobelia f LiteratureFrom the name of the flowering herb, which was named for the Belgian botanist Matthias de Lobel (1538-1616). It was used by the author J. R. R. Tolkien in his novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954), in which it belongs to the hobbit Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
Lobsang m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan བློ་བཟང
(blo-bzang) meaning "noble-minded, intelligent, learned".
Lộc m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 祿
(lộc) meaning "blessing, prosperity, bud".
Lochinoy f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
lochin meaning "falcon" and
oy meaning "moon".
Locika f FolkloreFrom 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.
Lodoletta f Italian, Italian (Tuscan), TheatreProbably coined by Pietro Mascagni for the titular character of his "dramma lirico" or lyric opera
Lodoletta (1917), which was based on the novel
Two Little Wooden Shoes by Marie Louise de la Ramée, (Ouida).... [
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Loelia f English (Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning, this name is said to be a variant of
Laelia (perhaps arising from a misreading of the ligature
æ as
œ). Alternatively, it may be a feminine form of
Loel... [
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Loet m & f ThaiMeans "excellent" in Thai.
Lofn f Old Norse, Norse Mythology, IcelandicMeans "the comforter; the mild". In Norse mythology this is the name of a goddess who receives permission from
Odin and
Frigg to bring together men and women whose marriage was previously forbidden.
Lofo m & f MalagasyMeans "courage, persistence" in Malagasy.
Logistilla f Arthurian CycleA sister of Morgan Le Fay, in Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, and probably one of the nine co-rulers of Avalon.
Lohizune f BasqueDerived from
Donibane Lohizune, the Basque name of a town in Southwestern France. The name itself is derived from Basque
lohi "mud", the suffix
-z "manner, according to; with, made of" and the suffix
une "place of".