LiubbertmGermanic Derived from Old High German liub (also found written as leub, see Goteleib) meaning "dear, beloved" combined with Old High German beraht meaning "bright".
LiubhartmGermanic Derived from Old High German liub (also found written as leub, see Goteleib) meaning "dear, beloved" combined with Gothic hardus or hard (hart in Old High German) "brave, hardy."
LiutbaldmGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with Old High German bald "bold, brave."
LiutbertmGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with Old High German beraht "bright."
LiutburgfGermanic The first element of this name is derived from Old High German liut "people." The second element is derived from Gothic bairgan (bergan in Old High German) "to keep, to save, to preserve", or from Old High German burg "fortress."
LiutfridmGermanic Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with Old High German fridu "peace."
Liyabonaf & mXhosa Means "it sees" or "you see" in Xhosa, sometimes taken from the phrase liyabona igama le Nkosi meaning "the name of the eye of God".
LiyuchunfChinese From Chinese singer 李宇春, 宇 meaning universe and 春 meaning spring.
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.
LleisionmMedieval Welsh Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Welsh llais "voice", a derivation from Welsh lleisiol "vocal" and a Welsh contraction of kyrie eleision, an Ecclesiastical Latin phrase from Ancient Greek Κύριε, ἐλέησον, "Lord, have mercy".
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]
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".
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]
LodoïskafTheatre, French (Rare), Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec, Archaic) Lodoïska is a French opéra comique (1791) by Luigi Cherubini. It was inspired by an episode from Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai’s novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and is considered one of the first Romantic operas... [more]
LodrisiomMedieval Italian Meaning uncertain. It is likely of Germanic origin, in which case the first element of the name is probably derived from Old German hlut meaning "famous, loud".
LǫgmaðrmAnglo-Scandinavian Taken directly from Norse lǫgmaðr meaning "lawyer" (ultimately a combination of lǫg "law, fate" and maðr "man, human, person"). Only used as a byname in Scandinavia, the name came into use as a personal name by Norse settlers on the British Isles... [more]
LohizunefBasque Derived 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".
LokelanifHawaiian From Hawaiian loke "rose" (which derives from English rose) and lani "heaven, sky". It was popular in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century.
LonginosmAncient Roman (Hellenized) Hellenized form of Longinus. This name was borne by a Greek literary critic and writer from the 1st century AD and also by a Greek rhetorician and critic from the 3rd century AD.
LongxiaofChinese From the Chinese 珑 (lóng) meaning "gem cut like a dragon" and 笑 (xiào) meaning "smile, laugh".
LongxingmChinese Means "happy dragon". From the elements "long" meaning "dragon" and "xing" meaning "happy, jovial".
Longyingf & mChinese From the Chinese 珑 (lóng) meaning "gem cut like a dragon" and 莺 (yīng) meaning "oriole, green finch" or 萤 (yíng) meaning "glow-worm".
LonkundomLingala Lonkundo is the mythical founder and culture hero of the Mongo Nkundo peoples of the Congo basin in DRC, Central Africa. He is one of the major characters in the Mongo-Nkundo mythology complex.
LuanlingfChinese From the Chinese 鸾 (luán), a mythological bird, or 銮 (luán) meaning "bells" and 翎 (líng) meaning "feather, wing" or 灵 (líng) meaning "spirit, soul".
LuanqingfChinese From the Chinese 娈 (luán) meaning "lovely, beautiful, docile" and 情 (qíng) meaning "affection, sentiment, emotion, love".
LuanshanfChinese From the Chinese 鸾 (luán), a mythological bird, and 珊 (shān) meaning "coral".
LuanxianfChinese From the Chinese 鸾 (luán), a mythological bird, and 贤 (xián) meaning "virtuous, worthy, good".
LuanyingfChinese From the Chinese 鸾 (luán), a mythological bird, and 莹 (yíng) meaning "luster of gems, bright, lustrous".
LubabalomXhosa Means "it is grace" or "grace of God" in Xhosa.
LubomysłmPolish Derived from Slavic lyub "love" combined with Polish myśl "thought" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic mysliti "to think").
LuboradzmPolish (Rare) From Slavic lubo "pleasant", "good-humoured", "beloved", "darling" and radz "to advise", formerly also "to care about", "to reck", "to care", "to look after", "to groom". Thus it could mean "someone who cares about those he loves".
ĽuboslavmSlovak Newer coinage derived from the Slavic name elements lyuby "love" and slava "glory".
LubosławmPolish Derived from Slavic lyub "love" combined with Slavic slav "glory".
LucebertmDutch (Rare) Derived from Lucebert, the pseudonym of the Dutch poet and painter Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924-1994).... [more]
LucecitafSpanish (Latin American) Diminutive of Luz, formed using the diminutive suffix -cita. A known bearer of this name is Luz Esther 'Lucecita' Benítez (1942-), a Puerto Rican singer.
LucentiomTheatre Possibly the Italian form of Lucentius. This was used by Shakespeare for one of the romantic male leads in his play 'The Taming of the Shrew' (1593).
LuciellafItalian (Rare) Variant form of both Lucella and Lucilla, which might possibly have been inspired by the Italian word cielo meaning "sky, heaven".
LuciferafLiterature Feminized form of Lucifer used by Edmund Spenser in his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belonged to the Queen of the House of Pride, whose counselors were the Seven Deadly Sins... [more]
LuciferomItalian (Rare) Italian form of Lucifer. Known bearers of this name include the Italian writer and poet Lucifero Martini (1916-2001) and the medieval Italian bishop Lucifero di Cagliari (known in English as Lucifer of Cagliari), who is venerated as a saint in Sardinia.
LucrețiumRomanian (Rare) Romanian form of Lucretius (see Lucretia). A notable bearer of this name was the Romanian communist politician Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (1900-1954).
LucullusmAncient Roman Roman cognomen which was derived from a diminutive (as -ullus is a Latin masculine diminutive suffix) of either the given name Lucius or of the Latin noun lucus meaning "grove" (see Lucina)... [more]