LlyanfLiterature The name of a giant cat in 'The Chronicles of Prydain' by Lloyd Alexander. Possibly a Welsh name.
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]
Lo-AmmimBiblical Means "not my people", derived from Hebrew לֹא (lo) meaning "no, not" and עַם (ʿam) meaning "people, nation" combined with the suffix י (i) "my"... [more]
LoanafBreton, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern) Feminine form of Loan 1. This name saw a boost in popularity in 2001 thanks to Loana Petrucciani (1977-) when she appeared in the first season of Loft Story (the French adaptation of Big Brother).
LobeliafLiterature From 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.
LobomSpanish (Modern, Rare), Portuguese Spanish and Portuguese for wolf, receiving rare usage as a modern update of Lope, the archaic Spanish/Portuguese word for wolf and historically a very common name, as can be evidenced by the ubiquitous presence of the patronym: Lopez/Lopes... [more]
Lobsangm & fTibetan From Tibetan བློ་བཟང (blo-bzang) meaning "noble-minded, intelligent, learned".
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.
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]
LodolettafItalian, Italian (Tuscan), Theatre Probably 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).... [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".
LodromTibetan From Tibetan བློ་གྲོས (blo-gros) meaning "wisdom, understanding, intellect".
LoedertjefLiterature, Popular Culture Derived from Dutch loedertje, which is a diminutive of loeder, a Dutch term for a mean woman (a shrew or a harridan, if you will).... [more]
LoelmEnglish Transferred use of the surname Loel. See also Lowell. Known bearers of this name include British philanthropist Loel Guinness (b... [more]
LoeliafEnglish (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... [more]
LófimOld Norse Derived from an Old Norse byname meaning "palm of the hand, hollow of the hand".
LofnfOld Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Means "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.
LogimNorse Mythology, Icelandic Means "flame, blaze" in Old Norse. In Norse legend Logi was 'a handsome king of a land north of Norway. A descendant of giants, his name became Hálogi - "tall Logi" - the legendary source of the modern Hålogaland region of Norway… His daughters were Eisa and Eimyrja, names both meaning "embers", and his wife's name Glöd probably means "red-hot embers" - all suggestive that Logi is a personification and deity of fire' (K.M. Sheard, 2011).
LogicmEnglish (American, Rare) Derived from the English word logic, which is ultimately of Greek origin. There might also be cases where the name is derived from the surname Logic.... [more]
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".
LohraspmPersian, Persian Mythology, Literature Persian form of the Avestan compound name Aurvataspa or Arvataspa, which consists of Avestan aurva meaning "swift" and Avestan aspa meaning "horse". As such, the meaning of this name is basically "swift horse" or "one who has a swift horse".... [more]
LojmObscure (Rare, Archaic) Dialectal short form of Elochius found in an inscription on the altar of the St.-Ludwig chapel at Gehweiler (Wadern, Germany).
LojafSwedish, Finnish A famous bearer is Loja Saarinen (born Minna Carolina Louise Gesellius, 1879–1968), a Finnish-American textile artist, sculptor and wife of the architect Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950).
LokbráfIcelandic (Modern, Rare) Means "closed eyes" or "shut eye", from Old Norse loka "to close, to lock" and brá "eyelash". Alternatively, the first element could be derived from Loki... [more]
LokeshmIndian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu Means "lord of the world" from Sanskrit लोक (loka) meaning "world" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler". This is another name for the Hindu god Brahma.
LoknimMiwok Means "rain falls through the roof" in Miwok.
Lo-koutmYakama Brother of Yakima chieftain, Qualchan.
LokysmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the Lithuanian noun lokys meaning "bear". However, it should be noted that Lokys is also the name of a river in Lithuania, which is located in the county of Kaunas. As such, it is possible that in some cases, bearers of the given name Lokys were named after the river, rather than after the animal... [more]