American Submitted Names

American names are used in the United States. See also about American names.
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Kyndal f English
Variant of Kendall.
Kyndra f English (American)
Variant of Kendra. Also compare Kindra.
Kynleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Kinley.
Kynng m English (American)
Variant of King that was given to 8 boys in 2018.
Kynzee f English
Variant of Kenzie
Kynzi f English
Variant of Kenzie, most often used as a short form of Mackynzie and other variants with a y in the middle.
Kyon m English (Modern, Rare)
Likely a variant of Keone.
Kyp m English (Rare)
Variant of Kip.
Kyre m English (Modern, Rare)
Masculine form of Kyra.
Kyrei m English
Possibly a variant of Kyrie 1.
Kyrese m African American (Modern, Rare)
A modern invented name based on Tyrese.
Kyrian m & f English
Variant of Kyrion.
Kyriel f English
It derives from the same root of the name Karly, that means "free".
Kyrien m English (Rare)
Kyrien is a spelling variant of Kyrian, which itself is from Kyrion... [more]
Kyron m English (Modern)
Probably an invented name, combining the popular name element Ky (as in Kyle) with the yron suffix sound found in such names as Byron and Myron... [more]
Kyrone m African American (Rare)
Variant of Kyron, perhaps blending it with Tyrone.
Kyrra f English
Variant spelling of Kira 2.
Kyrstin f English
Variant of Kirsten.
Kysen m American (Modern)
Likely a variant of Kyson.
Kyshawn m African American
Combination of the popular phonetic prefix Ky- and the name Shawn.
Kyte m English (Rare)
Transferred usage of the surname Kyte.
Kyvon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements ky and von, probably modelled on Kevin.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Lachelle f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and Chelle.
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.
Lackie f American (Archaic)
Early American diminutive of Elizabeth, Adelaide, Eulalia, or other names containing an L.
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.
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.
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.
Ladd m English
English name meaning "manservant, young man".
Ladeana f English (American)
Feminine form of Dean with french prefix "La".
Ladell m English (American)
Prefix "La-" in front of Dell. Best known bearer may be American football coach and player Ladell Betts.
LaDon m & f English (American)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Don.
Ladoris f African American
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Doris.
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.
Laelle f English (Rare)
Strictly feminine form of Lael, perhaps influenced by the French Laëlle.
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).
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]
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.
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]
Laiken f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Laken.
Laiklynn f English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Laiklyn. Laiklynn was given to 25 girls in 2018 according to the SSA.
Lailah f English
Variant of Layla.
Laily f English
Diminutive of Laila 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
Lakeys m African American (Rare)
Possibly a masculine form of Lakeisha, influenced by the spelling of the English word keys.
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.
Lakota f & m English (Modern)
Means "alliance of friends, the allies" or "feeling affection, friendly, united, allied" in the Lakota language.
Lakyne f English
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.
Lalea f African American
Combination of Lea and the prefix La. It also coincides with the Romanian word lalea meaning "tulip".
Lamaia f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La combined with the name Maia 1.
Lamanya f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with Manya.
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.
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.
Lamaya f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Maya 2.
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.
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.
Lancaster m American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Lancaster.
Lancie f English (Modern)
Feminine version of "Lance".