Boys' Names: A


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Laban	Hebrew	White
Labhrainn	Scottish	see Laurence
Labhras (law-raws)	Gaelic	see Laurence
Labib	Arabic	Sensible
Lacey (also Lacy)	Unknown	Place name
Lachlan (also Lachie, Lochlainn, Lochlann, Lockie)	Scottish	Land of the lakes
Lachtna (locht-na)	Gaelic	Milk coloured
Lacy		see Lacey
Ladan	Hebrew	Unknown
Ladd	English	Attendant
Laddie	Scottish	Boy
Ladislao (also Ladislas, Ladislaus, Laszlo)	Italian (from Vladislav)	Glorious ruler
Lael	Unknown	Of God
Lahad	Hebrew	Unknown
Lahoma	Native American	Red man
Laird	Scottish	Landowen
Laish	Hebrew	Unknown
Laisrean (loss-ran)	Gaelic	Flame
Lajos	Hungarian	see Ludwig
Lajuan	Unknown (from John)	God is gracious
Lake	English	Body of water
Lakin	Unknown	Discovered treasure
Lakshman (also Laxman)	Sanskrit	Lucky marks
Lal	Sanskrit	To caress
Lalo (also Lale, Lulli)	Latin	To sing a lullaby
Lamanuel	Unknown (from Emmanuel)	God is with us
Lamar	Old German	Famous
Lambert (also Lammert, Lamprecht)	Teutonic	Bright land
Lamech	Hebrew	To make low
Lamis	Arabic	Soft
Lammert	Dutch	see Lambert
Lamond	French	World
Lamont	Old Norse	Law giver
Lamprecht	Germanic	see Lambert
Lancelot (also Lance, Lanz, Lanza, Lanzo, Launce)	Celtic	Unknown
Landen		see Landon
Lander	Greek	Lion man
Landers/Landis		see Landry
Landon (also Landen)	Old English	Long hill
Landry (also Landers, Landis)	Anglo Saxon	Ruler of the place
Lane	English	Narrow street
Lanford (also Lanny)	Old English	Long ford
Lang (also Langer)	Scandinavian	Tall man
Langdon	Old English	Long hill
Langer		see Lang
Lagley	Old English	Long meadow
Langston (also Lankston)	Old English	Long town
Langundo	Native American	Peaceful
Lanier	Unknown	Unknown
Lankston		see Langston
Lanny		see Lanford
Lanty		see Leachlainn
Lanz	Italian	see Lancelot
Lanza/Lanzo		see Lancelot
Laogh (lay-ugh)	Gaelic	Calf
Laoire (leer-a) (also Laoghaire, Leary)	Gaelic	Calf herd
Lap	Vietnamese	Independent
Lappidoth	Hebrew	Unknown
Laramie	French	Tears of love
Larkin		see Laurence
Laron	French	Thief
Larrie		see Laurence
Larrimore	French	Armourer
Larry		see Laurence
Lars	Scandinavian	see Laurence
Larue	French	Street
Larvall	Unknown	The well in the lowlands
Lasse/Lassi	Finnish	see Laurence
Laszlo	Hungarian	see Ladislao
Laterian		see Latimer
Latham	Unknown	A division
Lathrop	Unknown	Barn
Latif	Arabic	Gentle, kind
Latimer (also Laterian)	Anglo-French	Occupation name
Laughlin	Gaelic	Servant
Launce		see Lancelot
Launo	Finnish (from Nicholas)	Victory of the people
Laurence (also Labhrainn, Labhras, Larkin, Larrie, Larry, Lars, Lasse, Lassi, Laurens, Laurent, Lauri, Laurie, Lauro, Lavrenti, Lawrence, Lawrencia, Lawrie, Laz, Lenz, Llorenc, Loren, Lorencio, Lorencz, Lorenz, Lorenzo)	Latin	Laurel
La Valle	French	Valley
Laval	Unknown	Lord
Lave	Unknown	Lord
Lavi	Unknown	Lion
Lavonn (also Lavonne)	Unknown	Wood
Lavrenti		see Laurence
Lawler	Celtic	Softly spoken
Lawrence/Lawrencia/Lawrie		see Laurence
Lawson	Unknown	Son of Laurence
Laxman		see Lakshman
Layton (also Leighton, Leyton)	Old English	Leek garden
Laz		see Laurence
Lazarus (also Lazar, Lazare, Lazer, Lazzaro)	Hebrew (from Eliezar)	God is my helper
Lea		see Lee
Leachlainn (also Lanty)	Gaelic (from Mael Sechlainn)	Devotee of Saint Seachnall
Leander (also Leandre, Leandro)	Hebrew	Lion of a man
Leannan (lan-awn) (Lennan, Lennon)	Gaelic	Sweetheart
Lear	Germanic	Of the meadow
Learay	Unknown	Combination of Lea and Ray
Leary	Gaelic	see Laoire
Leavitt	Unknown	Baker
Leberecht	Germanic	Live rightly
Lecah	Hebrew	Unknown
Lech (also Leszek)	Slavic	Unknown
Ledarrius	Unknown	Combination of Le and Darrius
Lee (also Lea, Leigh)	Old English	Meadow
Leeto	Unknown	Journey
Leevy		see Leo
Lefteris	Unknown (from Eleftherios)	Freedom
Legend	English	Mythical story
Leggett	French	Delegate
Lei	Chinese	Thunder
Leif	Old Norse	Descendant
Leigh		see Lee
Leighton		see Layton
Leith	Gaelic	Broad
Lel	Unknown	Taker
Leland	Old English	Fallow land
Lemmy		see Lemuel
Lemoine	French	The monk
Lemuel (also Lemmy)	Hebrew	Devoted to God
Len/Lenard		see Leonard
Lencho	African	Lion
Lennan	Gaelic	see Leannan
Lennard/Lennart/Lennie		see Leonard
Lennon	Celtic	see Leannan
Lennor	English	Spring
Lennox (also Lenox)	Scottish	From the Levenach
Lenny		see Leonard
Lenox		see Lennox
Lensar	English	With his parents
Lenz		see Laurence
Leo (also Leevy, Leon, Leone, Loenidas, Leonius, Leonti, Leontius, Leonzio, Leos, Lev, Lew, Lionel, Lyov)	Latin	Lion
Leofric	Old English	Love power
Leofwine (also Lewin)	Old English	Loved friend
Leolin		see Llywelyn
Leon/Leone		see Leo
Leoncadio	Greek	Bright, clear
Leonard (also Len, Lenard, Lennard, Lennart, Lennie, Lenny, Leonardo, Leonhard)	Teutonic	Brave as a lion
Leonidas/Leonius		see Leo
Leonti	Russian	see Leo
Leontius		see Leo
Leonzal	Unknown	Lion's house
Leonzio	Italian	see Leo
Leopold (also Leopoldo, Luitpold)	Teutonic	Bold people
Leor	Hebrew	My light
Leos	Czech	see Leo
Leotas	Native American	Wildflowers
Lerato	Unknown	Love
Lerin	French	Peaceful
Leroi (also Leroy)	Old French	The king
Leron	Arabic	This song is mine
Leroy		see Leroi
Leslie (also Les, Lesley, Lesly)	Celtic	Residence name
Lester	Old English	From Leicester
Leszek		see Lech
Lev	Russian	see Leo
Leverett	Unknown	Young hare
Levi	Hebrew	To feel affection for
Levon	Unknown	Spice
Lew	Polish	see Leo
Lewin		see Leofwine
Lewis	English	see Ludwig
Lex (also Lexi)	Unknown (from Alexander)	Protector of mankind
Leyton		see Layton
Li	Chinese	Strength
Liadhnan (lee-an-awn)	Gaelic	Grey lad
Liam	Gaelic (from Willam)	Will helmet
Liang	Chinese	Good
Liberatore	Italian	Liberator
Liberius (also Libor, Liborio)	Latin	Free
Libni	Hebrew	Unknown
Lieber	Yiddish	Beloved
Likhi	Hebrew	Unknown
Liko	Hawaiian	Bud
Lin (also Lim)	Chinese	Forest
Lincoln (also Linc)	English	Lake colony
Lindberg	Germanic	Mountain where linden trees grow
Lindley	Old English	Pasture
Lindon		see Lyndon
Lindsay (also Lindsey, Lindsie, Linsay, Lyndsay, Lyndsey)	Old English	Lincoln's wetland
Linford	Old English	Flax ford
Linfred	Germanic	Peaceful
Linos		see Linus
Linsay		see Lindsay
Linton (also Lynton)	Old English	Flax town
Linu	Hindu	Lily
Linus (also Linos)	Greek	Flax
Linwood (also Lynwood)	Old English	Forest of streams
Lionel		see Leo
Lior	Hebrew	My light
Liron	Hebrew	My song
Lister	English	Dyer
Livius (also Livio)	Latin	Envious
Livvy	Unknown (from Oliver)	Elf army
Ljubomir	Croatian	see Lubomir
Lleu	Welsh	see Lugh
Llew	Welsh	Lion
Llewellyn/Llewelyn		see Llywelyn
Llorenc	Catalan	see Laurence
Lloyd (also Loyd)	Welsh	Grey
Lluc	Catalan	see Luke
Lluis	Catalan	see Ludwig
Llywelyn (also Leolin, Llewellyn, Llewelyn, Llywellyn)	Welsh	Shining one
Loba	Unknown	To talk
Lobo	Spanish	Wolf
Loch (lowch) (also Luach)	Gaelic	Radiant
Lochan	Sanskrit	The eye
Lochlainn/Lochlann	Gaelic	see Lachlan
Locke	Unknown	Forest
Lockie		see Lachlan
Lodewijk	Polish	see Ludwig
Lodovico	Italian	see Ludwig
Loe	Unknown	King
Logan	Scottish	Little hollow
Lok	Chinese	Happy
Loki	Indo-European Old Norse	To break God of mischief
Loman (also Lomman)	Gaelic	Bare
Lombard	Teutonic	Long beared
Lomman		see Loman
Lonan	Gaelic	Blackbird
Lonargan	Gaelic	see Lonegan
Lonato	Unknown	Flint stone
London	English	Place name
Lonegan (also Lonargan, Lonergan)	Gaelic	Bold and rough
Long	Chinese	Dragon
Lonnie (also Lonny)	Unknown (from Alonso)	Battle ready
Lonnit	Unknown	Imposter
Lonny		see Lonnie
Lono	Hawaiian	God of peace and farming
Lope	Spanish	see Loup
Lorand	Hungarian (from Roland)	Fame of the land
Lorccan (also Lorcan)	Gaelic	Fierce
Lord	English	Nobleman
Loren		see Laurence
Lorencio	Spanish	see Laurence
Lorencz	Hungarian	see Laurence
Lorenz	Germanic	see Laurence
Lorenzo	Italian	see Laurence
Lorimer	Unknown	Harness maker
Loring	Old German	Famous in war
Lorne (also Lorn)	Scottish	Place name
Lot	Hebrew	Veiled
Lotan	Hebrew	Unknown
Lothair (also Lothaire, Lothar, Lothario)	Teutonic	Famous army
Lou		see Ludwig
Loughlin	Unknown	Scandinavian
Louis	French	see Ludwig
Loup (also Lope)	Latin	Wolf
Lowell (also Lovel, Lovell)	French	Wolf cub
Loyd		see Lloyd
Luach	Gaelic	see Loch
Luam	Unknown	Peaceful
Lubomir (also Ljubomir)	Slavic	Great love
Luc	French	see Luke
Luca	Italian	see Luke
Lucas	Latin	see Luke
Luce		see Lucius
Lucian/Luciano/Lucien		see Lucius
Lucifer	Latin	Bringing light
Lucius (also Luce, Lucian, Luciano, Lucien, Lucio, Lucjan, Lucus)	Latin	Light
Lucky	English	Fortunate
Lucus		see Lucius
Lud	Hebrew	Unknown
Ludger	Germanic	see Luitger
Ludlow	Unknown	Mountain of Christ
Ludwig (also Lajos, Lewis, Lluis, Lodewijk, Lodovico, Lou, Louis, Ludo, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludiviko, Ludvig, Ludvik, Ludwik, Luigi,Luis, Lutz)	Teutonic	Famous warrior
Lugh (also Lleu, Lughaidh, Lughan, Lugus, Lui)	Gaelic	Brightness
Luigi	Italian	see Ludwig
Luis	Spanish	see Ludwig
Luitger (also Ludger)	Teutonic	Spear of the people
Luitpold	Teutonic	see Leopold
Luke (also Lluc, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Luka, Lukacz, Lukas, Lukene, Luukas)	Greek	Of Luciana
Lulli		see Lalo
Lundy	Unknown	By the island
Lunt	Scandinavian	From the grove
Lutfi	Arabic	Friendly
Luthando	Unknown	Love
Luther	Teutonic	Army of the people
Lutz		see Ludwig
Luukas	Finnish	see Luke
Lyall	Old Norse	Wolf
Lycurgus	Greek	Wolf's deed
Lyde	Unknown	Hill
Lyle	French	From the island
Lyman	English	Meadow
Lynch	Gaelic	Mariner
Lyndon (also Lindon, Lynde)	Old English	Lime tree hill
Lyndsay/Lyndsey		see Lindsay
Lynton		see Linton
Lynwood		see Linwood
Lyov		see Leo
Lysander	Greek	Liberator
Lysimachus	Greek	Liberated from battle