Girls' Names


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
La Don		see Ladonna
L'Pree	Unknown	The prize
Labhaoise (law-eeshe)	Gaelic	see Louise
Lacey (also Lacy)	Unknown	Place name
Lacie	Greek	Cheerful
Lachina	Scottish	Land of the lakes
Lacy		see Lacey
Ladonna (also La Don, Ladona)	Unknown (from Donna)	Lady
Laelia (also Lelia)	Latin	Unknown
Laerke	Danish	Lark
Laetitia		see Letitia
Lagina	Unknown (from Gina)	God is gracious
Lahela	Hawaiian (from Rachel)	Ewe
Laia (also Lali)	Catalan (from Eulalia)	Well spoken
Laila		see Leila
Lailani	Hawaiian	Heavenly fish
Laina	Unknown	Path
Lainey	Unknown (from Helen)	Torch
Lajuana	Unknown (from John)	God is gracious
Lakeesha	African American	see Letitia
Lakeisha	Unknown (from Keisha)	Gorgeous woman
Lakisha	Unknown (from Kisha)	Kitten
Lakshmi (also Laxmi)	Sanskrit	Mark
Lala	Slavic	Tulip
Lalage (also Lalla, Lallie, Lally)	Greek	To babble
Lalasa	Hindu	Love
Laleh		see Leila
Lalena		see Lena
Lali		see Laia
Lalita (also Lalit)	Sanskrit	Charming
Lalla/Lallie/Lally		see Lalage
Lamesha	Unknown	Unknown
Lamia	Unknown	Bright land
Lamya	Arabic	Beautiful dark lips
Lan	Vietnamese	Name of a flower
Lana	Unknown (from Alana)	O child
Lanai	Unknown	Terrace
Lanaya	Unknown	Lime tree
Lane (also Lanelle)	English	Narrow road
Lani	Hawaiian	Noble woman
Laocadia	Portuguese	see Leocadia
Laoise (lee-sha)	Gaelic	Radiant girl
Laqueenie (also Laquenna)	Unknown (from Queenie)	Wife
Laqueta	Unknown	The quiet one
Lara		see Larissa
Laraine/Laree		see Lorraine
Lareyna (also Lareina)	Spanish	The Queen
Lari/Larie		see Laura
Larina	Latin	Seagull
Larissa (also Lara, Larisa)	Greek	Citadel
Lark	English	Songbird
Laryn		see Laura
Lasair (loss-ir)	Gaelic	Flame
Lasairiona (loss-ir-ina) (also Lasairfhiona, Lassarina)	Gaelic	Fire of wine
Lasca		see Laskar
Lashanda (also Lawanda)	Unknown (from Joan)	God is gracious
Laskar (also Lasca)	Arabic	Army
Lassarina (loss-arena)	Gaelic	see Lasairiona
Lassie	Scottish	Young girl
Lata	Sanskrit	A creeping plant
Latanya	Unknown (from Tanya)	Unknown
Latasha	Unknown (from Tasdha)	Christmas Day
Lateefah (also Lateefa, Latifa, Latifah)	Arabic	Gentle, kind
Latika	Hindu	Elegant
Latisha		see Letitia
Latona	Latin	Goddess
Latonya (also Latoya, Letoya)	Unknown (from Antonia)	Priceless
Laudomia	Italian	Praise to the house
Laura (also Lari, Larie, Laryn, Laure, Laureen, Laurel, Laurelle, Lauren, Laurencia, Laurene, Laurentia, Laurentine, Lauressa, Laurette, Lauri, Laurie, Laurinda, Laurissa, Laurita, Lauryn, Lawrie, Llora, Lora, Lore, Loreen, Lorelle, Loren, Lorena, Lorene, Lorenza, Loretta, Lorette, Lori, Lorie, Lorin, Lorinda, Loris, Lorita, Lorretta, Lorri, Lorrie, Lorrin, Lory, Loura, Lourine)	Latin	Laurel
Lauraine		see Lorraine
Laure/Laureen		see Laura
Laurel/Laurelle		see Laura
Lauren/Laurencia/Laurene/Laurentia		see Laura
Laurentine/Lauressa/Laurette		see Laura
Lauri/Laurie/Laurinda/Laurissa		see Laura
Laurita/Lauryn		see Laura
Lavaun	Hebrew	White
Laveda	Latin	Innocent one
Lavena		see Lavinia
Laverna (also Lavern, Laverne)	Latin	Unknown
Lavey	Unknown (from Levi)	To feel affection for
Lavinia (also Lavena, Lavina, Luvenia, Luvinia)	Latin	Unknown
Lavonne (also Lavone)	Unknown (from Yvonne)	Young archer
Lawahiz	Arabic	Glances
Lawanda		see Lashanda
Lawrie		see Laura
Laxmi		see Lakshmi
Layla	Arabic	Wine
Layne	English	Narrow road
Le	Vietnamese	Pearl
Lea		see Lee
Leabharcham (lowr-cham)	Gaelic	Slender
Leaerialle	Unknown	Combination of Lea and Aerial
Leah (also Leia, Leigha, Lia)	Hebrew Assyrian	Weary Ruler
Leala (also Leal)	French	Loyal one
Lean (lay-an)/Leana	Gaelic	see Lena
Leandra	Greek	Like a lion
Leanne (also Leane, Leann, Leanna, Leeann, Leeanne)	Anglo Saxon	Combination of Lee and Anne
Leanora		see Lenore
Learbhean (lar-van)	Gaelic	Lady of the sea
Leata	Unknown	Unknown
Leatitia		see Letitia
Leatrice	Unknown	Combination of Leah and Beatrice
Leba	Hebrew	Beloved
Lecea	Unknown (from Alice)	Truthful
Lechelsea	Unknown	Combination of Le and Chelsea
Lecia		see Letititia
Leda	Greek	Woman
Ledah	Hebrew	Birth
Ledell	Unknown	Spartan queen
Lee (also Lea, Leigh)	Old English	Meadow
Leeann/Leeanne		see Leanne
Leeba	Yiddish	Beloved
Leela	Sanskrit	Play
Leena	Unknown	Illumination
Leesa		see Liz
Lehana	Unknown	One who refuses
Leia		see Leah
Leigh		see Lee
Leigha		see Leah
Leighanna	Unknown	Combination of Leigh and Anna
Leighton	Old English	Leek garden
Leiko	Japanese	Arrogant
Leila (also Laila, Laleh, Leilah, Lela, Lila)	Arabic	Night
Leilani	Hawaiian	Heavenly flowers
Leimomi	Hawaiian	Wreath of pearls
Lekey	Unknown	Unknown
Lela	Unknown	Lofty
Lelia		see Laelia
Lempi	Finnish	Love
Lemuela	Hebrew	Dedicated to God
Lena (also Lalena, Lean, Leana, Leneva, Leni, Lenka)	Scandinavian (from Helen)	Torch
Lenda	Unknown (from Leonard)	Brave as a lion
Lene	Scandinavian	Illustrious
Leneva/Leni		see Lena
Lenita	Latin	Gentle
Lenis	Latin	Mild
Lenka		see Lena
Lenore (also Leanora, Lenna, Lenora, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Leora)	Unknown (from Eleanor)	Light
Lente	Unknown	Spring
Leocadia (also Laocadia, Leokadia)	Greek	Bright, clear
Leola (also Leoma, Leona, Leone, Leoni, Leonie, Leonne, Leontina, Leontine, Leontyne)	Latin	Lion
Leonor		see Lenore
Leonora	Italian	see Lenore
Leonore	Germanic	see Lenore
Leontina		see Leola
Leontine	French	see Leola
Leontyne		see Leola
Leora		see Lenore
Leota	Germanic Native American	Of the people Wildflowers
Lesa		see Liz
Lesha	English	Exalted nature
Lesia		see Lexa
Leslie (also Lesley, Lesly, Lessie)	Old English	Meadow land
Less	Old English	From Leicester
Lessie		see Leslie
Leta	Latin	Glad
Letha	Unknown (from Aletha)	Truthful one
Letitia (also Lakeesha, Latisha, Leatitia, Lecia, Leticia, Letizia, Lettice,Letticia, Lettie, Letty)	Latin	Joy
Leto	Greek	Unknown
Letoya		see Latonya
Lettice/Letticia/Lettie/Letty		see Letitia
Levana	Latin	Rising sun
Levia	Hebrew	Combine forces
Levina	Latin	Lightning bolt
Lewa	African	Beautiful
Lewana/Lewella		see Llewella
Lexa (also Lesia, Lexi, Lexia, Lexie, Lexine, Lexiss, Lexus, Lexy)	Greek (from Alexandra)	Protector of mankind
Leya	Spanish	The law
Leyva	Unknown	Unknown
Li	Chinese	Strength
Lia (lee-ah)	Gaelic	see Leah
Liadan (lia-din)	Gaelic	Grey lady
Liamhain (lia-vin)	Gaelic	Comely
Lian	Unknown	Graceful as a willow
Liana (also Liane, Lianne)	Unknown (from Eliana)	Sun
Liban (lee-ban)	Gaelic	Beauty of women
Libania	Russian	Love
Libba/Libby		see Liz
Liberty (also Liboria)	English	Freedom
Lida	Czech	see Lydia
Liddy		see Lydia
Lidia/Lidiya		see Lydia
Lien	Chinese	Lotus
Liesa/Liese/Liesel	Germanic	see Liz
Lieselotte (also Lilo, Lisalotte, Lizolet)	Unknown	Combination of Liesel and Charlotte
Liesl		see Liz
Life (lif-ee)	Gaelic	Unknown
Liisa		see Liz
Lil		see Lily
Lila		see Leila
Lilac	English	Purple
Lilah		see Lily
Lilavati	Sanskrit	Free will of God
Lile (lee-le)	Gaelic	see Lily
Lilea		see Lily
Lileas	Scottish	see Lily
Lilia/Lilian		see Lily
Liliana/Lilias/Liliauna		see Lily
Liliha	Unknown	Angry disregard
Lilith	Assyrian	Of the night
Lilli/Lillian/Lillias		see Lily
Lillie/Lillion/Lilly		see Lily
Lilo		see Leiselotte
Lily (also Lil, Lilah, Lile, Lilea, Lileas, Lilia, Lilian, Liliana, Lilias, Liliauna, Lilli, Lillian, Lillias, Lillie, Lillion, Lilly)	English	Lily
Lim		see Lin
Limber	African	Joy
Lin (also Lim)	Chinese	Forest
Lina	Arabic	Palm tree
Linda (also Lindy, Linnie, Lynda, Lyndel, Lyndi)	Spanish	Beautiful
Linden	Old English	Lime tree
Lindsay (also Lindsey, Lindsie, Linsay, Linzi, Lyndsay, Lyndsea, Lyndsey, Lynsey)	Old English	Lincoln's wetland
Lindy		see Linda
Linette		see Lynn
Ling	Chinese	Lovely
Linh	Vietnamese	Spring
Linna		see Lynn
Linnea (also Linnaea)	Swedish	Twin flower
Linnet/Linnette		see Lynn
Linnie		see Linda
Linsay/Linzi		see Lindsay
Liona	Unknown	Lioness
Lior	Hebrew	My light
Liouba		see Lyubov
Lirit	Hebrew	Musical grace
Lis/Lisa		see Liz
Lisandra		Combination of Lisa and Alexandra
Lisanne		Combination of Lisa and Anne
Lisabet/Lisbet/Lisbeth		see Liz
Lisalotte		see Lieselotte
Lise/Lisette		see Liz
Lisha	Unknown (from Alice)	Truthful
Lisimba	Unknown	Lion
Lisle	Unknown	Of the island
Lissa	Unknown (from Melissa)	Bee
Lita	Unknown	Unknown
Liv	Old Norse	Protection
Livana	Unknown	Lunar
Livia (also Livi, Livvy, Livy)	Latin (from Olivia)	Olive tree
Lixue	Unknown	Beautiful snow
Liz (also Leesa, Lesa, Libba, Libby, Liesa, Liese, Liesel, Liesl, Liisa, Lis, Lisa, Lisabet, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Lise, Lisette, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizett, Lizzie, Lizzy, Lysa, Lysette)	Hebrew (from Elizabeth)	Oath of God
Lizina	Unknown	Suave
Lizolet		see Lieselotte
Lizzie/Lizzy		see Liz
Lleulu	Welsh	see Lucy
Llewella (also Lewana, Lewella)	Unknown (from Llewelyn)	Shining one
Llora	Catalan	see Laura
Loch (lowch) (also Luach)	Gaelic	Radiant
Logan	Scottish	Little hollow
Lois	Greek	More desirable
Lokelani	Hawaiian	Small red rose
Lola (also Lolita, Lolocia)	Unknown (from Dolores)	Sorrows
Lolly	Gaelic (from Sarah)	Princess
Lolcia		see Lola
Lolonyo	Unknown	Love is beautiful
Lolovivi	Unknown	Love is sweet
Lolymiya	Unknown	Beautiful pain
Lona (also Lonni)	English	Alone
Lone	Unknown (from Apollonia)	Destroy
Lonna	English	A distant place
Lonni		see Lona
Lora		see Laura
Loraine/Lorainne/Lorayne		see Lorraine
Lore	Germanic	see Laura
Loreen		see Laura
Lorelei (also Lure)	Teutonic	Cliff of ambush
Lorelle/Loren/Lorena/Lorene		see Laura
Lorenza	Italian	see Laura
Loreto	Italian	Place name
Loretta/Lorette		see Laura
Lori/Lorie		see Laura
Lorin/Lorinda		see Laura
Loris/Lorita		see Laura
Lorna	Scottish	Place name
Lorraine (also Laraine, Laree, Lauraine, Loraine, Lorainne, Lorayne)	French	Kingdom of Lothair
Lorretta		see Laura
Lorri/Lorrie/Lorrin/Lory		see Laura
Lottie (also Lotta, Lotte)	Unknown (from Charlotte)	Petite
Lotus	Greek	flower
Louanna		Combination of Lou and Anna
Louella (also Luella)		Combination of Lou and Ella
Louise (also Labhaoise, Lou, Louisa, Louiza, Lovisa, Lovise, Ludovica, Luisa, Luise, Lujza, Lulu)	Teutonic	Famous warrior
Loura		see Laura
Lourana	Unknown	Combination of Laura and Ana
Lourdes (also Lurdes)	French	Place name
Lourine		see Laura
Love (also Lovey, Lovie)	English	Love
Lovette	Unknown	Little loved one
Lovey/Lovie		see Love
Lovisa/Lovise		see Louise
Luach	Gaelic	see Loch
Luana (also Luann, Luanna, Luanne)		Combination of Lou and Ana
Lubna	Arabic	Storax tree
Luce (also Lucasta)	French (from Luke)	Of Luciana
Lucerne/Lucetta		see Lucy
Lucia/Luciana/Lucie/Lucienne		see Lucy
Lucile/Lucilla/Lucille		see Lucy
Lucina	Latin	Grove
Lucinda/Lucinde/Lucine		see Lucy
Lucretia (also Lucrece, Lucrezia)	Latin	Unknown
Lucy (also Lleulu, Lucerne, Lucetta, Lucia, Luciana, Lucie, Lucienne, Lucile, Lucilla, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucinde, Lucine, Lucza)	Latin	Light
Ludema	Unknown	Unknown
Ludmila (also Ludmilla, Lyudmyla)	Russian	Favour of the people
Ludovica		see Louise
Luella		see Louella
Luisa		see Louise
Luise	Germanic	see Louise
Luitgard (also Lutgard, Lutgardis)	Teutonic	People's enclosure
Lujayn	Arabic	Silver
Lujza	Hungarian	see Louise
Luksa	Esperanto	Luxurious
Lula	Unknown (from Talulla)	Lady of abundance
Lulu		see Louise
Lumusi	African	Born face down
Luna	Latin	The moon
Luned (also Lunete, Lunette)	Welsh	Shape
Lupe (also Lupita)	Unknown (from Guadalupe)	River of the wolf
Lurdes	Spanish	see Lourdes
Lure		see Lorelei
Lutgard/Lutgardis		see Luitgard
Luvenia/Luvinia		see Lavinia
Luz (also Luzia)	Spanish	Light
Ly	French	Island
Lyannie	Unknown (from Anna)	Gracious
Lyda		see Lydia
Lydette	Unknown (from Ondette)	Follow your dreams
Lydia (also Lida, Liddy, Lidia, Lidiya, Lyda, Lydie)	Greek	Of Lydia
Lyn		see Lynn
Lynae	Unknown	Unknown
Lynda/Lyndel		see Linda
Lynelle/Lynette		see Lynn
Lyndi		see Linda
Lynley	Unknown	Meadow near the brook
Lyndsay/Lyndsea/Lyndsey		see Lindsay
Lynn (also Linette, Linna, Linnet, Linnette, Lyn, Lynelle, Lynette, Lynna, Lynne, Lynnea, Lynnette)	Old English	Cascade
Lynsey		see Lindsay
Lyra	Greek	Constellation
Lyre (also Lyris)	Old English	A fork in the river
Lysa		see Liz
Lysandra	Greek	Liberator
Lysette		see Liz
Lyssa	Unknown (from Alyssa)	Truthful
Lyubov (also Liouba, Lyuba)	Russian	Love
Lyudmyla	Ukrainian	see Ludmila