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Ladarius
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| Language of origin: | Unknown |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | maybe a combination of the syllable 'La' with the name 'Darius' |
| Variants: | Ladarius English (#728 in US popularity) |
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Lamar
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| Language of origin: | Unknown |
| Gender: | male |
| Variants: | Lamar English (#497 in US popularity) |
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Lamont
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| Language of origin: | Old Norse |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | lawgiver, lawyer |
| Info about origin: | from a Scottish family name which derives from a Old Norse job title for a lawgiver or a lawyer |
| Words: | lag=the law (Old Norse) ; madhr=the man (Old Norse) |
| Variants: | Lamont English (#634 in US popularity) |
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Landen
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| Language of origin: | Unknown |
| Gender: | male |
| Variants: | Landen English |
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Lando
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| Language of origin: | Old High German |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | short form of various names starting with the element 'land', like e.g. Landolf and Lambert |
| Words: | lant=the land, the homeland (Old High German) |
| Variants: | Lando German |
| | Lance English (#232 in US popularity) |
| | 1 variant more... |
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Landon
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | long hill |
| Info about origin: | from a family name deriving from a place name with the meaning 'long hill' |
| Words: | lang=long (Old English) ; dun=the hill, the dune (Old English) |
| Variants: | Landon English (#259 in US popularity) |
| | 1 variant more... |
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Lane
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | lane |
| Info about origin: | from a family name originally denoting somebody living near a lane |
| Words: | lane=the lane (Old English) |
| Variants: | Lane English (#397 in US popularity) |
| | Layne English (#819 in US popularity) |
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Laurence
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| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | See female form Laura |
| Female form: | Laura |
| Variants: | Laurence English |
| | Laurenz German |
| | Lenz German |
| | Lorenz German |
| | Larry English (#199 in US popularity) |
| | Lars Scandinavian |
| | Lasse Scandinavian |
| | Laurens Scandinavian, Dutch |
| | Laurent French |
| | Laurente Italian |
| | Laurenzo Italian |
| | Lauro Italian |
| | Lawrence English (#227 in US popularity) |
| | Loren English (#657 in US popularity) |
| | Lorenzo Italian, Spanish (#293 in US popularity) |
| | Loris Italian |
| | 11 variants more... |
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Lawley
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | from a family name probably deriving from a place name with the meaning 'Lafa's meadow' or 'Lafa's clearing' |
| | the name 'Lafa' maybe is Old Saxon, from 'laf' (survivor, remnant) |
| Words: | laf=the survisor, the remnant (Old Saxon) ; leah=the wood, the clearing, the meadow (Old English) |
| Variants: | Lawley English |
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Lazarus
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| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | God has helped |
| Info about origin: | 'Lazarus' is the Latin form of 'Lazaros', the Greek form of the Hebrew name 'Eleazar' |
| | 'Eleazar' or 'Eleasar' means 'God has helped' |
| | in the New Testament there is Lazarus as brother of Maria and Martha, and the Lazarus in the story of the beggar and the rich man |
| Words: | el=God, the powerful (Hebrew) ; azar=to help (Hebrew) |
| Variants: | Lazarus German |
| | Lazaro Spanish (#962 in US popularity) |
| | 5 variants more... |
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Lee
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | meadow |
| Info about origin: | from a family name deriving from a frequent place name meaning 'meadow' |
| Words: | leah=the wood, the clearing, the meadow (Old English) |
| Variants: | Lee English (#279 in US popularity) |
| | Leigh English |
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Leland
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | fallow land |
| Info about origin: | from a family name deriving from a kind of place name meaning 'fallow land' |
| Words: | laege=fallow (Old English) ; land=the land (Old English) |
| Variants: | Leland English (#722 in US popularity) |
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Leo
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| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | the lion |
| Info about origin: | derives from a late Latin cognomen |
| | also a short form of the names 'Leonhard' and 'Leopold' |
| | until now there were 13 popes with this name |
| Words: | leo=the lion (Latin) |
| Variants: | Leo German, English (#445 in US popularity) |
| | Leon German, English (#460 in US popularity) |
| | Leone Italian |
| | Leonel English (#590 in US popularity) |
| | Leonello Italian |
| | Lion English |
| | Lionel French, English (#826 in US popularity) |
| | Léon French |
| | Léonce French |
| | Lev Russian |
| | Lew Russian |
| | 2 variants more... |
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Leonhard
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| Language of origin: | Old High German |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | old Germanic two-element name |
| | known from Saint Leonard, a Frankish hermit (5th century AD) |
| Words: | lewo=the lion (Old High German) ; harti=brave, hardy (Old High German) |
| Variants: | Leonhard German, English |
| | Lienhard German |
| | Leen Dutch |
| | Lenny English |
| | Leonard English (#372 in US popularity) |
| | Leonardo Italian (#374 in US popularity) |
| | Lionardo Italian |
| | Léonard French |
| | 9 variants more... |
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Leroy
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| Language of origin: | French |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | from a French nickname 'le roi' meaning 'the king' |
| | it is not known why this nickname became a given name in English-speaking countries |
| | especially popular among African-Americans |
| Words: | roi=the king (French) |
| Variants: | Leroy English (#552 in US popularity) |
| | 2 variants more... |
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Leslie
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| Language of origin: | Old Irish |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | from a Scottish family name deriving from a place name, problably the name of the city 'Lesslyn' in Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| | the Gaelic name of the city might mean 'garden of hollies' |
| Words: | leas=the garden (Old Irish) ; cuileann=the holly (Old Irish) |
| Variants: | Leslie German, English (#732 in US popularity) |
| | 1 variant more... |
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Lester
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| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | use of a family name as a given name |
| | the family name denoted somebody from the city of Leicester in England |
| | the name of the city appears first in the 10th century AD as 'Ligora caester' |
| Words: | caester=the Roman fort (Old English) |
| Variants: | Lester English (#746 in US popularity) |
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Levi
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| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | joined to (?) |
| Info about origin: | meaning not known for sure, maybe 'joined to', 'attached' |
| | in the Bible Levi is the third son of Jacob and thus also the name of one the 12 tribes of Israel |
| | (note however that there are 2 different variants of the list of the tribes of Israel, and Levi is mentioned on only one of them) |
| Words: | levi=joined to (Hebrew) ; lavah=to join to (Hebrew) |
| Variants: | Levi German, English, Hebrew (#168 in US popularity) |
| | 1 variant more... |
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Lincoln
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| Language of origin: | Welsh |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | lake colony |
| Info about origin: | from a family name deriving from the name of a city in England |
| | the name of the city combines the Welsh word 'lynn' (lake) and the Latin word 'colonia' (colony) |
| | in the US known from the president Abraham Lincoln |
| Words: | lynn=the lake (Welsh) ; colonia=the colony (Latin) |
| Variants: | Lincoln English (#860 in US popularity) |
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Logan
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| Language of origin: | Old Irish |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | little hollow |
| Info about origin: | from a family name which derives from a Scottish place name with the meaning 'little hollow' |
| Words: | lagan=the little hollow (Old Irish) |
| Variants: | Logan English, Scottish (#63 in US popularity) |
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Lucius
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| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | the bright; born at daybreak |
| Info about origin: | in Roman times a very popular given name, a 'praenomen' |
| | derived from 'lux' (light), can thus be interpreted as to mean 'the bright' or 'born at daybreak' |
| | 'Lucianus' is a derivation of 'Lucius' |
| | until now there were 3 popes with the name 'Lucius' |
| Words: | lux=the light (Latin) |
| Female form: | Lucia |
| Variants: | Lucius German, English |
| | Luzius German |
| | Luciano Italian (#975 in US popularity) |
| | Lucien French |
| | Lucio Italian |
| | 5 variants more... |
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Ludwig
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| Language of origin: | Old High German |
| Gender: | male |
| Info about origin: | old Germanic two-element name |
| | known throughout Europe as name of German and French kings and emperors |
| Words: | hlut=loud, famous (Old High German) ; wig=the fight, the battle, the war (Old High German) |
| Variants: | Ludwig German |
| | Lovis German |
| | Ludewig German |
| | Lutz German |
| | Lewis English (#455 in US popularity) |
| | Lodewijk Dutch |
| | Lou English |
| | Louie English (#893 in US popularity) |
| | Louis French, English (#217 in US popularity) |
| | Loïc French |
| | Ludovico Italian |
| | Ludvig Scandinavian |
| | Luigi Italian |
| | Luis Spanish (#46 in US popularity) |
| | Lajos Hungarian |
| | Ludvik Russian |
| | Ludwik Polish |
| | 9 variants more... |
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Luke
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| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | from Lucania |
| Info about origin: | Lucania is a region in Southern Italy; its name maybe derives from Old Greek 'leucos' (bright, white) |
| | known from Saint Luke, the evangelist |
| Words: | leucos=bright, white (Old Greek) |
| Variants: | Luke English (#94 in US popularity) |
| | Lukas German (#445 in US popularity) |
| | Luc French |
| | Luca Italian |
| | Lucas French, Dutch (#101 in US popularity) |
| | 7 variants more... |
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Lyle
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| Language of origin: | Old French |
| Gender: | male |
| Meaning/translation: | from the island |
| Info about origin: | from an English/Scottish family name deriving from the French expression 'de l'isle' (from the island) |
| Words: | isle=the island (Old French) |
| Variants: | Lyle English (#877 in US popularity) |
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