Wednesday, October 12, 2011

L Names: The Girls

L is a mighty popular letter these days, particularly for girls, so this list is lengthy.  Keep in mind, I don't include every name in the top 1000, so this list may be long, but it's still only a sample of the names beginning with 'l'.

Lily - (17) English flower name
Lillian - (21) English; lily flower
Leah - (24) Hebrew; weary
Layla - (37) Arabic; dark beauty
Lauren - (58) English; bay laurel
Lucy - (75) English; light

London - (108) English place-name
Lydia - (111) Greek; woman from Lydia
Liliana - (124) Italian and Spanish variation of Lillian; lily flower
Laila - (138) Arabic; night
Lila - (155) Arabic; night OR Persian; lilan
Leslie - (197) Scottish; garden by the pool
Leila - (204) Persian; dark beauty, night
Lola - (211) Spanish; lady of sorrows
Lucia - (265) Italian; light
Laura - (275) Latin; bay laurel
Luna - (343) Latin; moon
Lena - (382) English, Scottish, Dutch, German, Scandinavian diminutive of names ending in -lena
Lindsey - (401) English, Scottish; island of linden trees
Lyric - (401) Greek; lyre
Lacey - (440) English; from Lassy
Lorelei - (531) German; alluring
Laney - (543) Diminutive of Elaine (French); bright shining one
Linda - (623) German; serpent OR Spanish; pretty
Lisa - (720) English; pledged to God
Livia - (823) Latin; bluish OR Hebrew; crown
Leia - (830) Hebrew; wary
Lilia - (876) Latin; lilies
Lara - (879) Russian; citadel

My Favorites: Lillian, Lauren, Lucy, Lila, Luna, Lyric, Lorelei, Lilia.

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