the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Laakkonen |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Variant of Laaksonen. |
| Laaksonen |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Derived from Finnish laakso "valley". |
| Labelle |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| It means "fair, good-looking" in French. |
| Laberenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Labriola |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "a person from Abriola". Abriola is a town in Southern Italy. |
| Lachance |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "chance, luck" in French. |
| Lachapelle |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the chapel" in French. It was most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel. |
| Lŕconi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Sardinian surname from a name of the town Lŕconi near the city of Nuoro. |
| Lafrentz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lafrenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Laganŕ |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| This Italian surname derives from Greek dialects that are spoken in southern Italy, namely in Calabria. It is an occupational surname that means "greengrocer" (ortolano in Italian). Surnames derived from Greek dialects often end with an accent on final the a, o or i. |
| Lager |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "laurel" in Swedish. |
| Lagomarsěno |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It is a locative surname of Genoa and surroundings derived from the place name Lagomarsino (near Genoa). |
| Lagorio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "green-lizard". That little reptile has a good reputation and it is respected because is supposed to protect man against vipers. The surname is typical of the Genoa region. |
| Lagounov |
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Usage: Russian
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| A variant transcription of Lagunov. |
| Laguardia |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally an occupational surname meaning "sentry" or "sentinel". It also had a locative meaning "watchtower". Fiorello Laguardia was the first mayor of New York of Italian origin. |
| Lagunov |
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Usage: Russian
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| A patronymic name derived from Russian lagun "water barrel". It was most likely used to denote the descendants of a person who made water barrels. |
| Lahti |
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Usage: Finnish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "bay, cove" in Finnish. |
| Lakatos |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "locksmith" in Hungarian. |
| Lama |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the name place Lama, quite common around Italy. |
| Lambert |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Lambert. |
| Lamberti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Lamberto, Lamberto being the Italian form of Lambert. |
| Lamon |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A locative surname from the name of a village near the city of Belluno. This surname is from the area of Venice. |
| Landau |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the German town of Landau, which meant "land valley". |
| Landi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It is derived from the first name Lando (seeLance). |
| Lando |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Landi. |
| Landolfi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the old Germanic given name Lanawulfa. |
| Landvik |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Landvik means "land and bay" in Norwegian. |
| Lane (1) |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town. |
| Lane (2) |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a French word meaning "wool", designating one who worked in the wool trade. |
| Lane (3) |
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Usage: Irish
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| From the Gaelic Ó Luain "descendent of Luan", a given name meaning "warrior". |
| Lang |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German
Extra: Statistics |
| From Scandinavian lang, Middle High German lanc and Middle Low German lank all meaning "long". Originally a nickname for a tall person or family. |
| Langbroek |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Langbroek is a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland. In this context 'lang' means wide and 'broek' means meadow. This surname was given to people living in Langbroek. Also Van Langbroek "from Langbroek". |
| Lange |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lang. |
| Langenberg |
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Usage: German, Swedish
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| Means "long mountain" in German. |
| Langer |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| German form of Long. |
| Langlais |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the Englishman" in French. |
| Langley (1) |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| A habitational surname derived from old English lang "long", leah "wood". |
| Langley (2) |
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Usage: American
Extra: Statistics |
| Americanized spelling of Langlois. |
| Langlois |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Langlais. |
| Lanik |
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Usage: Czech
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| Derived from Czech lan, a measure of land equal to approximately 18 hectares. The name loosely translates as "farmer" and thus is considered a Moravian cognate of Sedlak. |
| Laninga |
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Usage: Frisian
Extra: Statistics |
| Frisian for "of the land," or "from the land". It could be understood as "works the land". |
| Lannon |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lennon. |
| Lantos |
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Usage: Hungarian
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| Means "minstrel, bard" from the Hungarian word lant "lyre". |
| Lapointe |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "point of a lance" in French. The name was originally a nickname for a soldier. |
| Larenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Larsen |
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Usage: Danish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Lars". |
| Larsson |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Lars". |
| LaRue |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Literally means "the street" in French. |
| Láska |
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Usage: Czech, Slovak
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| Means "love" in Czech and Slovak. |
| László |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derives from the given name László. |
| Laterza |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Typical of Southern Italy: it comes from the place name Laterza, a town near Taranto in the Puglia region. |
| Laukkanen |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Finnish surname which means "he who gallops, takes big steps". |
| Laurent |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Laurent. |
| Laurenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Laurito |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the town Laurito, near Salerno in the area of Naples. |
| Lauritsen |
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Usage: Danish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Laurits". |
| Lauritz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lauwens |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Means "son of Lawrence". It is rather rare in mainly Flanders, Belgium, and often families were either spelled Lauwens or Lauwers (a bit more common) in the Duchy of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant (14th century and further). These former regions nowadays are part of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. In some occasions, the name can be found in the former Burgundy, and thus includes the contemporary Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and part of Germany. |
| Lauwers |
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Usage: Dutch
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lauwens. |
| LaVigne |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the vineyard" in French. The name referred to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny. |
| Lavoie |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from French voie "road". The name started as a nickname for someone who lived close to a road. |
| Law |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from old English hlaw "hill". |
| Lawerenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lawniczak |
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Usage: Polish
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| Means "juror" from Polish lawnik. |
| Lawrence |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Laurence. Made famous by T. E. Lawrence and D. H. Lawrence and comically now by Martin Lawrence. |
| Lawrenz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lawson |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Laurence". |
| Lázár |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Patronymic surname originating from the given name Lázár. |
| Lazarov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Lazar". |
| Lazzari |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Lazzaro". |
| Leach |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| English origins meaning "physician". Comes from the common practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills back in the Middle Ages. |
| Leandres |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Léandre. |
| Leavitt |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| From Livet, a region in Normandy, France. Vikings conquered the area and a particular family had taken up the name by the time of the Battle of Hastings 1066, when William the Conqueror invaded England. |
| LeBeau |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the handome one" from French le "the", beau "beautiful", "handsome". |
| LeBlanc |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the white one", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale, or whose hair was blond. |
| Lecce |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "a person from Lecce, Italy". |
| Leccese |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "a person from Lecce, Italy". |
| Leclair |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from either the French word clair "bright" or the given name Clair. |
| Leclerc |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "clerk" in French. |
| Lécuyer |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Literally means "the shield-bearer" in French. The name was used to denote an esquire (a person of the nobility one rank below a knight). |
| Ledford |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "path leading across a ford" from the Old English lćdan, Middle English leden "to lead" and ford, a shallow area in a stream that may be crossed by wading. |
| Lee (1) |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leye, Middle English meaning "clearing or meadow". |
| Lee (2) |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Li (1). |
| Lee (3) |
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Usage: Korean
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| Means "plum" or "judge" in Korean. |
| Leeuwenhoek |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Van Leeuwenhoek. |
| Lefebvre |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Lefévre, whose spelling is most likely influenced by the Latin word faber "craftsman". |
| Lefévre |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| An occupational surname meaning "smith" (pronounced 'le fur'). |
| LeFurgey |
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Usage: French
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| From the French forger which is "to forge". This was an occupational last name taken by blacksmiths, equivalent to the English Smith. |
| Leggičri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Sicilian surname indicating a "light" person, not serious, superficial. |
| Legrand |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| In French it means "the tall or large person". |
| Lehmann |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| From Midle High German lehenman "vassal, liege man". |
| Lehrer |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| German surname meaning "teacher". |
| Lehtonen |
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Usage: Finnish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Finnish lehto meaning "grove". |
| Leifsson |
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Usage: Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Leif". |
| Leitner |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Referred to one who dwells on the hillside; one who came from the Leite "slope". This is the name of several places in Germany. |
| Leitz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the archaic given name Leutz, a form of Lutz. |
| Leitzke |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from either Leitzkau, a town close to Magdeburg, Germany, or from Leitz. |
| LeMaire |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the mayor" in French. It was a title given to a town official, or else a nickname for someone who was pompous and officious. |
| Lémieux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the place name Leymieux, a town in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. |
| Lčmmi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany. |
| Lengyel |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "Polish" in Hungarian. |
| Lennon |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Leannáin, which means "descendent of Leannán". The name Leannán means "lover" in Gaelic. The name has also been borne by the famous Beatles member John Lennon. |
| Lenz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "springtime" in German, from a nickname. |
| Leon |
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Usage: French, English
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| Variant of Lyon. |
| Leonardsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Leonardson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Leonard". |
| Leonardssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Leonardsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Leone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Leone. |
| Leoni |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Leone. |
| Leroy |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "the king" in French. Referred to one connected in some way with a king's household or one who played the part of a king in a pageant or a play. |
| Lesauvage |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Savage. |
| Lester |
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Usage: Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lister. |
| Lestrange |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from old French estrange "foreign". |
| Leverenz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lévesque |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from French éveque meaning "bishop", ultimately derived from Greek episkopos "overseer". |
| Levi |
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Usage: Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Hebrew name Levi, which derives from the word yilaveh, meaning "praised". |
| Levine |
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Usage: Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Levi, which derives from the word yilaveh, "praised". |
| Levitt |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Leavitt. |
| Lewerentz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lewerenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lewis |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Lewis. Author C.S. Lewis was a bearer of this surname. |
| Li (1) |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "plum tree" in Chinese. |
| Li (2) |
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Usage: Korean
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| Variant of Lee (3). |
| Liao |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of an ancient Chinese dynasty lasting from 947 CE - 1125 CE. |
| Lichtenberg |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| From Low German licht "light" and berg "hill". |
| Lieberenz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lim |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lin. |
| Lin |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "forest" in Mandarin. |
| Lindberg |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| From Swedish lind "lime tree" and berg "mountain". |
| Linden |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from German Linde meaning "lime tree". |
| Lindgren |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "branch of a lime tree" from Swedish lind "lime tree" and gren "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002). |
| Lindholm |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| From Swedish lind "lime tree, linden" and holme "islet". |
| Lindquist |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Swedish words lind meaning "linden tree" and kvist/quist meaning "twig". |
| Lindström |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "linden stream", and is derived from the swedish words lind meaning "linden (lime) tree", and ström which means "stream". |
| Linna |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Means "castle". A famous namesake in Finland is Väinö Linna, author of 'The Unknown Soldier'. |
| Linville |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Refers to one who came from Linivilla ("Lennius' estate"), now Ninville, in France. |
| Linwood |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally derived from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English. |
| Lippi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence. |
| Lis |
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Usage: Polish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "fox" in Polish. A nickname for a sly person. |
| Lister |
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Usage: Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac an Fhleisdeir, meaning "son of the arrow maker". |
| Lithgow |
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Usage: Scottish
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| A habitation name meaning "pool, damp, or hollow". A famous bearer of this name is actor John Lithgow. |
| Little |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a nickname given to a short person. |
| Liu |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| It means "willow". A famous bearer of this name is actress Lucy Liu. |
| Ljung |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Swedish name of the plant "heather". There are many combinations of this name in Sweden, for example Ljungberg = "heather mountain", Ljungblad = "heather leaf", etc. |
| Ljungborg |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "heather castle" in Swedish. |
| Ljunggren |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "heather bough" in Swedish. |
| Ljungman |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "heather man" in Swedish. |
| Ljungstrand |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "heather beach" in Swedish. |
| Llewellyn |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn. |
| Lloyd |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| This is an ancient surname that originates from Wales. The first bearers of the name Lloyd were thought to have originated in Mid Wales around the early 1300s. There is record of a Richard Loyt dating back to 1327, and an Ithell Lloyd in 1391. Lloyd is a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd, meaning "grey" or "hoary". |
| Lobo |
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Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally a nickname, means "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese. |
| Locatelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Locatello, a place in Lombardy near the city of Bergamo in Northern Italy. |
| Lockwood |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| From an English place name meaning "enclosure forest". |
| Loewe |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Löwe. |
| Löfgren |
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Usage: Swedish
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| From Swedish löv "leaf" and gren "branch". |
| Logan |
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Usage: Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| From a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow". |
| Lohrenz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Loman |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the River Loman in Devon. |
| Lombardi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Name for someone who came from the Lombardy region in Italy. The region got its name from the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. |
| Loncar |
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Usage: Serbian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "potter" from Slovene lonec "pot". |
| Long |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally a nickname for a person who had long legs or arms, or that was tall. |
| Longo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian cognate of Long. |
| Longstaff |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Name for a tipstaff or beadle who carried a long staff as a badge of office, or else referred to someone who was very tall. |
| Lopez |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Lope" in Spanish. |
| Lorentz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Lorenz |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the German given name Lorenz. |
| Lorenzen |
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Usage: German, Low German
Extra: Statistics |
| Surname from northern Germany meaning "son of Lorenz". |
| Loris |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Loritz |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Lorenz. |
| Losa |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the Spanish losa that is "tile, slab". |
| Losnedahl |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From a place name: dahl means "valley" in Norwegian, and Losne is a place in Norway. |
| Lovász |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "horseman, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian. |
| Low |
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Usage: English, Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Law. |
| Löwe |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "lion" in German. |
| Lowe (1) |
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Usage: Jewish
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| A Germanized variant of Levi. |
| Lowe (2) |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| A variant of Low. |
| Lowry |
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Usage: Scottish, English
Extra: Statistics |
| From a diminutive of Laurence. |
| Loyola |
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Usage: Spanish, Basque
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from Basque loya that means "mud". This is the surname of Saint Ignatius, the founder of Jesuits. |
| Lu |
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Usage: Chinese
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of an ancient region in China (in the province of Henan). |
| Lucas |
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Usage: Dutch, English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas, the inventor and director of the "Star Wars" movies. |
| Lucassen |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Means "son of Lucas". |
| Ludvigsen |
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Usage: Danish, Scandinavian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ludvig". |
| Ludwig |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| From the German first name Ludwig. A famous bearer is the composer Ludwig von Beethoven who composed nine symphonies in addition to dozens of other pieces. |
| Lukács |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derives from the given name Lukács. |
| Lukeson |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of Luke". |
| Lukic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Luka". |
| Lukska |
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Usage: Czech
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| Derived from the given name Lukas. |
| Lum |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Lum comes from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire called Lumb, both apparently originally named with Old English lum(m) "pool". The word is not independently attested, but appears also in Lomax and Lumley, and may be reflected in the dialect term lum denoting a well for collecting water in a mine. In some instances the name may be topographical for someone who lived by a pool, Middle English lum(m). |
| Lund |
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Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "grove of trees", from Old Norse lundr. There are towns in Sweden and Britain called Lund. |
| Lundgren |
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Usage: Swedish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Swedish lund "forest", gren "branch". |
| Lundquist |
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Usage: Swedish
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| A place name from lund 'grove' + quist, an old spelling of kvist 'twig'. |
| Lungu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Romanian cognate of Long. |
| Lupei |
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Usage: Romanian
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| From the Romanian lup, which means "wolf". |
| Lupo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From an Italian nickname meaning "wolf". |
| Lusk |
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Usage: Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| Possibly means "cave" in Gaelic. |
| Luther |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Lothar. |
| Luzzatto |
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Usage: Italian, Jewish
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| From Lusatia, a region of northern Germany from where a Jewish community came in about the 15th/16th century. |
| Lykke |
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Usage: Danish
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| Means simply "happy". |
| Lyne |
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Usage: Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| A habitational name for someone who lived in places in Ayrshire, Peebles-shite, and Wigtownshite. |
| Lynn |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| From the British word llyn meaning "lake". |
| Lyon |
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Usage: Scottish, English, French, Dutch
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| Habitational name from either the Lyon in southern central France, or Lyons-la-Foręt in Eure, Normandy. |
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