All Elements

kratos κράτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "power, strength".

krěsiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to spark, to flare up, to bring to life, to resurrect".

krĭstŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "cross".

krites κριτής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "judge, critic".

kroch Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "tavern".

krojiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to cut".

krona Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crown", ultimately from Latin corona.

kṛta कृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "done, accomplished".

Kṛttikā कृत्तिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring the constellation of the Pleiades.

kruna Croatian
Croatian word meaning "crown", ultimately from Latin corona.

kruog Old High German
Old High German word meaning "jug, pot".

krupa крꙋпа Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grain, groats".

krus Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "curly".

kruša Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pear".

krystallos κρύσταλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ice".

kṣiti क्षिति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

kṣitija क्षितिज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth-born, horizon".

ktaomai κτάομαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to acquire".

ku 1 久 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of jiǔ.

ku 2 九 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of jiǔ.

ku 3 空 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of kōng.

kū 1 Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "dog".

kū 2 空 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of kōng.

kuān 寛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "broad".

kuàng 邝, 鄺 Chinese
Chinese character that refers to the Kuang clan.

kučera Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "curl of hair".

kuchi 口 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of kǒu.

kudurru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "eldest son".

kuí 葵 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sunflower".

kukkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rooster, cock".

kula 1 कुल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "family".

kula 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "hole, bump".

kullaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "head, peak".

kūlǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hole, bump".

kuma 熊 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xióng.

kumāra कुमार Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boy, son, prince".

kumārī कुमारी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "girl".

kún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to fill, to be full, replenish".

kūn 坤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "earth, female".

kun כּוּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to establish, to prepare".

kǔnęzĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "prince", of Germanic origin.

kuni 1 Frankish (Hypothetical), Old High German
Frankish word meaning "clan, family". As an Old High German and Frankish prefix it meant "kingly, royal".

kuni 2 国, 國 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of guó.

kuning Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "king".

kuningaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "king".

kuningrihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom".

kuniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "kingly, chiefly, race, descendant".

kunją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "clan, family, lineage".

kunkel Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "distaff, spindle".

kunni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "clan, family".

kunþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "known, familiar".

kuofa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "container, cask, barrel".

kuoni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "brave, bold".

kur 𒆳 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "mountain, land, underworld".

kura 1 倉 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of cāng.

kura 2 蔵, 藏 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "granary, storehouse", a kun reading of cáng.

kuro 黒, 黑 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hēi.

kūseh کوسه Persian
Persian word meaning "shark, beardless".

kusu 楠 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of nán.

kut Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "luck, good fortune".

květŭ квѣтъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "flower, blossom".

kvistr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "twig, branch".

kwú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "speak".

ky English
Phonetic element /kaɪ/ in English names.

kydos κῦδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory, renown".

kyō 1 協 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of xié.

kyō 2 京 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of jīng.

kyō 3 郷 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of xiāng.

kyō 4 杏 Japanese
Japanese on reading of xìng.

kyō 5 恭 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of gōng.

kyrgyz кыргыз Kyrgyz, English
Kyrgyz word meaning "Kyrgyz".

kyriakon κυριακόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "church".

kyrios κύριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lord".

ʾl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "god".

la English
Phonetic element /lɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /lə/).

lad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "course, way".

láech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "warrior".

lahhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "doctor, healer".

lài 赖, 賴 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rely".

laibō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

laibu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

laikaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "play, game, sport".

laineh Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "wave".

lakci Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "bay, cove".

laki Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "doctor, healer".

lala लल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "playing, caressing".

lāleh لاله Persian
Persian word meaning "tulip".

laleo λαλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to talk".

lalita ललित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "playful, charming, desirable".

lamaʿa لمع Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to shine, to gleam".

lampo λάμπω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to shine".

lán 1 兰, 蘭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "orchid, elegant".

lán 2 岚, 嵐 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "mountain mist".

lán 3 蓝, 藍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "blue, indigo".

lan 蘭 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of lán.

lāna لان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be soft".

land Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "land".

landą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "land".

láng 郎 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "gentleman".

lang Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "long".

langaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "long".

langr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "long".

lani Polynesian, Hawaiian
Polynesian word meaning "sky, heaven".

lant Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "land".

lǎo 老 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "old".

laos λαός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "people, folk".

lar Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "open spot in the forest".

laska Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "love, kindness, favour".

latā लता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "vine, creeping plant".

laṭafa لطف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be kind".

laṭīf لطيف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "gentle".

lauf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "leaf".

laug Old Norse
Old Norse element possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".

laugō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bath, hot spring".

lavan לָבָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "white".

lavaṇa लवण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "salt".

lāvaṇya लावण्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beauty, loveliness, charm".

lay English
Phonetic element /leɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as lay, ley or leigh.

laylak ليلك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lilac", derived from Persian.

le Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "together with".

lé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "exceed, increase".

lê 黎 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of lí.

leac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "leek, herb".

leah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "woodland, clearing".

leas Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "without, lacking".

leboha Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "thank".

lee English
Phonetic element /li/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as lee, ly, ley or leigh.

leḥem לֶחֶם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "bread".

léi 雷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "thunder".

lěi 1 磊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pile of stones".

lěi 2 蕾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bud".

lei Polynesian, Hawaiian
Polynesian word meaning "garland, crown of flowers".

leiba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

leif Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "inheritance, legacy, remainder, remnant".

leih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "melody, tune".

leikr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "play, game, sport".

lēkjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "doctor, healer".

lemo לְמוֹ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "at, to, for".

lene English
Phonetic element /lin/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as lene or leen.

leo 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lion".

leo 2 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "voice, sound".

leof Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear, beloved".

leon λέων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lion".

ler 1 English
Phonetic element /lɜɹ/ in English names.

ler 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sea".

letha Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to bring".

leub Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "dear, beloved".

leubaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dear, beloved".

leudīz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "people".

leugō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "marriage".

leuhtą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "light".

leukos λευκός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "white, bright".

lev לֵב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "heart".

leva Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

levana לְבָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "moon".

Levi לֵוִי Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "Levite".

lewo Old High German, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "lion".

li לִי Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to me, for me, my, mine".

lí 1 黎 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "black, dawn".

lí 2 梨 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pear".

lì 1 立 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stand, establish".

lì 2 力 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "power, capability, influence".

lì 3 丽, 麗 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beautiful, lovely".

lì 4 莉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "white jasmine".

lì 5 利 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "benefit, advantage".

lǐ 1 理 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "reason, logic".

lǐ 2 李 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "plum, plum tree".

lǐ 3 里 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "village".

lǐ 4 礼, 禮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "ceremony".

lián 1 莲, 蓮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lotus, water lily".

lián 2 廉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "clean, honest, upright".

lián 3 濂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "waterfall".

liàn 恋, 戀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "love, yearn for".

liáng 1 良 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "good, virtuous, respectable".

liáng 2 凉, 涼 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cool, refreshing".

liáng 3 梁 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beam, bridge", also referring to the ancient state of Liang.

liàng 1 亮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, radiant, light".

liàng 2 谅, 諒 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "excuse, forgive".

liáo 辽, 遼 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "distant, far".

liào 廖 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the ancient state of Liao, which was located in what is now Henan province.

liber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "free".

licc Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word (unattested) meaning "stream".

liêm 廉 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of lián.

liên 蓮 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of lián.

liepa Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "linden tree".

lijer лијер South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "lily" (of Egyptian origin, via Greek).

lil 𒆤 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "wind, breeze, phantom".

līlā लीला Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "play, amusement".

lilium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lily" (of Egyptian origin, via Greek).

lín 1 林 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "forest".

lín 2 琳 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fine jade, gem".

lǐn 凛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shiver with cold".

lin Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flax".

lind 1 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "soft, flexible, tender, mild".

lind 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

lind 3 Albanian
Albanian word meaning "to give birth".

linda 1 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to wait, to guard".

linda 2 Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

lindō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "linden tree, lime tree".

líng 1 灵, 靈 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "spirit, soul".

líng 2 铃, 鈴 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bell, chime".

líng 3 绫, 綾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "thin silk".

líng 4 玲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tinkling of jade".

lǐng 怜 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "to know".

linh 靈 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of líng.

linnaea Various
Latin scientific word meaning "twinflower", after the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus.

linta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

linþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "soft, flexible, tender, mild".

linum Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "flax".

liob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dear, beloved".

liod Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "people".

lioht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "light".

liros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sea, ocean".

lirou Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "sea".

lisŭ лисъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fox".

lītilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small".

lítill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small".

liú 刘, 劉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "kill, destroy".

liù 六 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "six".

liud Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "people".

liut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people".

lĭvŭ льбъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "lion".

ljótr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "light".

llanw Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "tide, flow".

lliant Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flow, flood".

llin Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flax, linen" (probably of Latin origin).

llwyd Welsh
Welsh word meaning "grey".

llys Welsh
Welsh word meaning "plant".

lo לֹא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "not".

loan 鸞 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of luán.

lob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "praise".

locana लोचन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eye".

locus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "place".

logos λόγος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "word, speech".

lóng 1 隆 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "prosperous, abundant".

lóng 2 龙, 龍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "dragon".

long 龍 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of lóng.

longus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "long", distantly related to English long (see lang).

lonĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pot".

lú 卢, 盧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rice bowl, black".

lù 陆, 陸 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "land".

lǚ 吕, 呂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "musical note". It also refers to the ancient state of Lu, which was located in present-day Henan province.

lǜ 绿, 綠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "green".

luán 鸾, 鸞 Chinese
Chinese character referring to a mythological bird.

lubą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "praise".

lubō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "love".

ľuby Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "love".

lucky English
English word meaning "lucky".

ľudŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "people".

lufu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "love".

lugal 𒈗 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "king".

lule Albanian
Albanian word meaning "flower".

luna Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "moon".

lundr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "grove".

lunga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be correct".

luo λύω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to loosen".

luó 罗, 羅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "net, gauze", and also referring to the minor ancient state of Luo.

lupus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wolf".

lux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "light".

luxus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "luxury, extravagance".

luzil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small".

lykos λύκος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wolf". The genitive form is λύκου (lykou).

lyn English
Phonetic element /lɪn/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as lyn, lynn, lin, and so on.

lyng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heather".

lysis λύσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "a release, loosening".

lyssa λύσσα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "madness, rabies".

lysŭ лꙑсъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bald".

m Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "my, me" (first-person pronoun).

ma 1 真 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhēn.

ma 2 麻 Japanese
Japanese on reading of má.

ma 3 満, 滿 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of mǎn.

ma 4 馬 Japanese
Japanese on reading of mǎ.

ma 5 間 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiān.

má 1 麻 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "flax".

má 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "know".

mǎ 马, 馬 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "horse".

maa маа Mongolian
Mongolian feminine suffix, originating in Tibetan meaning "mother".

maʿase מַעֲשֶׂה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "deed, work".

macc Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "son".

macer Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thin".

mache μάχη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "battle".

macian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to make".

macon Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to make".

mad Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good, fortunate".

madaḥa مدح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to praise".

madhu मधु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honey, sweet".

madhukara मधुकर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bee, honey-maker".

madīna مدينة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "city".

madonna Italian
Italian title for the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady".

mae 前 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qián.

máel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bald, shaved, tonsured", and by extension "devotee, servant".

mael Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Welsh and Breton word meaning "prince, chieftain, lord".

mær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "girl, maid".

mære Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

mærr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

mageną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "power, strength".

magister Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "teacher, master, leader".

maglos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "noble, chief".

magn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "power, strength".

magnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "great".