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Kralj Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of Król.

Krall Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Král or Kráľ.

Kráľová f Slovak
Feminine form of Kráľ.

Králová f Czech
Feminine form of Král.

Kramář m Czech
Czech form of Krämer.

Kramářová f Czech
Feminine form of Kramář.

Krämer German
Means "shopkeeper, merchant" in German, derived from Old High German kram meaning "tent, trading post".

Kramer Low German, Jewish
Low German and Jewish form of Krämer.

Krantz German, Jewish
Variant of Kranz.

Kranz German, Jewish
Derived from Old High German kranz meaning "wreath", an occupational name for a maker of wreaths or an ornamental Jewish name.

Kravchenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian кравець (kravets) meaning "tailor".

Kravitz Jewish
Occupational name derived from Polish krawiec meaning "tailor".

Krawczyk Polish
From a diminutive of krawiec meaning "tailor".

Krawiec Polish
Means "tailor" in Polish.

Krejči m Czech
Means "tailor" in Czech.

Krejčová f Czech
Feminine form of Krejči.

Krikorian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գրիգորյան (see Grigoryan).

Kristoffersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Kristoffer".

Kříž m Czech
Means "cross" in Czech, ultimately from Latin crux.

Križman Slovene
From Slovene križ meaning "cross".

Křížová f Czech
Feminine form of Kříž.

Kröger German
Variant of Krüger 1 and Krüger 2.

Król Polish
Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.

Kron German, Swedish
From German Krone and Swedish krona meaning "crown" (from Latin corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Kroon Dutch, Estonian
Means "crown" in Dutch and Estonian (from Latin corona).

Krstevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Krstevski.

Krstevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Krste".

Krüger 2 German
In southern Germany an occupational name for a potter, derived from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

Kruger German
Variant of Krüger 1 and Krüger 2.

Krupa Polish
Means "groats, grain" in Polish.

Krupin m Russian
Derived from Russian крупа (krupa) meaning "grain".

Krupina f Russian
Feminine form of Krupin.

Kučera m Czech, Slovak
Means "curl" in Czech and Slovak, a nickname for a person with curly locks of hair.

Kučerová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Kučera.

Kudrna m Czech
Means "curl" in Czech, a nickname for someone with curly hair.

Kudrnová f Czech
Feminine form of Kudrna.

Kuhn German
Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Kuijlaars Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch cule "hole, pit".

Kuijpers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Kuiper Dutch
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.

Kuipers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Kukk Estonian
Means "rooster" in Estonian, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Kumar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "boy, prince" in Sanskrit.

Kundert German
Derived from the given name Konrad.

Kuntz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunze German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kurz German
Means "short" in German, ultimately from Latin curtus.

Kurzmann German
Means "short man" in German.

Kuzmenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kuzma.

Kwiatkowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kwiatkowski.

Kwiatkowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo or Kwiatkowice, named from a diminutive of Polish kwiat meaning "flower".

Kyle Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait", originally given to a person who lived by a strait.

Kyler Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Cuyler.

Kyles Scottish
Variant of Kyle.

Kynaston English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "Cynefrith's town" in Old English.

Laakkonen Finnish
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Niklas.

Labelle French
Means "fair, beautiful" in French.

Lachapelle French
Means "the chapel" in French, most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel.

Lacroix French
Means "the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Lafrentz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lafrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Laguardia Italian
Occupational name meaning "sentry, sentinel" in Italian, also a locative name referring to a person who lived near a watchtower. Fiorello Laguardia (1882-1947) was the first mayor of New York of Italian origin.

Lamar French, English
Originally from a place name in Normandy, derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

Lamarre French
Variant of Lamar.

Lambert French
Derived from the given name Lambert.

Lamberti Italian
Derived from the given name Lamberto.

Landi Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lando Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Landolfi Italian
From the given name Landolfo, Italian form of the Lombardic name Landulf.

Landon English
Variant of Langdon.

Lång Swedish
Swedish cognate of Long.

Lang German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Langbroek Dutch
From the name of a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland, derived from lang meaning "wide" and broek meaning "marsh, wetland".

Langdon English
Derived from the name of various places, of Old English origin meaning "long hill" (effectively "ridge").

Lange German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Langenberg German, Dutch
From various place names meaning "long mountain" in German and Dutch.

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

Langford English
From any of various places in England with this name, derived from Old English lang "long" and ford "ford, river crossing".

Langlais French
Means "the Englishman" in French.

Langley 1 English
From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Langley 2 French (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Langlais.

Langlois French
Variant of Langlais.

Langston English
From any of the various locations in England with this name, derived from Old English lang "long" and stan "stone".

Laporte French
Means "the door, the gateway" in French, from Latin porta. This was a name for someone who lived near the town gates or who operated them.

Larsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Lars".

Larson Swedish (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Larsson or Larsen.

Larsson Swedish
Means "son of Lars".

Łaska Polish
Means "grace, mercy" in Polish.

Láska m Czech, Slovak
Means "love" in Czech and Slovak.

Lásková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Láska.

László Hungarian
Derived from the given name László.

Laurens Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Laurent French
From the given name Laurent.

Laurenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lauridsen Danish
Means "son of Laurids".

Lauritsen Danish
Means "son of Laurits".

Laursen Danish
Means "son of Laur", a short form of Laurits.

Lauwens Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Lauwers Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Law English
Derived from Old English hlaw "hill".

Lawrence English
Derived from the given name Laurence 1. Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

Lawrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".

Layton English
Derived from the name of English towns, meaning "town with a leek garden" in Old English.

Lázár Hungarian
From the given name Lázár.

Lázaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Lázaro.

Lazarov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Lazar".

Lazarova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Lazarov.

Lazzari Italian
Means "son of Lazzaro".

Léandre French
Derived from the given name Léandre.

Lebeau French
Nickname for a handsome person, from French le "the" and beau "beautiful, handsome".

Leblanc French
Means "the white" in French, from blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Lebrun French
From a nickname meaning "the brown" in French, from brun "brown".

Leclair French
Either a variant of Leclerc or from French clair meaning "bright".

Leclerc French
Means "the clerk" in French.

Leclercq French
Variant of Leclerc.

Lecomte French
Means "the count" in French, a nickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved like one.

Lee 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Means "lion's corner" in Dutch. The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (Dutch hoek) of the Lion's Gate (Dutch Leeuwenpoort) in the city of Delft.

Lefebvre French
Variant of Lefèvre.

Lefèvre French
Occupational name meaning "blacksmith" in Old French, derived from Latin faber.

Leifsson Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of Leif".

Leigh English
Variant of Lee 1.

Leighton English
Variant of Layton.

Leitz German
Derived from the archaic given name Leutz, a variant of Lutz.

Leitzke German
Either from Leitzkau, the name of a town in Saxony-Anhalt, or from a diminutive of the given name Leutz, a variant of Lutz.

Lejeune French
Means "the young" in French, from jeune "young".

Lemaire French
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.

Lemmi Italian
From a short form of the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany.

Lemoine French
Means "the monk" in French. This was typically a nickname or an occupational name for a person who worked in a monastery.

Lennartsson Swedish
Means "son of Lennart".

Léon French
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

León 2 Spanish
From the given name León.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Leonardi Italian
From the given name Leonardo.

Leonardsen Norwegian
Means "son of Lennart".

Leonardson English
Means "son of Leonard".

Leonardsson Swedish
Variant of Lennartsson.

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leoni Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Leroy French
Variant of Rey 1, using the definite article.

Lesauvage French
French form of Savage.

Lestrange French
From Old French estrange, a cognate of Strange.

Lévêque French
Variant of Lévesque.

Leverenz German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Lewerenz.

Lévesque French
Derived from French évêque, a cognate of Bishop.

Levi Jewish
From the given name Levi.

Levine Jewish
Patronymic from the given name Levi.

Lewerentz German
Variant of Lewerenz.

Lewerenz German
From a northern German form of the given name Lorenz.

Lewin English
Derived from the given name Leofwine.

Lewis 1 English
Derived from the given name Lewis. The author C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a bearer of this surname.

Lewis 2 Welsh
Anglicized form of Llywelyn.

Leyton English
Variant of Layton.

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

Lie Norwegian
From Norwegian li, Old Norse hlíð meaning "hillside, slope".

Lien Norwegian
Variant of Lie.

Lind Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Old Norse lind meaning "linden tree".

Lindbeck Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and bäck (Old Norse bekkr) meaning "stream".

Lindberg Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".

Linden German, Dutch
Indicated a person who lived near a linden tree, derived from Old High German linta or Old Dutch linda.

Lindgren Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).

Lindholm Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".

Lindner German
Variant of Linden.

Lindon English
Variant of Lyndon.

Lindquist Swedish
Variant of Lindqvist.

Lindqvist Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Lindström Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Linton English
Originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "linden tree town" in Old English.

Linwood English
Originally from place names meaning "linden tree forest" in Old English.

Lippi Italian
From the given name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence.

Lis Polish
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.

Ljung Swedish
Means "heather" in Swedish.

Ljungborg Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and borg meaning "castle".

Ljunggren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Ljungman Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Ljungstrand Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach".

Llewellyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Llywelyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Lobo Spanish, Portuguese
Originally a nickname meaning "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Loewe German
Variant of Löwe.

Löfgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Lohrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lombardi Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. Their name is derived from the Old German roots lang "long" and bart "beard".

Lombardo Italian
Variant of Lombardi.

Lončar Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

London English
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain.

Long English
Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.

Longo Italian
Italian cognate of Long.

Lopes Portuguese
Means "son of Lopo" in Portuguese.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Lorentz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lorenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lorenzen Danish, Low German
Means "son of Lorens".

Lorenzo Spanish
From the given name Lorenzo.

Loris German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Loritz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Louis French
From the given name Louis.

Love English
From the Old English given name Lufu meaning "love".

Lovel English
Variant of Lowell.

Lovelace English
From a nickname for a lothario, derived from Middle English lufeles, Old English lufuleas meaning "loveless".

Lovell English
Variant of Lowell.

Lovrić Croatian
Means "son of Lovro".

Low English
Variant of Law.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Lowe 1 Jewish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Löwe.

Lowe 2 English
Variant of Law.

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Lucas English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

Lucassen Dutch
Means "son of Lucas".

Lučić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Luka".

Ludvigsen Danish
Means "son of Ludvig".

Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.

Lukáč m Slovak
Slovak form of Lukács.

Lukáčová f Slovak
Feminine form of Lukáč.

Lukács Hungarian
From the given name Lukács.

Lukeson English (Rare)
Means "son of Luke".

Lukić Serbian
Means "son of Luka".

Luna Spanish
From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Lund Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Indicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse lundr meaning "grove". There are towns in Sweden named Lund.

Lundberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and berg meaning "mountain".

Lunde Norwegian
Variant of Lund.

Lundgren Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Lundin Swedish
Variant of Lund.

Lundquist Swedish
Variant of Lundqvist.

Lundqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Lundström Swedish
From Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Lungu Romanian
Romanian cognate of Long.

Lupei Romanian
Variant of Lupu.

Lupo Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "wolf".

Lupu Romanian
From Romanian lup meaning "wolf".

Luther German
From the old given name Leuthar. It was notably borne by the religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546).

Lyndon English
Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.

Lynton English
Variant of Linton.

Lynwood English
Variant of Linwood.

Lyon 1 English, French
Originally denoted a person from the city of Lyon in central France, originally Latin Lugdunum, of Gaulish origin meaning "hill fort of Lugus". It could also denote a person from the small town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy.

Lyon 2 English, French
From a nickname derived from Old French and Middle English lion meaning "lion".

Lyon 3 French, English
From the given name Leon.

Lyons English
Variant of Lyon 1.

Lysenko Ukrainian
From a nickname, either from Ukrainian лис (lys) meaning "fox" or лисий (lysy) meaning "bald".

Maas Dutch, Low German
From the given name Maas.

Mac Alastair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McAlister.

MacAlastair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McAlister.

Mac Amhalghaidh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCauley.

MacAmhalghaidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCauley.

Mac an Fhilidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McNeilly.

MacAngus Scottish
Variant of MacInnes.

Mac Aodha Irish
Means "son of Aodh" in Irish.

Mac Aodhagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keegan.

MacAoidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Aodha.

MacAonghais Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacInnes.

Macaulay Scottish, Irish
Variant of McCauley.

Macauley Irish, Scottish
Variant of McCauley.

MacBay Scottish
Variant of MacBeth.

MacBeth Scottish
Derived from the Gaelic given name Mac Beatha meaning "son of life", which denoted a man of religious devotion. This was the name of an 11th-century Scottish king, and the name of a play based on his life by William Shakespeare.

Mac Branáin Irish
Means "son of Branán" in Irish. The given name Branán is a diminutive of Bran 1.

MacBride Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhrighde.

Mac Cába Irish
Irish form of McCabe.

MacCàba Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCabe.

MacCailein Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Cailean" in Gaelic.

MacCallion Scottish
Anglicized form of MacCailein.

MacCallum Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacColuim meaning "son of Columba".

Mac Cárthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCarthy.

MacCarthy Irish
Variant of McCarthy.

Mac Cionaodha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McKenna.

MacCionaodha Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKenna.

Mac Cléirich Irish
Means "son of the clerk" in Irish.