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Latham English (British)Habitational name from any of the places in England named with the Old Norse word
hlaða meaning "barn".
Latimer EnglishEnglish occupational name for a clerk who could translate documents to and from Latin and/or other languages, from Anglo-Norman French
latinier,
latim(m)ier.
Latino ItalianFrom the medieval personal name Latino, originally an ethnic name for someone of Latin as opposed to Germanic, Byzantine or Slavic descent.
Lato Hungarian, PolishFrom Hungarian
látni meaning ‘to see’, hence a nickname for a wise person or an occupational name for a clairvoyant, or possibly for an official who checked the quality of products at markets.... [
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Latoszyński PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Latoszyn.
Latour FrenchEither a topographic name for someone who lived near a tower usually a defensive fortification or watchtower from Old French
tūr "tower"; or a habitational name from any of various places called Latour or La Tour named with this word.
Lätt EstonianLätt is an Estonian surname, probably derived from "Läti", meaning "Latvia", or "läte" meaning "spring" and "fountain".
Lattanzio ItalianMy great-great grandmother's name was Patrizia Maria Lattanzio. After she passed and my Great-grandmother sent my grandmother to America, the officials mis-spelled her name on her documents and the last name was shortened to Lattanzi... [
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Lättemäe EstonianLättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".
Lattik EstonianLattik is an Estonian surname meaning "bar" or "lathe".
Lau Germannickname for a physically strong person from Middle High German
louwe lauwe "lion". In some cases the surname may have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a lion... [
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Lau EstonianLau is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lauk" meaning "table" or "desk" or "laul" meaning "song".
Lauder Scottish, Northern IrishFrom a village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It derives from the Celtic
Lauuedder, probably indicating a rapidly flowing river, cognate with Modern Welsh
llifer meaning 'to gush'.
Laudrup DanishPossibly from the name of homesteads in Denmark, most likely derived from Old Norse
laut meaning "barn", combined with the Danish suffix -
drup (itself from Old Norse
thorp) meaning "outlying farmstead, village, settlement"... [
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Läufer German, JewishHabitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, also an occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
Lauffer GermanThe lauffer name is generally thought to have evolved from a place name to a surname. ... Versions of the name that evolve from the word "läufer," which meant "runner," are thought to have originally been an occupational name for a messenger.
Laughton EnglishHabitational name from any of the numerous places in England so called. Most of them, as for example those in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (near Gainsborough), Sussex, and West Yorkshire, are named with Old English
leac ‘leek’ +
tun ‘enclosure’... [
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Lauk EstonianLauk is an Estonian surname meaning both "leek" and "coot" (Fulica).
Launceston CornishDerived from the Cornish place name
Lannstevan. Besides the Cornish town, there is also a Launceston in Tasmania (Australia).
Lauper German (Swiss)From the short form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut 'people', 'tribe' + berht 'famous'. topographic name for someone who lived at a Lauben, a row of houses and stores with an arcade in front, from Middle High German loube 'arbor', 'bower', 'gallery'.
Laur EstonianLaur is an Estonian surname, a shortened for of "Lauri"; a masculine given name.
Laura ItalianEither from the given name
Laura or a topographic name from Latin
laurea meaning "laurel".
Laura SpanishOf uncertain origin; in some cases, it is possibly a habitational name from a place named Laura.
Lauri EstonianLauri is an Estonian surname (and given name); from the masculine given name "Lauri", a shortened form of "Laurits".
Laurie FrenchHabitational name from a place in Cantal derived from Latin
laurus "laurel" with the suffix -ea.
Laurimaa EstonianLaurimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's land" (Lauri is an Estonian masculine given name).
Laurisoo EstonianLaurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's (a masculine given name) swamp". However, the name is probably an Estoniazation of the masculine given name "Lauri" and the Germanic suffix "son"; "Lauri's son".
Lautemann GermanFrom
laute "lute" and
man "man". This name was used by musicians who played the lute
Lauterbach GermanFrom the name of various places in Germany, for example the village of
Lauterbach in the district of Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg.
Lautermilch German (Modern)Comes from German words Lauter, meaning 'pure', or 'nothing but', and Milch, meaning 'milk'. This could mean that the people who first used this name were farmers.
Lautz Germanabgeleitet vom deutschen Vornamen Lutz (Kurzform von Ludwig)
Lavender English, DutchOccupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French, Middle Dutch
lavendier (Late Latin
lavandarius, an agent derivative of
lavanda ‘washing’, ‘things to be washed’)... [
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Laver EnglishOccupational name for a washer, from French
laveur (see
Lavers). Also the name of a parish in Essex, England.
Laverdière FrenchHabitational name from various places named La Verdière in France, or a variant of the name Leverdier (see
Verdier).
Laverdiere French (Quebec)Said to be a locational or occupational name related to land and greenery. Related to the Cauchons, descended from Quebec. A noble Paris woman was sent to Quebec for marriage in the 17th century.
Laverdure FrenchFrom the French place name
La Verdure meaning "greenness, greenery".
Lavers EnglishEnglish (chiefly Devon and Cornwall): Medieval English and occupational, from pre-10th century Old French "lavandier". Introduced by the Normans after 1066, originally described a worker in the wool industry, and was a metonymic or nickname for a person employed to wash raw wool or rinse the cloth after fulling... [
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Lavery Irish, Northern IrishFrom the Gaelic
Ó Labhradha, "descendants of Labhradha" (
speaker, spokesman, the father of Etru, chief of the Monagh of the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid); the name of an ancient family originating from Magh Rath (present-day Moira, County Down, Northern Ireland)... [
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Laviada AsturianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Xixón.
Lavie FrenchDialectal variant of French
voie "way, road", ultimately from Latin
via "road, street, path", combined with the French feminine article
la.
Laviolette French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)A secondary surname, associated with some forty family names in Canada and also used independently since 1698, a nickname from the flower
violette ‘violet’, with the definite article la. In feudal France it was a name given to soldiers and domestic servants.
Lawford Anglo-SaxonThis surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various places called Lawford which have as their component elements the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "
Lealla", cognate with the Old High German "
Lallo", and the Olde English "ford", a ford... [
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Lawler Irish, ScottishThis Irish surname is of Gaelic language origin. The surname derives from the original Gaelic 'O'Leathlobhair' meaning 'descendant of leathlobhair'. Leathlobhair derives from 'Leath' meaning 'Half' and 'Lobhar' meaning 'leper'.... [
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Lawman EnglishDerived from Middle English
lagman or
lagheman "lawyer".
Lawton EnglishHabitational name, common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, or Lawton in Herefordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement on or near a hill’, or ‘settlement by a burial mound’, from
hlaw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’ +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [
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Laxness Icelandic (Rare)Derived from the name of a farm in Mosfellsbær parish in southwest Iceland. A notable bearer was author and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness (1902-1998).
Lay KhmerMeans "marbled, patterned, striped" in Khmer.
Laycock EnglishThe name comes from a small village in England called "Laycock" and has something to do with "the place of the birds."... [
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Layman EnglishHabitational name for someone living near a meadow. Derived from Middle English
leye. ... [
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Lazenby EnglishFrom a place name which was derived from
leysingi and
byr, two Norse words meaning "freedman" and "settlement" respectively.
Lazkao BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Lazos GreekEither from the short version of the name
Lazaros or meaning the Laz, an ethnic group in Pontus related to the Georgians.
Łazowski PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Łazy, Łazow, or Łazowa, named with łazy meaning "clearing in a forest".
Lazrak Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from Arabic الأزرق
(al ʾazraq) meaning "the blue (one)", from أَزْرَق
(ʾazraq) "blue". It is chiefly used for Moroccan Arabic.
Lbov RussianDerived either from Russian лоб
(lob) meaning "forehead" or from the name of the Elbe river meaning "river".
Leachman EnglishOccupational name for a physician’s servant, from Leach 1 + Middle English man ‘manservant’.
Leaf EnglishDerived from Old English
lēof "dear, beloved".
Leal Portuguese, SpanishMeans "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.
Leal EnglishDerived from Old French
leial "loyal, faithful (to obligations)", this name was occasionally used as a nickname for a trustworthy person.
Leamon EnglishFrom an Old English word
leof related to
love and in this case meaning "beloved" plus the word
man.
Lear EnglishMeans (i) "person from Leire", Leicestershire ("place on the river
Leire", a river-name that may also be the ancestor of
Leicestershire); or (ii) "person from Lear", any of several variously spelled places in northern France with a name based on Germanic
lār "clearing"... [
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Learn English (American)The surname Learn is traced to an 18th-century settler and his family who lived in what is now Tannersville, Pa. It is an Anglicized version of the Germanic "Loehrner," which name the settler and his family also used.
Leather English, ScottishA metonymic occupational name for a leatherworker or seller of leather goods, and derived from Middle English and Old English
lether meaning "leather".
Leavis EnglishPossibly from the Gallo-Roman name Laevius meaning "left", related to
Levy.
Lebaron FrenchEither a variant of
Baron "baron" with the French masculine definite article
le. Or a habitational name from
Le Baron the name of several places in various parts of France.
Lebesgue FrenchMeans "the stammerer" in French, denoting a person with a stammer, from Old French
beguer "stuttering, stammering", from Middle Dutch
beggen “to chat”.
Lebleu FrenchFrom French
bleu "blue" with the masculine element
le from a nickname for someone who wore blue clothes with blue eyes or a person with a bluish complexion.
LeBoeuf FrenchNickname for a powerfully built man, derived from French
boeuf meaning "bull", with the definite article
le. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman.
Lebon FrenchApprobatory (or ironic) nickname from
le bon "the good" a variant of
Bon with fused masculine definite article
le.
Lebrón GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of A Pobra do Brollón.
Lebrón SpanishLebrón is a surname most prevalent in the Autonomous Community of Andalucía. It is an augmentative of liebre (meaning "hare" in Spanish).
Lechner GermanThis name finds its origin in the Austrian Lechtal, where the Lech river flows.
Leckey Scottish, English, IrishOriginally Scottish, but also found in England, Northern Ireland and Ireland. Possibly derives from the barony of Leckie (meaning "place of flagstones", from Gaelic
leac, "flagstone") in Stirlingshire.
Lecomte FrenchNickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved pretentiously from Old French elements
conte cunte "count" with fused masculine definite article
le. Variant of
Lecompte and
Comte.
Leconte Frenchfrom the Old French title of rank
conte ‘count’, an occupational name for a servant in the household of a count or who was one.