All Submitted Surnames

Linde German, Dutch, Jewish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Middle Hugh German, Dutch linde or Scandinavian lind "lime tree". Almost exclusively ornamental in Swedish, otherwise probably habitational. There are also a number of feminine names containing the element lind, for example Linda, Dietlinde and Gerlinde, and it's possible that the surname is derived from any of those names.

Linde Spanish
From Spanish linde "boundary" or a habitational name from places called La Linde in Spain.

Lindel English

Lindell English
Derived from various places in England named with Old Norse lind "lime tree" and dalr "valley".

Lindell Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind "lime tree".

Lindelöf Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and löf (an archaic spelling of löv) "leaf".

Lindemann German
Means "soft man" in German, from the elements lind meaning "soft, flexible", and man meaning "man".

Lindén Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "linden tree" and the common surname suffix -én.

Linden English (American)
Variant of Lyndon.

Lindenau Danish

Lindenbaum German, Jewish
topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree Lindenbaum or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a lime tree. Derived from the elements linta "linden" and boum "tree".

Lindenberg German, Jewish, Dutch
As a German and Jewish name, it is derived from any of numerous places called Lindenberg in Germany, composed of Middle High German linde meaning "lime tree" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]

Lindenmayer German
Variant of Lindenmeyer

Lindenmeyer German
Habitational name for the tenant of a farm identified by a lime tree, derived from Middle High German linde meaning "lime tree" and meier meaning "tenant farmer".

Linder German
Derived from the German word linde, which means lime tree.

Linderman English (Rare)
From the given name Lynn, combined with the surname mann.

Linders Dutch
Patronymic form of Leonard, or possibly of a Germanic name composed of linta "linden tree, shield, spear" and heri "army".

Lindfors Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree, linden" and fors "rapid, waterfall".

Lindh Swedish
Variant spelling of Lind.

Lindhagen Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and hage "enclosed pasture". Carl Lindhagen was the Chief Magistrate of Stockholm in the early 1900s.

Lindhorst German
It means "linden forest" in German.

Lindhurst English

Lindi Albanian

Lindl German

Lindle English

Lindley English, German
English habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English lin ‘flax’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’... [more]

Lindly English

Lindmaa Estonian
Lindmaa is an Estonian name meaning "bird land".

Lindmäe Estonian
Lindmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bird mountain/hill".

Lindman Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "linden tree" and man "man".

Lindpere Estonian
Lindpere is an Estonian surname meaning "bird family".

Lindskog Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and skog meaning "forest".

Lindsö Swedish (Rare)

Lindstedt Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and stad "town, city" (spelling possibly influenced by German Stadt, also meaning "town, city").

Lindstrøm Norwegian
Norwegian form of Lindström.

Lindt German, Dutch
Derived from given names containing the elements lind "tender, mild, gentle hearted" or lind "linden tree, shield"... [more]

Lindvall Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and vall "pasture, grassy field".

Lindvee Estonian
Lindvee is an Estonian surname meaning "bird water".

Lindwall English, Swedish
Variant of Lindvall.

Line English
Americanized form of German Lein: occupational name for a grower of or dealer in flax from Middle High German līn, meaning “flax”.... [more]

Liné French (Rare)
From Old French liné meaning "made of linen". This name was an occupational name for someone who weaved linen or was a linen merchant.

Linebaugh German (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of German Leinbach.

Lineberry German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Leinberg.

Lineker English
From a place name composed of Old English lin meaning "flax" and æcer meaning "field". A famous bearer is retired English soccer player Gary Lineker (1960-).

Linelin German (Americanized)
Of German origin, an anglicization of German "Leinlindt", which is a combination of surnames Lein meaning "linen" and Lindt meaning "gentle".

Lines English (British)

Lineu Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Modern)

Linford English
habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn "maple" as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain lin "flax" or alternatively the first element may relate to the river Lynn... [more]

Ling Chinese
From Chinese 凌 (líng) meaning "ice", originally used as an occupational name for a palace official who was in charge of storing and handling ice.

Ling Chinese (Min Dong)
Min Dong romanization of Lin.

Ling English, German
Variant of Link.

Lingard English
Habitational name from Lingart, Lancashire, or Lingards Wood in Marsden, West Yorkshire.

Lingerfelt American (South)
Americanized spelling of German Lingenfeld, a habitational name from a place so named in the Palatinate.

Lingga Batak

Linguini Popular Culture

Linh Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 靈 (linh) meaning "spirit, soul".

Linhares Portuguese
Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Linhares, for example in Braganca, Guarda, and Vila Real, from the plural of linhar ‘flax field’ (Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).

Linick English (American)

Linikoja Estonian
Linikoja is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth stream".

Lininger English
Americanized version of German surname Leininger

Link English
Comes from Old English word "hlinc"

Linke German

Linkenhoker German (Austrian, ?), English (American)

Linkford English
Variation of Langford.

Linkin English
Variant of Lincoln.

Linklater Scottish
Scottish (Orkney) habitational name from either of two places named Linklater (in South Ronaldsay and North Sandwick).

Linkytė Lithuanian
Of uncertain etymology.

Linley English
This surname can be derived from a place of the same name in Shropshire, which is derived from Old English lín meaning "flax, linen" and leah meaning "clearing." As a modern surname, it can also be a variant of Lindley (Lindley is used in 2 places in Yorkshire), which is derived from Old English lind meaning "lime tree" and leah.

Linn Scottish, English
Variant of Lyne or Lynn.

Linn Irish
Variant of Lynn.

Linn German
Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".

Linn German
Derived from the given name Linto, a short form of names containing the element lind "soft, flexible".

Linn German (Silesian), Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Derived from the Slavic word lin "tench (fish)", a nickname for a fisherman, or for a person who somehow resembled a tench.

Linn Finnish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Linna, or a like-sounding surname.

Linn Estonian
Means "city" in Estonian. Compare Finnish Linna "castle".

Linna Estonian
Linna is an Estonian surname meaning (urban) "town" or "city".

Linnaeus Swedish (Rare)
Latinized form of Lind. A famous bearer was Swedish botanist Carl Linneaus (b. 1707 - d. 1778). His father adopted the name Linnaeus after a big lime tree (lind in Swedish) that grew on the family homestead in Vittaryd parish, Småland.

Linnamäe Estonian
Linnamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "urban (city) mountain".

Linnane Irish, English
Anglicized form of O'Lennon.

Linné Swedish
Swedish form of Linnaeus.

Linnett English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval feminine given name Line, which was a short form of names such as Cateline, Adelina, Amelina and Lecelina.

Linney English
From an Old English female personal name Lindgifu, Lindgeofu, composed of the elements lind ‘lime (wood)’, i.e. ‘shield’ (a transferred sense) + gifu, geofu ‘gift’.

Linnus Estonian
Linnus is an Estonian surname meaning "castle" or "citadel".

Linnuste Estonian
Linnuste is an Estonian surname relating to "linnus", meaning "castle" or "citadel".

Linny English

Lino Italian

Lins German, Brazilian

Linsalato Italian (Rare)

Linscott English

Lint English

Lint Estonian
Lint is an Estonian surname meaning "ribbon".

Linthwaite English

Linvill French
See Linville.

Linzeler French

Linzey English
This is a variant of Lindsey.

Linzmeier German
Variant of Linzmeyer

Linzmeyer German, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "bailiff of Linz, Austria" in German, derived from Proto-Celtic *lentos (“bend”) and Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater".... [more]

Lio Chinese

Lion Belgian

Liong Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Liang chiefly used in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Lions English
Variant of Lyons influencd by the spelling of the word lion

Liotta Italian
Variant form of Leotta. A famous bearer was American actor Ray Liotta (1954-2022).

Liotti Italian

Lipa Albanian

Lipiec Polish
Derived from Polish lipiec "July (month)".

Lipinets Russian (Rare)

Lipinska Polish

Lipinskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Lipiński.

Lipiński Polish
Name for someone from any of various places named Lipno, Lipin, Lipiny or Lipino, all derived from Polish lipa meaning "lime tree".

Lipinskis Latvian
Latvian form of Lipiński.

Lipinsky Russian
Russian form of Lipiński.

Lipnjak Croatian
Derived from lipa meaning ''linden tree''.

Lipov m Russian
Andrey Lipov is the agency executive of Roskomnadzor.... [more]

Lipovača Bosnian, Croatian

Lipowski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lipowo, Lipowa, or Lipowe, named with an adjectival derivative of Polish lipa meaning "lime tree".

Lipp Estonian
Means "flag" in Estonian.

Lipp German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Philipp.

Lippert German

Lippin English

Lippincott English
A habitational name meaning "of Luffincott," a parish in Devon, England. Named from Old English uncertain first element + cot ‘cottage’.

Lippis English (American), English (Australian)

Lippmaa Estonian
Lippmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "flag/pennant/banner land".

Lippmann German, French

Lipps German
Derived from Lippe, a place in Westphalia, Germany. The name is a variant of the first name Philipp.

Lipschitz German, Jewish
The name is derived from the Slavic "lipa," meaning "linden tree" or "lime tree." The name may relate to a number of different place names: "Liebeschitz," the name of a town in Bohemia, "Leipzig," the name of a famous German city, or "Leobschutz," the name of a town in Upper Silesia.

Lipschutz Jewish
Habitational surname for someone in Liebschütz, Germany, or Liebeschitz, Poland, both derived from Proto-Slavic *lipa "lime tree".

Lipscomb English

Lipski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lipie, Lipsk, Lipsko, Lipy, etc., all named with Polish lipa meaning "lime tree".

Lipson English

Lipton American, English

Liputo Gorontalo

Lipyance Slavic
George Lipyance emmigrated to the us in 1903. Many different spellings early on. Lipyance is now used my ancestors.

Lirette French
French for material used in clothes.

Lirin French

Lirio Spanish

Lirnik Belarusian, Polish, Russian
Belarusian, Polish and Russian form of Lirnyk.

Lirnyk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian лірник (lirnyk) meaning "lirnyk". Lirnyky were itinerant Ukrainian musicians who performed religious, historical and epic songs to the accompaniment of a lira.

Lis Hmong
The name may come from the Chinese who gave Hmong names during the 18th century depending on the place they were in. It's a possible clan surname.

Lisa Bengali (Muslim)

Lisange French (African)

Lisboa Portuguese
Habitiational name from Lisbon.

Lisboa Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon (called Lisboa in Portuguese).

Lisby Danish

Lischke German
A German surname of slavic origin. A historic bearer was Johann Lischke, a German Protestant reformer in the 16th century. The name may come from the German word “Lisch,” which can refer to a marshy or wetland area.

Lisci Italian
Probably means "smooth" in Italian, derived from the Italian liscio "smoothing", likely denoting a clean person.

Lisena Italian

Liserani Italian
A famous bearer is Italian-born American actor Gino Corrado Liserani (1893 - 1982), who went by Gino Corrado on film

Liseron French

Lises Malaysian

Lishoy Malayalam, Indian (Christian)
Uncommon Malayalam surname, used mostly by St Thomas Christians. The surname of a certain Malayalam actress.

Lisi Italian

Lišić Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Possibly derived from Albanian lesh, meaning "fur".

Lisiecki Polish
Habitational name for someone from Lisiec in Konin voivodeship or a place called Liszki, both named with lis meaning "fox".

Lisiewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Lisiewice in Skierniewice voivodeship, named with lis meaning "fox".

Lisinski Croatian

Lisitsyn Russian
Derived from Russian лисица (lisitsa) meaning "fox".

Liška Czech
Liška means "fox" in Czech. A famous bearer is actor Pavel Liška.

Lisle Norman, English, French
English (of Norman origin) and French: variant spelling of Lyle.

Lisowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various locations named Lisowa, Lisowo, Lisów or Lisowice, all derived from Polish lis meaning "fox".

Lisp English

Lissy Czech (Americanized), Slovak (Americanized)
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Lysý.

List Hungarian
Variant of Liszt.

Liston English

Listopad Polish, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Polish listopad "November (month)".

Listrat French
From Occitan "listrat" meaning "chopped off, striped" or from "Listrac", a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France.

Liszewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lisewo (also Liszewo), named with Polish lis meaning "fox".

Liszovics Polish, Jewish
This surname has Eastern European connections and has been used by the Jewish population.

Liszt Hungarian
Liszt is a Hungarian surname that literally means "flour".... [more]

Litchfield English
locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire... [more]

Litovchenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Lytovchenko.

Littarru Italian
From Sardinian littarru "buckthorn".

Littlefield English
It means "small field".

Littleford English
It means "small ford".

Littlejohn Scottish, English
Distinguishing epithet for the smallest of two or more bearers of the common personal name John. Compare Meiklejohn... [more]

Littleman English

Littleproud English

Littles English
Variant of Little.

Little Shield Arapaho

Littleton English

Littlewood English (British)
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be either a locational or topographical surname. If the former, it derives from any of several minor places in West Yorkshire, such as Littlewood in Wooldale near Holmfirth, all of which are so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century "lytel", little, small, and "wudu", wood... [more]

Littman German (East Prussian), German (West Prussian), German, Jewish
Derived from Germanized Czech personal names like Litomir (Czech: Ljutomir) and Litobor (Czech: Ljutobor) which ultimately go back to Old Slavic ljutu "grim; fierce; ferocious; wild". One theory suggests, however, that these given names might have been influenced by ljub- "love; dear".... [more]

Litton English

Littrell English
Variant of Luttrell

Litvack Jewish
Variant of Litwak.

Litvak Jewish
Variant of Litwak.

Litvin Russian
Denoted someone from Lithuania.

Litvina Russian
Feminine form of Litvin.

Litvinchuk Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian литвин (litvin) historically denoting a Lithuanian or Belarusian person.

Litvinov m Russian, Lithuanian
Denotes to a Lithuanian person.

Litwack Jewish
Varint of Litwak.

Litwak Jewish
From Yiddish ליטוואַק (litvak) meaning "Litvak (a Lithuanian Jew)", ultimately from the archaic Polish word Litwak meaning "Lithuanian".

Litwin Polish
Polish form of Litvin.

Litzinger English

Liu Hui

Liu Chinese

Liu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Liao.

Liuh Chinese (Cantonese)
Variant transcription of Chinese (Cantonese) 廖 (see Liu 3).

Liukuey English (Rare)

Liv Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Lif.

Liv Khmer
Means "single, unmarried" in Khmer.

Livaza Dungan
Dungan surname of unknown meaning; the second element is derived from Chinese 娃子 (wázǐ) meaning "child".

Lively English
A modern English surname possibly derived from a lost village called Laefer-leah which would give it the meaning "the farm by the lake".... [more]

Lively English
Nickname from Middle English lifly, "lively", "nimble".

Livengood German
The surname LIVENGOOD is the Americanized version of Leibendgut. Leibengut is Swiss-German in origin. It has been written as Livengood and Levengood in America. Records show the family name back to 1550, in Aarwangen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland... [more]

Livermore English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and mere "lake".

Liverpool English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and pol "pool".

Livers Romansh

Livet French

Livingston English, Scottish
This surname is thought to be derived from Middle English Levingestun meaning "Leving's town" or "Leving's settlement."

Livingstone Scottish, Irish, Jewish
Scottish: Habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called Levin (Lewin), who appears in charters of David I in the early 12th century.... [more]

Livora German (Rare, ?)

Liwanag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "radiance, light" in Tagalog.

Liwosz Polish
It comes from the name "liswoze" which means to be a all around "good person". Even though it is a nickname, It may have been derived from occupation because of the name's meaning to be a "Funny man".

Lixandru Romanian

Liyanaarachchi Sinhalese
From Sinhala ලියන (liyana) meaning "writing" combined with the colonial-era title ආරච්චි (arachchi) used to denote a village headman or leader.

Liyanage Sinhalese
Of unknown meaning.

Liyanage Sinhalese
Means "house of writing" from Sinhala ලියන (liyana) meaning "writing" and ගේ (ge) meaning "home, house".

Liyanasuriya Sinhalese
From Sinhala ලියන (liyana) meaning "writing" combined with Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Liz Spanish
History unknown; surname known in the Dominican Republic

Lizak Polish
Nickname from lizac 'to lick'.

Lízal Czech

Lizárraga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Lizarraga, a habitational name from any of several places derived from Basque lizar (archaic form leizar) "ash tree" and the locative suffix -aga meaning "abundance of" or "place of".

Lizars Scottish (Modern, Rare)

Lizatović Croatian

Lizovich Jewish
I knew a family with this surname and they were Jewish.

Lizy French

Lizyness English (American)
Unknown.

Lizzi Italian

Lizzie Hebrew

Ljubić Croatian

Ljubičić Croatian, Serbian

Ljubijankić Bosnian

Ljubojević Serbian
Means "son of Ljuboje".

Ljungberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ljung "heather" and berg "mountain".

Ljungqvist Swedish
Composed of the elements ljung "heather" and quist, an old spelling of kvist "twig".

Ljungström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ljung "heather" and ström "stream".

Llalloshi Albanian

Llamas Spanish (Latin American)

Llamazares Spanish

Llamido Spanish (Philippines)

Llanes Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Likely denoted someone who came from the municipality of Llanes in Spain.

Llapashtica Kosovar, Albanian, Serbian
Derived from the name of Kosovan villages named Llapashticë e Poshtme or Llapashticë e Epërme. It could also denote a person from Serbian villages called Donja Lapaštica or Gornja Lapaštica.

Llaquet Spanish, Catalan
Topographic name from the Catalan word llac "pond, lake", indicating a person who lives near a lake.

Llazani Albanian

Lleshi Albanian

Llewys Welsh
Original Welsh form of "Lewis" used by the former Royal Family of Wales. Most people with the surname "Lewis" derive from the Royal Family. Very few people still have the surname "Llewys," but it is not unheard of.

Llinars Catalan

Llinás Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Llinars.

Llongoria Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Samartín de Llodón in the municipality of Balmonte.

Llorente Catalan
Derived from the given name Lorenzo.

Lloris Catalan
Means "son of Llorente" in Catalan. A known bearer of this surname is professional French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Llovet Catalan, South American

Llwellyn Welsh

Lo Western African

Loafman English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Laufmann.

Loaiza Basque
Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name derived from lohi "mud, mire" and the suffix -tza denoting abundance.

Loam English
1 English and Scottish: unexplained. The name is recorded in both England and Scotland. It may be a variant of Scottish Lour, a habitational name from Lour, formerly a part of the parish of Meathielour.... [more]

Lobachev m Russian

Łobaczewski Polish
This indicated familial origin within either Łobaczew Duży or Łobaczew Mały, 2 Polesian villages in Gmina Terespol.

Lobato American (Hispanic)
Lobato variant of Lovato, a Hispanic last name originating from Spanish colonial New Mexico and Colorado. That surname is common with Native New Mexicans... [more]

Lobato Spanish, Portuguese
nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.

Löbe German
Variant of Löwe from Middle High German lēwe löuwe "lion" hence a nickname for a brave or regal person. 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.

Lobera Spanish
Either a topographic name from lobera "wolf pack" or "wolves' lair" or a habitational name from any of several places called La Lobera. variant of Lovera.

Lobert French (European)

Lobianco Italian
Derived from the words lo "the" and bianco "white".

Loborec Croatian

Lobosvilla Spanish
Rare variant of Villalobos.

Lobsang German (Rare, Archaic)
German name meaning "sung praise"

Lõbu Estonian
Lõbu is an Estonian surname meaning "fun" and "merriment".

Lõbus Estonian
Lõbus is an Estonian surname meaning "cheery", "pleasant" and "amusing".

Lộc Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Lu, from Sino-Vietnamese 鹿 (lộc).

Locci Italian
Possibly from the Spanish given name Eloche (see Elochius.

Loceff Jewish

Loch German
From German Loch "hole", ultimately derived from Middle High German loch "hole, hollow, valley".

Loch Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic loch "lake".

Loche French
From the Old French word loche meaning "freshwater fish."

Löcher German

Lochhead Scottish
Topographic name for someone who lived at the head of a loch, derived from Scottish Gaelic ceann meaning "head (land)" and loch meaning "loch".

Lochner German
Means "a place where rivers meet with a partial obstruction from a wooden dam. "

Lochridge Scottish
Link Lockridge.

Lochte Dutch, German
Variant of the habitational names Lichte or Lucht.

Lock English, Dutch, German
Habitational name from any of various places derived from Old English loca meaning "(locked) enclosure, stronghold".

Lockard Irish

Locke English, German
Variant of Lock.

Locke English, German
From Old English or Old High German loc meaning "lock of hair, curl".

Locke English
Occupational name for a locksmith.

Locker English

Locket English

Lockett English
Diminutive of the male given name Luke.

Lockey English

Lockhart Scottish, German
Scottish: of uncertain origin, probably from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements loc ‘lock’, ‘bolt’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. English: occupational name for a herdsman in charge of a sheep or cattlefold, from Old English loc ‘enclosure’, ‘fold’ + hierde ‘herd(er)’.

Lockheed English
Variant of Lougheed.

Locklear English
Variant of Lockyer. Locklear is an occupational name of anglo-saxon origin meaning "locksmith".

Locklear Lumbee
This is a popular surname in the Lumbee Native American tribe. It was pronounced by elders as Locklaha in the early part of the 20th century. "Falling water" is the definition of Locklaha. In 2004 the Lumbee Tribal Council had members named Lawrence (University of North Carolina employee), James H., Al, Danita as well as Jerl Locklear.

Lockley English
Refers to the region of Loxley in Staffordshire, England.

Locks English
Variant of Lock.

Lockyear English
Variant spelling of Lockyer.

Lockyer English
Variant of Locklear. Lockyer is an occupational name of anglo-saxon origin meaning "locksmith".

Lodde Italian
From Sardinian lodde "fox".

Lodge English
Local name for someone who lived in a small cottage or temporary dwelling, Middle English logge (Old French loge, of Germanic origin). The term was used in particular of a cabin erected by masons working on the site of a particular construction project, such as a church or cathedral, and so it was probably in many cases equivalent to an occupational name for a mason... [more]