LAAKSOFinnish From laakso ‘valley’, generally an ornamental name adopted during the name conversion movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Often, it was adopted by Finnish bearers of Swedish names containing the Swedish element dal ‘valley’.
LÄÄNEstonian Lään is an Estonian surname meaning "liege" or "fief". May also derive from "lääne" meaning "western".
LAANEstonian Laan is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill"; starflower and wintergreen (Trientalis europaea).
LÄÄNEEstonian Lääne is an Estonian surname meaning "western".
LAANEMAAEstonian Laanemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen land".
LAANEMÄEEstonian Laanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".
LÄÄNEMETSEstonian Läänemets is an Estonian surname meaning "western forest".
LAANEOTSEstonian Laaneots is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tip" or "edge".
LAANEPÕLDEstonian Laanepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "chickweed-wintergreen field".
LAANEVIIREstonian Laaneviir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Laaneveere", a village in Viimsi Municipality, Harju County.
LAANOJAEstonian Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
LAANSALUEstonian Laansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen grove".
LÄÄNSOOEstonian Läänsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "west swamp".
LAAREstonian Laar is an Estonian name meaning "gyle" (wort in the process of fermentation added to a stout, beer, or ale).
LAASEstonian Laas is an Estonian surname meaning "greenwood" (wood that has been recently cut) and "woodland".
LAASALUEstonian Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".
LAASIKEstonian Laasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
LAASMAEstonian Laasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".
LAASMAAEstonian Laasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".
LAASMÄGIEstonian Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".
LABAKHUAAbkhaz Abkhaz name derived from Arabic لَاحَظَ (lāḥaẓa) meaning "to notice, to look" combined with بَهِيجَة (bahīja) meaning "delightful, joyous" (see BAHIJA)... [more]
LABORDEFrench Occupational or status name for a tenant farmer, from borde "small farm" (from Frankish bord "plank") and the definite article la.
LABOSSIEREFrench Norman habitational name from a common village name La Boissière, meaning 'wooded area', from bois 'wood'. possibly a metronymic, from a feminine derivative of BOSSIER 'cooper', denoting the 'wife of the cooper'.
LABRADORSpanish, Portuguese, Filipino From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
LABRIEFrench Topographic name from l’abri meaning "the shelter", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
LACERDAPortuguese, Spanish Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese lacerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.
LACOMBEFrench French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).... [more]
LADULÅSOld Swedish Most likely from Swedish ladulås "barnlock", but it could also be derived from the Slavic name LADISLAUS. Magnus Ladulås, sometimes known as Magnus Birgersson or Magnus III in English, was the king of Sweden between 1275 and 1290.
LADVIKEstonian Ladvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".
LAFLÈCHEFrench (Quebec) A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.
LAFRAMBOISEFrench, French (Quebec) Means "raspberry" in French. Most carriers of this surname descend from Joseph Frye, an English colonist from Kittery, Maine, United States, who was captured in an Indian raid in 1695 during King William's War and taken to New France by the First Nations and was baptized into the Catholic faith in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
LAFRANCHIAlpine Possibly, the Frank. Thought by some to indicate a group of merchants in Middle Ages responsible for the transalpine trade to the French.
LAHAIEFrench Locational name for someone who lived near a hedge or large bush, from old French "La" the and "Haie" hedge.
LAHEEstonian Lahe is an Estonian surname meaning both "spacious" and "easy-going".
LAHELAHawaiian Hawaiian version of Rachel (name meaning ewe in Hebrew). Named after fictional character from video game 'Choices: Stories You Play', Dr. Bryce Lahela.
LAHEMAAEstonian Lahemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "spacious land".
LAHESALUEstonian Lahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "spacious grove".
LAHEYIrish Lahey and Leahy originate from two different Gaelic surnames. Lahey, Lahy, Lahiff, Lahiffe, Laffey, and Lahive all originate from the Gaelic surname O Laithimh, which itself is a variant of O Flaithimh... [more]
LAHIFFEIrish (Rare) From Irish Ó Laochdha meaning "descendant of the hero" or "descendant of the heroic", ultimately from laoch "warrior, hero".
LAHNERGerman, Hungarian Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".
LAINGScottish Scottish form of LANG. A famous bearer was the explorer Alexander Gordon Laing.
LAIRDScottish, Northern Irish Scottish and northern Irish: status name for a landlord, from northern Middle English laverd ‘lord’.
LAISAAREstonian Laisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "wide/expansive island".
LAITHENEnglish English habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Lancashire (near Blackpool) and in North Yorkshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘settlement by the watercourse’, from Old English lad ‘watercourse’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter as ‘leek enclosure’ or ‘herb garden’, from leac ‘leek’ + tun... [more]
LAKEEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus... [more]
LAKERBAIAAbkhaz Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz aristocratic family name Lakrba possibly from Abkhaz а-лакра (a-lakra) meaning "in thickets, to catch in thickets" or "to rank, to include". It was most likely used to refer to a hunter or a member of a large group of peasants.
LAKHANIIndian, Gujarati, Sindhi Means "descendant of Lakh", from a short form of the given name LAKSHMANA. This is the name of a clan found in Gujarat, India, and Sindh, Pakistan.
LAKUNTZABasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
LALIndian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Nepali, Bengali Means "darling, precious, beloved", from Sanskrit lala meaning "cajoling". It can also mean "boy" or "red, ruby" in Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali.
LALONDEFrench French (Normandy): habitational name from any of various places in Normandy, so named from Old Norse lundr ‘grove’, with the definite article la.
LAMATibetan, Nepali A Buddhist name found among people of Tibet and Nepal, from the Tibetan blama, meaning "priest" or "monk".
LAMALFASicilian Variant of Malfa, most probably a habitational name for someone from Malfa on the island of Salina (Messina), although the name has also been linked with Amalfi in Salerno and Melfi in Potenza.
LAMBEnglish A nickname for a gentle or malleable person or an occupational name for someone who raised or cared for young sheep. Can take the form LUM.
LAMBILLOTTEFrench (Modern) Currently, a common name in Wallonia, Belgium with some descendants in USA. Believed to be derived from three terms..."lamb" "ill" "otte". The first term has remained unchanged from early Germanic term; the second is latin for "of the" and the third a dimiuative or feminine form suffix... [more]
LAMICHHANENepali Means "long roof", derived from Nepali लामो (lāmo) "long" and छाना (chānā) "roof". It was traditionally used for families who lived in houses with longer roofs.
LAMONDScottish Scottish classical pianist and composer; Henry George Lamond has this surname. It means lawyer.
LAMONTScottish (Modern), Northern Irish, French Scottish and northern Irish: from the medieval personal name Lagman, which is from Old Norse Logmaðr, composed of log, plural of lag ‘law’ (from leggja ‘to lay down’) + maðr, ‘man’ (genitive manns).... [more]
LAMSHEDEnglish Surname common in Australia & the UK. A variation of Lambshead which was originally a mis-spelling of Lambside which was the area from which the family originated in Pommyland. Other variations include Lambshed, Lamshead, Lammyside and Lamesta... [more]
LANChinese There are 2 origins.The Lan from the north came from an area called Lantian.The one from the south was from minorities like She\Zhuang\Hui\Man\Yao.... [more]
LANBARRIBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gueñes.
LANCASHIREEnglish Shire of Lancaster; One who came from Lancashire, a county in the North of England.
LANCASTEREnglish Habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, named in Old English as ‘Roman fort on the Lune’, from the Lune river, on which it stands, + Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’)... [more]
LANCEEnglish From the Germanic personal name LANZO, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (for example, Lambert), but later used as an independent name... [more]
LANCKOROŃSKIPolish This denotes familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Lanckorona.
LANDEnglish, German Topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, "land, territory". This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.
LĀNDAPunjabi Lānda (ਲਾਨਦਾ) is a Punjabi surname that is used amongst families belonging to the Bhat tribe. The bearers of this surname belong to the gotra Lākhanpal, which is of Kshatriya origin.
LANDAPolish Nickname for a persistent and irritating person, from a derivative of the dialect verb landzić "to ask insistently, badger someone".
LANDAZURIBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Mimetiz.
LANDEFrench, Norwegian, Jewish French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, lande (from Gaulish landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word.... [more]
LANDIBARBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Urdazubi.
LANDINSwedish A combination of Swedish land "land" and the common surname suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of"
LANDISGerman, German (Swiss) German and Swiss German nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land, from Middle High German landoese.
LANGFIELDEnglish Combination of Old English lang meaning "long" and feld meaning "stretch of open country". It could serve either as a topographic surname or a habitational surname for someone from one of the many locations named "Langfield" (ex... [more]
LANGFORDLiterature, English An English habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name LANDA or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
LANGHANSGerman German and Dutch: distinguishing nickname for a tall man (see LANG) called HANS.
LANGHORNEnglish, Danish, Dutch Northern English: probably a habitational name from a minor place in Soulby, Cumbria, called Longthorn, from Old English lang ‘long’ + horn ‘projecting headland’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.... [more]
LANGSTONEnglish Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Langston, derived from Old English lang meaning "long" and stan meaning "stone".
LÅNGSTRUMPLiterature Last name of Pippi Långstrump, the original Swedish name for Pippi Longstocking, a character invented by Astrid Lindgren. Pippi's name was allegedly made up by Lindgren's daughter Karin. It's a combination of Swedish lång "long" and strumpa "sock".
LANSINGEnglish Derived from the name of Lancing, a place in West Sussex, which was composed of the Old English personal name Wlanc and -ingas meaning "family of" or "followers of".
LAPLANDEREnglish A surname referring to someone who had immigrated from Lapland, northern Scandinavia.
LAPORTEFrench Topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (and often was in charge of them; thus in part a metonymic occupational name), from Old French porte "gateway", "entrance" (from Latin porta, "door", "entrance"), with the definite article la... [more]
LAPPGerman From Middle High German lap(pe) ‘cloth’, ‘patch’, ‘rag’; a metonymic occupational name for a mender of clothes or shoes, or a nickname for a simple-minded person.... [more]
LAPSLEYScottish, English, Medieval English Combination of Old English læppa ”end of a parish” and leah ”woodland clearing”. Another meaning could be possible.
LARIVIÈREFrench (Modern) From the region of Bourgoigne, in France, meaning 'the river'. The name is likely a topographic reference to the physical location, likely a river in this case.
LAROSEItalian Topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew; or a habitational name from a town house bearing the sign of a rose. It may also have been a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion, as well as a nickname of a soldier... [more]