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LAAGER EstonianLaager is an Estonian surname meaning "camp"; ultimately from the German "lager" with the same meaning.
LAAGRIKÜLL EstonianLaagriküll is an Estonian surname meaning "bearing enough". Also possibly derived from "laagrikuul" meaning "bearing ball/bullet".
LAAKSO FinnishFrom
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’.
LÄÄN EstonianLään is an Estonian surname meaning "liege" or "fief". May also derive from "lääne" meaning "western".
LAAN EstonianLaan is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill"; starflower and wintergreen (Trientalis europaea).
LAANEMÄE EstonianLaanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".
LAANEOTS EstonianLaaneots is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tip" or "edge".
LAANEPÕLD EstonianLaanepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "chickweed-wintergreen field".
LAANEVIIR EstonianLaaneviir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Laaneveere", a village in Viimsi Municipality, Harju County.
LAANOJA EstonianLaanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
LAAR EstonianLaar is an Estonian name meaning "gyle" (wort in the process of fermentation added to a stout, beer, or ale).
LAAS EstonianLaas is an Estonian surname meaning "greenwood" (wood that has been recently cut) and "woodland".
LAASIK EstonianLaasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
LAASMA EstonianLaasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".
LAASMAA EstonianLaasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".
LAASMÄGI EstonianLaasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".
LAASPERE EstonianLaaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".
LAATS EstonianLaats is an Estonian name derived from "laat", meaning "fair" or "attractive".
LABAKHUA AbkhazAbkhaz name derived from Arabic لَاحَظَ
(lāḥaẓa) meaning "to notice, to look" combined with بَهِيجَة
(bahīja) meaning "delightful, joyous" (see
BAHIJA)...
[more] LABORDE FrenchOccupational or status name for a tenant farmer, from
borde "small farm" (from Frankish
bord "plank") and the definite article
la.
LABOSSIERE FrenchNorman 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'.
LABRADOR Spanish, Portuguese, FilipinoFrom the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
LABRIE FrenchTopographic name from l’abri meaning "the shelter", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
LACERDA Portuguese, SpanishNickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese
la cerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.
LACHTRUP DutchMeans 'laughing group' in Dutch. Also occurs in Germany, but mostly in the Netherlands.
LACKEY IrishLackey was originally a name for a horse servant.
LACOMBE FrenchFrench (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] LACSON FilipinoFrom Min Nan 六孫
(la̍k-sun) or 六孙
(la̍k-sun) meaning "sixth grandchild".
LADLEY EnglishProbably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
LADULÅS Old SwedishMost 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.
LADVIK EstonianLadvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".
LAES EstonianLaes is an Estonian surname meaning "fore" and "overhead".
LAFAYETTE FrenchThe name of Marquis de Lafayette; a famous French man during the revolutionary war.
LAFFEY Irish, ScottishReduced anglicisation of Gaelic
Ó Laithimh, which is derived from the earlier form
Ó Flaithimh, and from
flaitheamh meaning "ruler".
LAFITTE FrenchFrench: topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary mark, Old French fitte (Late Latin fixta petra ‘fixed stone’, from the past participle of figere ‘to fix or fasten’), or habitational name from any of several places in western France named with this word
LAFLÈCHE French (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.
LAFRAMBOISE French, 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.
LAFRANCHI AlpinePossibly, the Frank. Thought by some to indicate a group of merchants in Middle Ages responsible for the transalpine trade to the French.
LAGASSE FrenchFrench: nickname from Old French agace, agasse ‘magpie’ + the definite article l’.
LAGE EstonianLage is an Estonian surname meaning "plain" or "flat".
LAGERLÖF SwedishA notable bearer was Swedish author
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1909).
LAGERQUIST SwedishOrnamental name composed of the elements
lager ‘laurel’ +
quist, an old or ornamental spelling of
kvist ‘twig’.
LAGHI ItalianPossibly originated to denote someone from the Italian town of Laghi.
LAGLE EstonianLagle is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "goose".
LAGRANGE FrenchFrench: topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, a variant of
GRANGE, with the definite article la.
LAGUNA SpanishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.
LAHAIE FrenchLocational name for someone who lived near a hedge or large bush, from old French "La" the and "Haie" hedge.
LAHE EstonianLahe is an Estonian surname meaning both "spacious" and "easy-going".
LAHELA HawaiianHawaiian version of Rachel (name meaning ewe in Hebrew). Named after fictional character from video game 'Choices: Stories You Play', Dr. Bryce Lahela.
LAHEY IrishLahey 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] LAHIFFE Irish (Rare)From Irish
Ó Laochdha meaning "descendant of the hero" or "descendant of the heroic", ultimately from
laoch "warrior, hero".
LAHLOU Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from Arabic حُلْو
(ḥulw) meaning "sweet" or "nice, charming", chiefly used in Moroccan Arabic.
LAHNER German, HungarianHabitational 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".
LAHT EstonianLaht is an Estonian surname, meaning "bay" or "gulf".
LAHTINEN FinnishA combination of Finnish
lahti "bay" and the common surname suffix
-nen.
LAI EstonianLai is an Estonian surname meaning "wide", "vast" and "spacious".
LAIGU EstonianLaigu is an Estonian surname derived from "laigustama" meaning "blotchy", "dappled" and "mottled".
LAIK EstonianLaik is an Estonian surname meaning "blotch", "stain" and "spot".
LAINEVOOL EstonianLainevool is an Estonian surname meaning "flowing wave" (literally, "wave flow").
LAING ScottishScottish form of
LANG. A famous bearer was the explorer Alexander Gordon Laing.
LAISAAR EstonianLaisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "wide/expansive island".
LAITHEN EnglishEnglish 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] LAKE EnglishTopographic 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] LAKEMAN DutchTopographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond.
LAKERBAIA AbkhazMingrelian 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.
LAKK EstonianLakk is an Estonian surname meaning "hay loft".
LAKOBA AbkhazFrom the nickname
Lako, possibly meaning "swamp" in Abkhaz (denoting someone who lived in a marshy area).
LAKUNTZA BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
LAL Indian, Hindi, Urdu, PunjabiFrom Sanskrit लाला
(lālā) meaning "caressing, cajoling". It can also be interpreted to mean "garnet" or "red, ruby" from Persian لال
(lâl) or لعل
(la'l).
LALATOVIC SerbianPossibly derived from the slavic word for "tulips",
lale or from son of
Lala (a nickname for
Lazar)
LALIEV Ossetian (Russified)Russified form of an Ossetian surname derived from Georgian ლალი
(lali) meaning "ruby", ultimately from Sanskrit लाल
(lāl).
LALL EstonianLall is an Estonian surname derived from "lell" meaning "uncle".
LALONDE FrenchFrench (Normandy): habitational name from any of various places in Normandy, so named from Old Norse
lundr ‘grove’, with the definite article
la.
LALOR IrishLalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish Ó Leathlobhair, from leath- “leper; weak, ailing person”
LAMA Tibetan, NepaliA Buddhist name found among people of Tibet and Nepal, from the Tibetan
blama, meaning "priest" or "monk".
LAMALFA SicilianVariant 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.
LAMANTIA ItalianItalian:vail, the last name of a general in Palrmo, Sicily, Italy.
LAMBERG GermanHabitational name from any of several places so called in Bavaria, Westphalia, and Schleswig-Holstein.
LAMBERG SwedishPossibly of German origin, but perhaps an ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element combined with
berg "mountain".
LAMBILLOTTE French (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] LAMBROS GreekAlternate transcription of Greek Λαμπρος (see
Lampros), derived from Greek λαμπρός (
lampros) meaning "bright, shining, brilliant". This is also related to the Greek word Λαμπρή (
Lampri) "Easter".
LAMICHHANE NepaliMeans "long roof" from Nepali लामो
(lāmo) meaning "long" and छाना
(chānā) meaning "roof". It was traditionally used to refer to families that lived in houses with longer roofs.
LAMOND ScottishScottish classical pianist and composer; Henry George Lamond has this surname. It means lawyer.
LAMOUREAUX FrenchMeans "the lover" in French. It would be the nickname of an amorous person.
LAMPELA FinnishFrom Finnish word
lampi which means "pond" or "pool". There is almost 2000 Finns and 127 people from other countries with this name.
LAMSHED EnglishSurname 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] LAN ChineseThere 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] LANBARRI BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gueñes.
LANCASHIRE EnglishShire of Lancaster; One who came from Lancashire, a county in the North of England.
LANCASTER EnglishHabitational 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] LANCE EnglishFrom 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] LANCER JewishOrnamental name from German
Lanze "lance, spear" combined with the agent suffix
-er.
LANCIA ItalianFrom Latin
lancea, meaning "spear", given to those who made, sold or used spears. A famous bearer of this surname is Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937), who established the Lancia car brand in 1906.
LANCKOROŃSKI PolishThis denotes familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Lanckorona.
LAND English, GermanTopographic 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.
LĀNDA PunjabiLānda (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.
LANDA PolishNickname for a persistent and irritating person, from a derivative of the dialect verb
landzić "to ask insistently, badger someone".
LANDAZURI BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Mimetiz.
LANDE French, Norwegian, JewishFrench: 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] LANDETXO BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Mungia.
LANDIBAR BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Urdazubi.
LANDIN SwedishA combination of Swedish
land "land" and the common surname suffix
-in, derived from Latin
-inus,
-inius "descendant of"
LANDIS German, German (Swiss)German and Swiss German nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land, from Middle High German
landoese.
LANDRY French, EnglishFrom the Germanic personal name
Landric, a compound of
land "land" and
ric "powerful, ruler".
LANEZO SpanishMeans "Lanezo's street" from Basque abas "Lanezo" and kale "street".
LANG EstonianLang is an Estonian surname meaning "relative" and "in-law".
LANG Popular CultureFrom 狼 (láng) meaning "wolf". Shi-Long Lang is a character in the game Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, a wolf-themed Interpol agent who speaks mainly in quotes and metaphors about wolves...
[more] LANGARIKA BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Iruraitz-Gauna.
LANGELAND NorwegianDerived from the elements
lang meaning "long" and
land meaning "land" or "farmstead".
LANGEVIN FrenchFrom French
l'Angevin meaning "the Angevin", denoting a person from the French province of Anjou.
LANGFIELD EnglishHabitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Langfield, from Old English
lang meaning "long" and
feld meaning "field".
LANGFORD Literature, EnglishAn 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.
LANGHOFER GermanHabitational name for someone from any of several places called Langhof.
LANGHORN English, Danish, DutchNorthern 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] LANGSTON EnglishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Langston, derived from Old English
lang meaning "long" and
stan meaning "stone".
LÅNGSTRUMP LiteratureLast 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".
LÄNIK EstonianLänik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "elanik" meaning "occupant", "resident" or "dweller".
LANSDOWNE French, EnglishThe first marquis lansdowne, land owners for there lords and farmers also know as tenants.
LANSING EnglishDerived 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".
LANTARON BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
LÄNTS EstonianLänts is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lant", meaning "drail".
LANTZ GermanHabitational name from places called Lanz or derived from the given name
LANZO.
LANTZIEGO BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
LANUZA AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Sallén de Galligo.
LAOS EstonianLaos is an Estonian surname meaning "in-store".
LAPLANDER EnglishA surname referring to someone who had immigrated from Lapland, northern Scandinavia.
LAPORTE FrenchTopographic 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] LAPP GermanFrom 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....
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