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Ly Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Li 1.

Ly Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Lý.

Lý Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Li 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 李 (lý).

Lyakhov Russian
Derived from Russian лях (lyakh) meaning "Pole".

Lyalin m Russian

Lyambo Eastern African

Lyashenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian word lyakh - contemptuous word for "pole".

Lyashkevich Russian
Derived from Russian лях (lyakh) meaning "Pole".

Lyashko Ukrainian
Likely a variant of Lyashenko.

Lyata African (Rare)

Lyberth Greenlandic, Danish

Lyboult German
Famous Warrior... [more]

Lycett Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lycette Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lyd English

Lyday German (Anglicized)
Probably an Americanized form of German Leidig.

Lye English

Lyé French
A habitational name from places named Lié located in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.

Lyell English
English

Lyford English
Variant of Linford

Lyham English
From the Anglo-Saxon personal name Liefman.

Lyions ?

Lykaios Greek (Rare)
Derived from the Greek word "Lykos" meaning wolf.

Lykhodiy Ukrainian
Means "villain" in Ukrainian.

Lykkeberg Danish

Lykken Norwegian
Varient of Løkken.

Lykoudis Greek
Lykoudis (Greek: Λυκούδης) is a Greek surname, derived from the Greek word for wolf (Greek: λύκος, lykos). It may also have been used for individuals from the village of Lykoudi in Greece.

Lykov Russian
Derived from Russian лыко (lyko) meaning "bast". The founder of the surname may have been a shoemaker or a ropemaker.

Lyle English
Derived from Norman French l'isle "island".

Lyli Bengali

Lyman English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).

Lyman German
Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.

Lymar Ukrainian

Lyme English

Lymes English (British)
Unkown

Lyn Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Lin.

Lyn English, Scottish
Variant of Lynn.

Lynchehaun Irish
Anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic surname Ó Loingseacháin

Lynd English
Variant of Lund.

Lynda African

Lyndal English (New Zealand)

Lynde Scottish Gaelic
Originated from the Strathclyde region of Scotland, meaning "waterfall," and located near the Castle of Lin.... [more]

Lynderman English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Linderman

Lynds English
Variant of Lind, predominantly found in Kent.

Lynell English
Variant of Linnell.

Lynes English (Australian)

Lyness Northern Irish, Irish, English
Variant of Lines or anglicized form of Mac Aleenan.

Lyng Danish, Norwegian
Means "heather" in Norwegian and Danish.

Lynge Danish
From a town in Denmark named "Lynge".

Lyngstad Norwegian
Anni-Frid Lyngstad (b. 1945) is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.

Lynley English (New Zealand)

Lynley English
Variant spelling of Lindley.

Lynn Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Ó Floinn.

Lynne English
Variant of Lynn.

Lynnel English

Lynnes English

Lynx Southern African, English
Meaning "lynx" in English.

Lynxell Swedish (Rare)

Lynxén Swedish (Rare)

Lynxleg English (Canadian)

Lynxtina Azerbaijani

Lynxtrans Western African

Lynxwiler English

Lynxwiller English
Variant of Lynxwiler.

Lyonne French

Lyovochkin m Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the name Lyov or from the word лёв (lyov), meaning lion in Russian.

Lyra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Lyrån Norwegian

Lys English

Lysaght Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lysaight Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lysak Jewish
Nickname for a bald man, Ukrainian lysak.

Lysaught Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lyselia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Lyselius used in the 18th century.

Lysett Irish
Anglicized from Mac Giolla Iasachta.

Lysha Ukrainian

Lyskin Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian лысы (lysy) or Russian лысый (lysy) or Ukrainian лисий (lysyi) all meaning "bald, bald-headed, hairless".

Lyss English
Variant of Lys.

Lystad Norwegian
From the name of several farms in Norway. One family got their name from a farm in Ullensaker municipality in Akershus county. Another family got it name from a farm called Ljøstad in Hedmark county.

Lysý Czech, Slovak
Derived from Czech and Slovak lysý "bald".

Lysyuk Ukrainian
Derived from a Ukrainian diminutive form of the word fox (лиса, lysa).

Lytle English

Lytovchenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian "литовець (lytovets')" meaning "Lithuanian".

Lyttle English

Lytvyn Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Litvin.

Lytvynenko Ukrainian
It indicates being a descendant of someone who lived in the medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania but wasn't necessarily of the Lithuanian ethnicity.

Lytwyn English
English transliteration of Ukrainian литвин (see Lytvyn).

Lyubenov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Lyuben".

Lyubenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lyubenov.

Lyubeznov m Russian

Lyubimov m Russian
From Russian любимый (lyubimyy), meaning "favourite, beloved, dear".

Lyudvig German (Russified)
Russified form of Ludwig.

Lyuka African

Lyytikäinen Finnish

Lyzhina Russian

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