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Larena Spanish

Lareo Spanish

Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.

Larguespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Variant of Largaespada, used in Nicaragua.

Larian Persian

Larine Arabic (Maghrebi)

Larking English

Laroche French

Laroussi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Aroussi.

Laroux French

Larregi Basque (Archaic)
Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -(t)egi "place of".

Larrimer English

Larronde Spanish

Larx English (American)
The Great one

Larys Polish (Rare, ?)

Larzabal Spanish

Lasasso English (American)

Lascellas Spanish
Feminine variant of Lascellos.

Lascellos Spanish

Lase Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Lasher English
Their are many possible meanings. 1. One who lashes ropes together. 2. One who lashes or wipps. 3. One who lashes out in anger.

Lashier French

Lašić Montenegrin, Serbian

Lasichanh Lao

Lasiewicki Polish
I don't know meaning history.Please tell me the meaning and history of my name

Laskaridis Greek

Laskin Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Lańskiewicz

Lastavec Croatian
From lasta meaning ''swallow''.

Lastours French

Latayan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "plank, wale" in Tagalog.

Later Northern African

Lathon English

Lati Albanian

Latif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Latif.

Latifi Albanian (Modern)

Latina Filipino

Latk Sorbian
Meaning unknown.

Latortue French

Latscha German

Latta Italian

Lattanasack Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ລັດຕະນະສັກ (see Rattanasack).

Lattanavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ລັດຕະນະວົງ (see Rattanavong).

Lattke Sorbian, Low German
Sorbian and Northeast Low German variant of Latk.

Latto Italian

Latu Tongan

Lau Estonian
Lau is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lauk" meaning "table" or "desk" or "laul" meaning "song".

Laufmann German, Jewish
Variant of Läufer.

Laufray French

Laughlin Irish
Variant of Loughlin

Laumann German
Meaning unknown.

Lauren Finnish

Laurence English, French
From the given name Laurence.

Laures French, Luxembourgish

Laurezzari Italian

Laurimaa Estonian
Laurimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's land" (Lauri is an Estonian masculine given name).

Lauter German

Lautzenheiser German
A German surname meaning "From Lautzenhausen, Germany"

Laux French

Lauzon French (Quebec)

Lavagnino Italian
Common surname in the Liguria area of Italy.

Lavalette French

Lavallais French Creole, Louisiana Creole

Lavallee French

Lavalley English

Lavasseur French

Lavay Jewish
American variant of Levi.

Laverdur French

Lavernia Catalan

Lavery Irish, Northern Irish
From 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)... [more]

Lavesque French

Lavey American
Form of Levey used most famously by Anton Szandor LaVey and his children.

Lavička Czech

Lavida Spanish (Mexican)

Lavie French
Dialectal variant of French voie "way, road", ultimately from Latin via "road, street, path", combined with the French feminine article la.

Lavine French

Lavine English
1 English: variant of Lavin 2.... [more]

Lavinya Portuguese (Brazilian)

Lawler Irish, Scottish
This 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'.... [more]

Lawless English
Without reign of law.... [more]

Lawliet English (Anglicized, Modern)
Death Note

Lawn English

Laws English

Laxman Swedish (Rare)

Layden English
Variant of Laden.

Layke Indonesian

Layla Bengali (Muslim)

Laylon English

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Lazalier French
Comes directly from the last name "Larzelere"

Lazami Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Lazarus English

Lazdiņš Latvian
Derived from the word lazda meaning "hazel".

Lazia Romanian

Lazotti Italian (Rare)

Lazović Serbian, Montenegrin

Leal Portuguese, Spanish
Means "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.

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.

Learson English (American), English (British)

Leaston English

Leath English

Leathan English

Leatherland English
Variant of Letherland.

Leathers English

Leaver English (American, ?)

Leavy Irish
Shortened form of Dunleavy.

Lebowski Polish
Means "head"

Lebreton French
Variant of Le Breton.

Lebrun Louisiana Creole

Lecaron French

Lechman German
Variant of Lehmann.

Leclerq French

Lecocq French
Means ‘the rooster’.

Lecompte French

Ledama Maasai
Of uncertain meaning.

Leddy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Lideadha.

Ledge English

Lediert Mauritian Creole (Rare, ?)

Ledwaba Southern African, South African, Zulu
From Zulu meaning "rock".

Ledyan Belarusian

Leekha Indian

Leelu Indian

Leeman English (Rare)
Varition of Lemann.

Leeney English

Leese English

Leesment Estonian
Leesment is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lee", meaning "hearth".

Legault Norman (Gallicized)
From the French "le Gaul," meaning simply "the Gaul." Gaul refers to the northern part of modern-day France.

Le Guen Breton (Gallicized)
Comes from originally of "Gwenn" who means white.

Leha Indonesian

Lehaci Romanian

Lehigh German, Irish
Derived from a Native American word "Lechauwekink", meaning "where there are forks in the stream". Variant of Lechau .

Lehikoinen Finnish

Lehle German

Lehlou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

Lehmonen Finnish (Finnicized, Modern)

Lehnhart German
"Lean deer." From the German words lehn and Hart, "lean" and "deer" respectively.

Lehnsherr Popular Culture
From German Lehnsherr/Lehnsgeber "feudal lord". A notable fictional character is Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (born as Max Eisenhardt), also known as Magneto, in the 'X-Men' franchise.

Le Houérou Breton
Derived from Breton c'hwerv "bitter".

Lehoux French

Lehtiranta Finnish
From the word "Lehtirant" meaning "Leaflet".

Lehv American (Rare)

Leialoha Hawaiian
Best known as the surname of a certain Steve.

Leiataua Samoan

Leiblee English (American)

Leibrant German

Leich German
A coworker at my job has this surname and they told me that it’s German. I know nothing more about this surname.

Leichester English (Rare)
Variant of Lester

Leickster English

Leidma Estonian
Leidma is an Estonian surname meaning "find".

Leifer Jewish
Variant of Läufer.

Leighan English

Leighty English
Perhaps an altered spelling of the English family name Laity .

Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.

Leika Ukrainian

Lein German

Leis Estonian
Leis is an Estonian surname derived from "lei" meaning "leeward".

Leissmann Brazilian

Leiston English

Leit Estonian
Leit is an Estonian surname derived from either "leitav" meaning "findable" or "leitsak" meaning "humid/sultry air".

Leite Portuguese, Galician
Meaning "milk".... [more]

Leius Estonian
Leius is an Estonian surname derived from "leiud", meaning "findings"; and "leiutis", meaning "invention" and to "devise".

Leivas South American

Lekić Serbian, Montenegrin

Lekika African (Rare)

Lekkas Greek
Feminine form is Lekka

Leković Serbian, Montenegrin

Lell Estonian
Lell is an Estonian surname meaning "uncle".

Lelly Indonesian

Lemar French (Huguenot)

Lemara African

Lemax Papuan

Lemay English (Canadian)

Lember Estonian
Lember is an Estonian surname derived from "lembe", meaning "loving" and "affectionate".

Lemerise French (Quebec)

Lemieux French (Anglicized)

Lemise Caribbean

Lemke German
Prussian Pommerania

Lemmetyinen Finnish

Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.

Lempesis Greek

Lempu Estonian
Lempu is an Estonian surname derived from "lembe" meaning "loving" and "affectionate".

Lemrini Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Merini.

Lenders German
Variant of Lender.

Lendo Polish, Bosnian

Lenhart German (Austrian)

Lenihan Irish

Lenius German

Lenkiewicz Polish

Lennard Anglo-Saxon, German
Derived from the baptismal name for Leonard.... [more]

Lennet South African

Lennin German
Variant of Lennon.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Lenoa Fijian

Lensing English (British)

Lenworth Jamaican Patois

Le Pen Breton
Le Pen is a Breton surname meaning "the head", "the chief" or "the peninsula".

Lépicier French

Lepistu Estonian
Lepistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lepitus" meaning "conciliation" and "arrangement".

Leport French

Leporte French

Lepsy Slavic (Rare), Turkish (Rare)
Possibly dating back to the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Europe, the original Turkic meaning is veiled in mystery, and possibly meant "one who comes from the edge of the lake." ... [more]

Leray French

Leren Norwegian (Rare)

Leroyce English (American, Rare)

Lesandre Belgian

Lesatz English
Unknown origin (I mean by I don't know its origins). Popular in Michigan during the early 20th century.

Lesch German
German variant of Loesch.

Leshman Hebrew

Lesinski Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Polish Lesiński.

Leskinen Finnish
From Leski, meaning "widow". Notable people with this name are Otto Leskinen, a Finnish ice hockey player, and Alexis Leskinen, a character from Steins;Gate 0

Lesnar German
Variant spelling of German Lessner, a habitational name from any of various places in eastern Germany called Lessen, all named with Slavic les 'forest'.

Lesniewski Polish

Lessel Scottish

Lesser German (Modern)

Lestelle French

Lestrade Literature
The name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional head of Scotland Yard. Possibly from the French surname Lestrange

Letesha South African

Letheo Tswana

Letherland English
Variant of Litherland.

Letourneau French (Anglicized)

Letourneau French

Letta Italian

Letter English