LabaoFilipino, Cebuano From Cebuano labaw meaning "surpassing, outdoing, prevailing".
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
LapidarioSpanish (Philippines) Unaccented form of Spanish lapidário "lapidary". Severino Lapidario (1847-1896) was a corporal in the Spanish Navy Marines who was implicated in the Cavite Mutiny of 1872. He was one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite.
LapotFilipino Linguitistic origins of the surname Lapot, which means "thick" pertaining to a consistency originated from Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
LardizabalBasque, Filipino Habitational name derived from Basque lahardi "brushland, place of brambles" and zabal "wide, broad, ample".
LaurelSpanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.
LaxamanaFilipino, Pampangan, Tagalog Derived from Malay laksamana meaning "admiral, officer", ultimately from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण (lakshmana).
LedesmaSpanish, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Galician Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, particularly in Salamanca or Boqueixón, possibly derived from a superlative form of the Proto-Celtic root *ɸletos "breadth, side" or *ɸleitos "grey".
LhuillierCebuano, Filipino Borrowed from French L'Huillier used in the Philippines. Jean Henri Diago Lhuillier (1969) is a Filipino businessman, diplomat, and sports patron.
LimboSpanish (Philippines) From Spanish limbo "limbo, an in-between place", a concept in Roman Catholicism referring to a place between heaven and hell where souls reside.
LuzonTagalog (Hispanicized) Named after an island in the Philippines. It is thought to derive from ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔ "lusong", a Tagalog word referring to a particular kind of large wooden mortar used in dehusking rice... [more]