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Lebkuchen German
A German surname meaning "gingerbread".

Lechman German
Variant of Lehmann.

Lechner German
This name finds its origin in the Austrian Lechtal, where the Lech river flows.

Lederer German
Leatherworker

Lederman German
Variant of Leatherman.

Ledermann German
Variant form of Leatherman.

Leffler German, Swedish
Occupational name for a spoonmaker. Derived from German Löffel "spoon".

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

Lehle German

Lehman English, German
Variant of Lehmann.

Lehmkuhl German, Low German
topographic or occupational name for someone working or living by a clay pit from Middle Low German lēm "clay" and kule "pit" a habitational name from any of several places called with this term for example Lehmkuhlen near Kiel.

Lehner German
Status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, from an agent derivative of Middle High German lehen 'to hold land as a feudal tenant'. variant of Leonhardt.

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

Leibbrandt German

Leibensperger German (Austrian)
Habitational name for someone who lives in Leiben, Austria.

Leibert German
Variant of Liebhart.

Leibig German

Leibniz German
The German surname Leibnitz emerged in the lands that form the modern state of Lower Saxony, which is presently bordered by the North Sea, the Hartz mountains and the Elbe and Ems rivers. Lower Saxony was previously a medieval dukedom... [more]

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.

Leidig German
From a short form of any of several Germanic personal names composed with the first element liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’. Also a nickname for a disagreeable, cantankerous person, from Middle High German leidic ‘disagreeable’, ‘tiresome’.

Lein German

Leinbach German
German topographic name from any of several streams called leinbach, from Middle High German lin ‘flax’ or Middle Low German leie (genitive leien) ‘rock’, ‘stone’ + bach ‘stream’.

Leinberg German
Habitational name for someone in Bavaria, or a topographic name from Middle High German lin meaning "flax" and berg meaning "mountain".

Leinen German
Name means LINEN in German. The first known Leinen was a tailor

Leininger German
Smeone from any of several places called Leiningen.

Leiter German
From Leiter ‘leader’, status name for a foreman or for the leader of a military expedition, from Middle High German leiten ‘lead’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Leitner.

Lemberg German
Habitational name from a place called Lemberg in Silesia, originally Löwenberg, from Middle High German lewe, löwe "lion" and berg "mountain".

Lemke German
Prussian Pommerania

Lenau German
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erna.... [more]

Lenders German
Variant of Lender.

Lenhart German (Austrian)

Lenigk German (?)

Lenius German

Lenkeit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) surname.... [more]

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

Lennin German
Variant of Lennon.

Lent English, German, Dutch
Nickname from either Old English lencten meaning "spring season, springtime" or from Germanic langa-tinez meaning "long days" which refers to the increasing daylight of spring. Likely a nickname for someone who was born or baptized during springtime.

Lentz German
Variant of Lenz.

Leol German

Leonardo Italian, Spanish, German
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese from the Germanic personal name Leonhard, formed from the elements leo ‘lion’ + hard, ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; this was an early medieval saint’s name (see Leonard).

Leonhard German, Dutch
Variant of Leonhardt.

Leonhardt German, Dutch
From the Germanic personal name Leonhard, composed of the elements lewo "lion" and hart "hardy, brave, strong".

Leonhart German, Dutch
Variant of Leonhardt.

Leopold English, German, Dutch
From the given name Leopold.

Lepp German
Unflattering nickname from Middle High German lappe "coxcomb", "puppy" (modern German Laffe).... [more]

Lerner German, Jewish
Its literal meaning can be either "student" or "scholar".

Lesch German
German variant of Loesch.

Lescher German
German metonymic occupational name for a mediator or arbitrator, or possibly for a fireman, from Middle High German leschære ‘extinguisher’.

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'.

Lesser German (Modern)

Letterman English (American), German (Americanized)
Variant of Leatherman.

Leuenberger German (Swiss)
Means "one who came from Löwenberg" in German.

Leupold German
German form of Leopold.

Levin Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), Various
As a Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Jewish name, it is a Slavicized form of Levy. As a German and German Jewish name, it is derived from the given name Levin... [more]

Levin German
German cognate of Lewin. Derived from the given name Levin the modern German form of Leobwin a cognate of Leofwine.

Lewter German

Lex German, Dutch
From a short form of the personal name Alexius, Alexis.

Lexau German

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