Names that Begin with L

• Lyndon

  From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English.

• Lyndsay

  Variant of Lindsay.

• Lyndsea

  Variant of Lindsay.

• Lyndsey

  Variant of Lindsay.

• Lynette

  Form of Luned first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872).

• Lynn

  From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake".

• Lynna

  Elaborated form of Lynn.

• Lynne

  Variant of Lynn.

• Lynnette

  Variant of Lynette.

• Lynsay

  Variant of Lindsay.

• Lynsey

  Variant of Lindsay.

• Lynton

  Variant of Linton.

• Lynwood

  Variant of Linwood.

• Lyosha

  Diminutive of Aleksey.

• Lyov

  Variant of Lev.

• Lyra

  The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega.

• Lyric

  Means simply "lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek λυρικος (lyrikos).

• Lys

  Frisian diminutive of Elisabeth.

• Lysander

  From the Greek name Λυσανδρος (Lysandros) which meant "a release of a man" from Greek λυσις (lysis) "a release" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man".

• Lysandra

  Feminine form of Lysandros (see Lysander).

• Lysandros

  Greek form of Lysander.

• Lysanne

  Variant of Lisanne.

• Lysette

  Variant of Lisette.

• Lysias

  Lysias is an Old Greek name which means "destroyer".

• Lysimachus

  From the Greek name Λυσιμαχος (Lysimachos) which meant "a loosening of battle", derived from λυσις (lysis) "a release, loosening" and μαχη (mache) "battle".

• Lysistrata

  Latinized form of the Greek name Λυσιστρατη (Lysistrate) which meant "loosening the army", derived from λυσις (lysis) "a release, loosening" and στρατος (stratos) "army".

• Lyssa

  Short form of Alyssa.

• Lyuba

  Diminutive of Lyubov.

• Lyuben

  Derived from the Slavic element lyub meaning "love".

• Lyubochka

  Diminutive of Lyubov.