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Lacsa ♂ As a historical Tagalog numeral: ten thousand ☆ Ladislao ♂ Rule and glory; form of Vladislav ☆ Lagrimas ♀ Tears; related to Spanish lágrimas ☆ Lailany ♀ A documented Leilani spelling, in the Hawaiian lei-and-lani family ☆ Lakambini ♀ ☆ Lakas · Strength; intensity ☆ Lalaine ♀ A documented combination of La and Laine ☆ Lamberto ♂ Lambert family: land + bright ☆ Lamberto Rainer ♂ Lamberto: Lambert family, land + bright; Rainer: German Rayner form, counsel and army ☆ Lan ♀ Orchid or mountain mist in specified Asian forms; also shortened Milan ☆ Lance ♂ From Lanzo and the Germanic land element ☆ Lancelot ♂ Arthurian name, possibly a diminutive of Lanzo ☆ Lando ♂ Short form of Rolando or Orlando ☆ Lang ♀ Probably from Dutch lang, long, in the Meertens account ☆ Langit · Sky; heaven ☆ Lani ♂♀ Sky or heaven; also royal in Hawaiian ☆ Lani Juana ♀ Lani: Sky or heaven, also royal in Hawaiian; Juana: God is gracious ☆ Lanie ♀ Variant of Laney, a familiar form of Elaine ☆ Lanto ♂ A documented short form in the Germanic land-name family ☆ Lantoy ♂ Alan with the familiar ending toy ☆ Lara ♀ Russian familiar form of Larissa ☆ Larkin ♂ Medieval familiar form of Laurence ☆ Larry ♂ Familiar form of Laurence or Lawrence ☆ Larry Jose ♂ Larry: Familiar form of Laurence or Lawrence; Jose: God will add ☆ Laura ♀ Laurel ☆ Laureana ♀ Latin laureanus-family formation, possibly laurel-crowned ☆ Laureano ♂ Laurel, through Latin Laurianus and Laurus ☆ Laurel ♂ The laurel tree ☆ Lauren ♂♀ Laurentius-family form, associated with laurel ☆ Laurence ♂ From Laurentius, associated with Laurentum and laurel ☆ Laurencia ♀ Feminine Laurence-family form, from Laurentum ☆ Laurentino ♂ A Spanish or Portuguese Laurentinus, from Laurentius ☆ Lauro ♂ Laurel ☆ Lavina ♀ A documented Lavinia variant with a debated older origin ☆ Lawrence ♂ From Laurentum, an ancient Italian town ☆ Lazard ♂ A documented Lazare-family form, ultimately God has helped ☆ Lazaro ♂ ☆ Le · Dutch familiar form in the Leonhard family ☆ Lea ♀ Form of Leah; biblical name with disputed root ☆ Leah ♀ Biblical Hebrew Le’ah, often linked with weary ☆ Leander ♂ Lion and man in the Greek Leandros tradition ☆ Leandro ♂ Lion and man; form of Leander ☆ Leandro Jose ♂ Leandro: Lion and man, form of Leander; Jose: God will add ☆ Lebron ♂ Modern English name; connection to surname Lebrón remains qualified ☆ Lee ♂♀ Meadow; in the English surname-derived route ☆ Lei ♂ Dutch familiar form of Leo; Latin lion in that route ☆ Leif ♂ Heir, inheritor, or a surviving remnant ☆ Leila ♀ Night ☆ Leilani ♀ Heavenly lei or royal garland ☆ Lelanie ♀ A Leilani-family variant in an edited naming account ☆ Lelia ♀ Italian form of the Roman name Laelia ☆ Lemuel ♂ For God or devoted to God ☆ Lemuel Meyrick ♂ Lemuel: for God; Meyrick: Welsh Meurig-family spelling ☆ Lena ♀ Short form of Helena or Magdalena ☆ Lenard ♂ Brave lion, a variant of Leonard ☆ Leni ♀ A familiar form with Helene and Magdalena name-family accounts ☆ Lenin ♂ A transferred surname-name associated with Vladimir Lenin ☆ Lenlen ♀ Repeated familiar form of Belen, Lynette, or Belinda ☆ Lennon ♂♀ Given name transferred from an Irish surname ☆ Lenore ♀ Shortened form of Eleanor ☆ No matches Try fewer filters or another spelling.
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More than a list of spellings 252 meaning and editorial entries
109 with dictionary IPA readings
31 recorded compound forms
As a historical Tagalog numeral: ten thousand
The Spanish-to-Tagalog index of Noceda and Sanlúcar’s vocabulary gives Lacsa for ten thousand. The same vocabulary also records lacsa under noodles, a separate lexical use.
Read the meaning and history → Rule and glory; form of Vladislav
Ladislao is a Spanish and Italian form in the Vladislav family, related to medieval Latin Ladislaus. The older Slavic compound contains elements for ruling and glory.
Read the meaning and history → Tears; related to Spanish lágrimas
Lagrimas is recorded as a feminine given name in the Cebuano dictionary with a Spanish origin. The ordinary Spanish word lágrimas is the plural of lágrima, tear; the Royal Spanish Academy dictionary independently supports the lexical sense.
Read the meaning and history → A documented Leilani spelling, in the Hawaiian lei-and-lani family
Michael Calinski’s exact-name article identifies Lailany as a Leilani variant. The Hawaiian dictionary gives lei as a garland, figuratively a beloved child, and lani as sky or heaven, with a separate royal or exalted sense.
Read the meaning and history → Where these forms come from 144 Dictionary evidence118 Wikidata170 Philippine source recordsA name can have more than one evidence layer, so these counts overlap. An exact spelling record supports its use in that source; the meaning and pronunciation need their own evidence. How we research names →