Names starting with L

Names, meanings, baby names, female and male names, meanings origins

LES means: Short form of English unisex Lesley, LES means "garden of hollies."

LESLEY means: Anglicized form of Scottish unisex Leslie, LESLEY means "garden of hollies."

LESLY means: Variant spelling of English unisex Lesley, LESLY means "garden of hollies."

LESTER means: English surname transferred to forename use, from the city name Leicester which was recorded in the 10th century as Ligora caester "Ligora's fort." Ligora is related to Liguria, a very old place name of obscure origin, dating back to pre-Roman times. There has been some speculation concerning a possible connection between Ligora/Liguria and Celtic Lug, LESTER means "oath."

LEV means:  English short form of English Levi, LEV means "adhesion, joined to" or "crown, garland." Compare with other forms of Lev.

LEW means:  Short form of English Lewis, LEW means "famous warrior." Compare with another form of Lew.

LEWIN means: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Leofwine, LEWIN means "dear friend."

LEWIS means: English form of French Louis, LEWIS means "famous warrior." 

LEX means: Short form of English unisex Alex, LEX means "defender of mankind."

LEYTON means: Variant spelling of English Layton, LEYTON means "leek garden."

Names, meanings, baby names, female and male names, meanings origins

Yearwood is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yearwood means: English : variant of Yarwood.

Yearsley is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yearsley means: English : variant of Yardley.

Yearby is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yearby means: English : habitational name from Yearby in Cleveland (formerly in North Yorkshire), which Ekwall derives from Old Scandinavian Efribýr ‘upper village or homestead’.

Yeadon is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English (Yorkshire). Yeadon means: English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Yeadon, a place in West Yorkshire, named from Old English gǣh ‘steep’ + dūn ‘hill’.

Yaw is Surname or Lastname and has origin as Irish. Yaw means: Irish : perhaps a reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha (see McGaffey, McGeough).English : probably a variant of Yeo.Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu 1.Chinese : see You.

Yates is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yates means: English : from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a walled town, or a metonymic occupational name for a gatekeeper.

Yarwood is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yarwood means: English : habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Cheshire, earlier Yarwode, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + wudu ‘wood’.Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed of the elements iōr ‘lord’ + a lenited form of berth ‘handsome’.

Yarrington is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yarrington means: English : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly in the West Midlands, where the surname is now most frequent.

Yarnell is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yarnell means: English : possibly a variant of Arnall.

Yarnall is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Yarnall means: English : variant of Yarnell.