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LANDON : Variant of LANGDON.

LANDVIK : Means "land and bay" in Norwegian.

LANE (1) : Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses i...

LANE (2) : Derived from a French word meaning "wool", designating one who worked in the wool trade.

LANE (3) : From Irish Ó Luain meaning "descendant of Luan", a given name meaning "warrior".

LANG : From Scandinavian lang, Middle High German lanc and Middle Low German lank all meaning "long". It was originally a nickname for a tall person or famil...

LANGBROEK : From the name of a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland. In this context lang means "wide" and broek means "meadow". This surname was given ...

LANGDON : Derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge").

LANGE : Variant of LANG.

LANGENBERG : Means "long mountain" in German.

LANGER : German form of LONG.

LANGLAIS : Means "the Englishman" in French.

LANGLEY (1) : From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".

LANGLEY (2) : Americanized spelling of LANGLAIS.

LANGLOIS : Variant of LANGLAIS.

LANIK : Derived from Czech lan, a measure of land equal to approximately 18 hectares. The name loosely translates as "farmer" and thus is considered a Moravia...

LANINGA : Frisian for "of the land", or "from the land". It could be understood as "works the land".

LANNON : Variant of LENNON.

LANTOS : Means "minstrel, bard" from the Hungarian word lant "lyre".

LAPOINTE : Means "point of a lance" in French. The name was originally a nickname for a soldier.

LARENZ : Variant of LORENZ.

LARSEN : Means "son of LARS".

LARSON : Means "son of Lar", where Lar is a medieval diminutive of LAURENCE (1).

LARSSON : Means "son of LARS".

LARUE : Literally means "the street" in French.

LATERZA : Typical of southern Italy: it comes from the place name Laterza, a town near Taranto in the Puglia region.

LAU : Cantonese romanization of LIU.

LAUKKANEN : Finnish surname which means "he who gallops, takes big steps".

LAURENT : From the given name LAURENT.

LAURENZ : Variant of LORENZ.



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