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LAURITO : From the name of the town Laurito, near Salerno in the area of Naples.

LAURITSEN : Means "son of LAURITS".

LAURITZ : Variant of LORENZ.

LAUWENS : Means "son of LAWRENCE". It is rather rare in mainly Flanders, Belgium, and often families were either spelled Lauwens or Lauwers (a bit more common) ...

LAUWERS : Variant of LAUWENS.

LAVIGNE : Means "the vineyard" in French. The name referred to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny.

LAVOIE : Derived from French voie "road". The name started as a nickname for someone who lived close to a road.

LAW : Derived from old English hlaw "hill".

LAWERENZ : Variant of LORENZ.

LAWNICZAK : Means "juror" from Polish lawnik.

LAWRENCE : Derived from the given name LAURENCE (1). Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

LAWRENZ : Variant of LORENZ.

LAWSON : Means "son of LAURENCE (1)".

LAYTON : Derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden" in Old English.

LAZAROV : Means "son of LAZAR".

LAZZARI : Means "son of LAZZARO".

LEACH : Originally indicated a person who was a physician. It comes from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills.

LEANDRES : Derived from LÉANDRE.

LEARY : Variant of O'LEARY.

LEAVITT : From Livet, a region in Normandy, France. Vikings conquered the area and a particular family had taken up the name by the time of the Battle of Hastin...

LEBEAU : Means "the handsome one" from French le "the" and beau "beautiful, handsome".

LEBLANC : Means "the white", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

LECCE : Originally indicated a person from Lecce, Italy.

LECCESE : Originally indicated a person from Lecce, Italy.

LECLAIR : Derived from either the French word clair "bright" or the given name CLAIR.

LECLERC : Means "clerk" in French.

LEDFORD : Means "path leading across a ford" from Old English lædan, Middle English leden "to lead" and ford, a shallow area in a stream that may be crossed by...

LEE (1) : Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

LEE (2) : Korean form of LI (1), from Sino-Korean 李 (i). It is also a variant Chinese romanization of LI (1).

LEEUWENHOEK : Variant of VAN LEEUWENHOEK.



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