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LAMECH m : Possibly means "to make low" in Hebrew. This is the name of two characters in Genesis in the Old Testament: a descendant of Cain and the father of Noa...
LAMIA (2) f : Possibly from Greek λαιμος (laimos) "throat". In Greek mythology this is the name of a queen of Libya who was a mistress of Zeus. Hera, being je...
LAMYA f : Means "having beautiful dark lips" in Arabic.
LAN f/m : From Chinese 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant" (which is usually only feminine) or 岚 (lán) meaning "mountain mist". Other Chinese characters can...
LANA f : Short form of ALANA (English) or SVETLANA (Russian). In the English-speaking world, it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995).
LANCE m : From the Germanic name Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land". During the Middle Ages it became assoc...
LANCELOT m : Meaning unknown, possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see LANCE). In Arthurian legend Lancelot was the bravest of the Knights of the Round Tabl...
LANDON m : From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge"). Use of the name may have been inspi...
LANE m : From a surname meaning "lane, path" which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.
LARA (1) f : Russian short form of LARISA. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (1957) and ...