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Looby

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).

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Looe

From Cornish Logh, from logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

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Look

From Luke (“a given name”).

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Lop

Borrowed from Uyghur لوپ (lop).

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Lopez

Anglicization of Spanish López.

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Lopik

Borrowed from Dutch Lopik.

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Lopp

From the German surname, also spelled Löpp, from the personal name Loppo.

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Loran

Two main origins: * A variant of the Irish surname Loughran. * Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.

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See lord. In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form hlāford) of the Vulgate Latin Dominus (“master of a house; lord”), translating

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Lordi

Borrowed from Italian Lordi.

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Lordt

From Lord + -t (an intensifying suffix).

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Lordy

From Lord + -y. Nineteenth century, originally U.S.

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Lorey

Variant spelling of Lory.

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Lorge

Borrowed from French Lorge.

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Lori

In some cases, a 20th century spelling variant of Laurie, from Laura. In other cases, a diminutive form of names such as Loretta and Lorraine.

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Loria

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Loria, a variant of Lauria, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Loría, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica. * Borrowed from Hebrew לוריא, a Jewish habitational

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Lorna

Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869 for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.

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Lortz

Borrowed from German Lortz.

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Losad

Borrowed from Kankanaey Losad. See that for more details.

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Losar

From Tibetan ལོ་གསར་ (lo gsar).

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Losch

Borrowed from German Losch.

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Lose

* As a north/Low German surname, from a pet form of Lodewig, Ludwig. * As a south German surname, from a pet from of Nikolaus.

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Loser

Borrowed from German Löser.

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Loso

Americanized spelling of French Lauzon.

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Lot

From Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lut.

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Lotoo

Borrowed from Burmese လွှတ်တော် (hlwattau, “council of ministers”)

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Lotru

From Romanian Lotru.

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Lott

* As an English surname, from the noun lot. * As a German surname, pet form of Ludwig.

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Lou

Shortening.

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Loubs

Shortening.

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Loud

As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLou

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Loudi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 婁底 /娄底 (Lóudǐ).

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Louie

From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.

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Louis

From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; fa

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Loup

From French loup (“wolf”): the language was attested in a notebook titled Mots loups ("wolf words") compiled by Jean-Claude Mathevet, a priest who worked among the Algonquians.

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Louth

Named after the Irish god Lugh.

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Loven

Spelling variant of Lown

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Lovin

Spelling variant of Loven; see Lown.

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Low

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the obsolete noun low (“mound, barrow”). * Also as an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective low. * Also as an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Angl

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Lowe

* As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe. * As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”). * Also as a Jewish surname, Germani

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Lown

* As an English surname, variant of Lond, from Middle English launde (“glade”). Possibly also a variant of Lund. Compare Lon. * As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.

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Lowri

From Welsh Lowri.

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Lowry

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Labhradha. See Lavery and compare McClory. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Laury, Lawrie. Also compare Lowery.

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Lowy

* As a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Löwe (“lion”) (see Lowe). Compare Loewy.

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Loyal

Borrowed from French Loyal.

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Loza

Multiple etymologies, including: * toponyms in Spain, probably from Spanish loza (“earthenware”) * Polish łoza (“grey willow”), Ukrainian лоза (loza, “willow, osier”), Russian лоза (loza, “vine”), or similar terms in rel

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Lozna

From Romanian Lozna.

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Lozol

From a corruption of La Salle.

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Lozon

Borrowed from French Lozon, a variant of Lauzon.

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Lozza

Clipping of a name which begins with /ˈlɔːɹ/ or /ˈlɒɹ/ + -zza.

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Ls

Abbreviation of license.

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Lu

Clipping of Lucy, Lucille, and similar names.

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Lu'an

From Mandarin 六安 (Lù'ān).

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Lua

From Portuguese lua (“moon”). Doublet of Luna and Roxane.

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Luan

Borrowed from Mandarin 欒 /栾 (Luán).

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Luana

American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.

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Luann

Lu + Ann.

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Luas

From Irish luas (“speed”).

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Luba

From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

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Lubas

Derived from Ibaloi dubas (“red clay”), which is abundant in the area.

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Lubei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 路北 (Lùběi).

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Luber

Blend of Lyft + Uber.

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Lubny

From Ukrainian Лубни́ (Lubný).

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Luby

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Lúbaigh, from lúbach (“cunning”). * As a Polish surname, from the adjective luby (“beloved, dear”).

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Luc.

Probably abbreviating the Latin Lūcās (“Luke the Evangelist; by extension, [Gospel of] Luke”).

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Luca

Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius m) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs). As a female given name, used in Hun

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Lucan

From Middle English Lucan, from Latin Lūcānus.

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Lucao

Borrowed from Mandarin 鹿草 (Lùcǎo).

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Lucas

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

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Lucca

Borrowed from Italian Lucca.

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Lucey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luasaigh, an altered form of Mac Cluasaigh (“son of Cluasach”), a nickname derived from cluas (“ear”).

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Luchu

Borrowed from Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-chʻü¹.

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Luci

A modern nonstandard spelling of Lucy, from Lucia, from the Latin feminine form of the Latin praenomen Lucius, from lux "light".

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Lucia

Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian. Name of a Sicilian martyr, Latin Lūcia, feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lūcius.

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Lucid

Perhaps a variant of Lucey.

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Luck

From the given name Luke.

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Lucke

From the German surname, variant of Luck.

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Lucks

From the given name Luke.

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Lucy

From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skele

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Luddy

From Ludwig + -y.

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Ludo

Borrowed from Latin lūdō (“I play”).

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Luduș

From Romanian Luduș.

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Lue

From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.

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Luera

From Spanish, from Asturian-Leonese Lluera, habitational and canonized name from Nues(tr)a Señora de Lluera ("Our lady of light"), ultimately from lluz (“light”).

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Luers

Borrowed from German Lürs.

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Lufty

From Luft(hansa) + -y.

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Luga

Transliteration of Russian Луга (Luga)

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Luger

From the German surname, from Lugau in Saxony, a placename of Slavic origin.

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Lugg

English surname, from the given name Luke, Lucas.

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Lugh

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

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Lugoj

From Romanian Lugoj.

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Luhe

From Mandarin 六合 (Lùhé).

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Lui

Borrowed from Cantonese 雷 (leoi4) or 呂／吕 (leoi5).

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Luigi

Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.

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Luis

Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.

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Lujhu

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 路竹 (Lùjhú).

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Luk

Borrowed from Cantonese 陸 /陆 (luk⁶).

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Luka

From the common Slavic (Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian, etc) male given name Luka and from Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian Лука́ (Luká), all cognates of English Luke and Lucas.

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Lukan

From Luke + -an.

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Lukas

Borrowed from Latin Lucas (“a man from Lucania”).

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Luke

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

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Luker

Either a habitational surname from the village of Lucker, in Northumberland, or an occupational surname for someone who had to watch or look after something, from Middle English lokere (“looker; watchman”).

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Lukes

From the given name Luke.

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Lukic

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Lukić.

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Lula

19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.

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Lull

* As a German surname, from personal names based on Leute (“people, population”). * As a Catalan surname, spelling variant of Llull.

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Lully

Borrowed from French Lully, from Italian Lulli.

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Lulu

A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.

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Lum

As an English surname, from Middle English Lumb, from Old English Lumm, from lumm (“pool”). Analyzable as being from English lum (“pool”). As a Chinese surname, from Cantonese 林 (lam4).

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Lumad

Borrowed from Cebuano lumad (“native”).

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Lumb

Variant spelling of Lum.

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Lumme

Borrowed from Finnish Lumme.

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Lummi

Anglicized form of Saanich Xwlemi or Lhaq'temish

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Luna

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.

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Lunan

Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (“shining, white”).

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Lunar

Equivalent to Luna + -ar.

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Lunca

From Romanian Lunca.

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Lund

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”). * Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”)

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Lunde

Borrowed from Norwegian Lunde.

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Lundy

The name means 'puffin island', from Old Norse lundi (“puffin”) + ey (“island”). Compare Lundey in Iceland.

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Lune

Inherited from Northern Middle English Lune, probably of Romano-British (Latin) origin, such as Old English ea (“river”) Lōn, a phonetic adaptation of Latin Ialonus, a local Celtic god (and thus from Proto-Celtic *yalom

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Lunix

Blend of Linux + lunatic or perhaps loon.

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Lunu

From Mandarin 廬奴 /庐奴 (Lúnú).

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Lunyu

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 論語 (Lúnyǔ, "The Analects").

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Lunz

Borrowed from German Lunz.

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Luo

Borrowed from Luo, as an ethnic self-designation.

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Luohe

From Mandarin 漯河 (Luòhé).

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Luohu

From Mandarin 羅湖／罗湖 (Luóhú).

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Luong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Lương.

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Luopu

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洛浦 (Luòpǔ).

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Lupac

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lupac.

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Lupe

Borrowed from Spanish Lupe.

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Lupid

Lupus + -id

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Lupo

Borrowed from Italian Lupo.

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Lupu

Borrowed from Romanian Lupu.

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Lupus

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

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Lupșa

From Romanian Lupșa.

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Luqu

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū).

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Lurex

Marketing coinage; lure + -ex.

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Luria

Variant of Loria.

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Lurz

Borrowed from German Lurz.

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Lusby

From the Old Norse personal name Lutr + -s- + býr (“farmstead”).

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Lush

* As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German

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Lushi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盧氏 /卢氏 (Lúshì).

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Lusk

Probably a variant of Leask.

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Luso-

From Latin Lūsitānia (“Ancient Roman province comprising most of modern Portugal and part of Spain”).

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Lusus

Etymology tree Latin lūdō Latin lūsus Latin Lūsuslbor. English Lusus Learned borrowing from Latin Lūsus.

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Lut

Borrowed from Arabic لُوط (lūṭ), ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lot.

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Lute

* English surname of Old Norse origin, from lútr (“stooping”). * German surname, derived from an old Germanic name from *liudi (“people, tribe”).

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Luthi

Borrowed from Swiss German Lüthi.

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Luton

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Leyton.

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Lutsk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Луцьк (Lucʹk).

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Lutz

Borrowed from German Lutz.

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Luu

Borrowed from Vietnamese Lưu.

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Luxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瀘西 /泸西.

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Luxor

From Arabic الْأُقْصُر (al-ʔuqṣur).

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Luy

Borrowed from Khmer លុយ (luy). This surname could also derive from Spanish Luy and German Luy.

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Luyi

From Mandarin 鹿邑.

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Luzhu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú).

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Luzon

From Spanish Luzón, from Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig River Delta in between medieval Maynila & Tondo”), from Tagalog lusong.

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Luzzi

Borrowed from Italian Luzzi.

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Lv

From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 呂 /吕 (Lǚ); connected with the practice of using the letter v as a substitute for ü in pinyin keyboard input schemes.

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Lviv

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv), from Old East Slavic Лвовъ (Lvovŭ) or Львовъ (Lĭvovŭ), originally named after the founder's son, Левъ (Levŭ), Lev I of Galicia (ca. 1228 – ca. 1301). Compare Belarusian Львоў (Lʹvow), Polish

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Lvov

From Russian Львов (Lʹvov).

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Lwin

Borrowing from Burmese လွင် (lwang).

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Ly

Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý. Doublet of Lee.

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Lycia

Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).

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Lycra

Marketing coinage.

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Lydia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be na

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Lydon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loideáin (“descendant of Loideán”), a personal name of obscure origin.

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Lyga

Borrowed from Polish Lyga.

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Lyhne

Borrowed from Danish Lyhne.

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Lykoi

From Ancient Greek λύκοι (lúkoi, “wolves”), plural of λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”).

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Lyla

A spelling variant of Leila.

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Lylah

Rare spelling variant of Leila.

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Lyman

From Ukrainian Лима́н (Lymán).

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Lyme

All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.

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Lymon

Variant of Lyman.

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Lynam

Two main origins: * An English habitational surname from anyo of several minor places in England, from Old English līn (“flax”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). * A variant of Linehan, a surname of Irish ori

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Lynch

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Loingsigh (“descendant of Loingseach”), from long (“ship”). * Also as an Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from De Línse, Gaelicized from Norman/French de Lench, from Lench in Worchester

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Lynds

Variant of Lind.

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Lyne

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

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Lynes

Metronymic from Line.

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Lyng

Ornamental surname borrowed from Danish and Norwegian lyng (“heather”).

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Lynx

From Latin lynx (“lynx”). Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. The constellation is said to be so faint that one needs the eyes of a lynx to see it.

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Lynzi

Respelling of Lindsey or Lindsay.

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Lyon

From French Lyon (supplanting earlier Lyons, derived from the Old French nominative form), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

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Lyons

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

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Lyra

Borrowed from Latin Lyra/lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “a lyre; the constellation Lyra”). Doublet of lira, lyra, and lyre.

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Lyrid

From Lyra + -id.

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Lysak

From Ukrainian Лисак (Lysak) or Polish Łysak.

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Lysne

Borrowed from Norwegian Lysne.

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Lysol

Brand name, from lysis + -ol.

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Lyson

As an English surname, variant of Lison. As a Polish surname, from Polish Łysoń, from łysoń (“baldie”). In some cases, from Czech Lysoň, a less common cognate.

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Lyssa

Shortened form of Alyssa.

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Lyssy

Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Lysý, a nickname from lysý (“bald”).

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Lysy

From Czech Lysý, Polish łysy, Belarusian лысы (lysy), or Ukrainian лисий (lysyj); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lysъ (“bald”).

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Lytch

Variant of Leach.

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Lytle

Variant of Little, from Middle English and modern lytle, variant of little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”).

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Löbau

From German Löbau.

1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record

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