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Baby girl names beginning with L – with origins and meanings

Looking for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 12th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some loveable suggestions, along with their origin and meaning

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Are you trying to find a name for your baby girl? Use our list of girl names beginning with L to find out their origins and meaning to see whether your newborn could be a Lachelle, Lilith or Lysandra

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1. Lacey

• Origin: Norman
• Meaning: braid; a surname used as a first name

2. Lachelle

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: sweetheart

3. Laetitia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: gladness
• Also: Letitia, Lettice

4. Lakeisha

• Origin: African
• Meaning: favourite
• Also: Keisha

5. Lakin

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: treasure

6. Lakshmi

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: birthmark

7. Lala

• Origin: Slavonic
• Meaning: tulip flower

8. Lalage

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: babble
• Also: Lal, Lally

9. Lalita

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: charming

10. Lamorna

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: morning

11. Lana

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Meaning: afloat
• Also: Alana

12. Lani

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Meaning: heavenly

13. Lara

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: laurel leaf
• Also: Larissa

14. Lark

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: name of a bird used as a first name

15. Latanya

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: fairy queen

16. Latasha

• Origin: America
• Meaning: born on Christmas Day
• Also: Latisha

17. Latoya

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: praised woman

18. Latrice

• Origin: Tanzanian
• Meaning: noble woman

19. Laura

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: laurel
• Also: Lauren, Laurencia, Lora, Lori, Laurissa, Loretta

20. Laurel

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: tree or sweet bay tree; the name of a tree used as a first name

21. Lauren

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: tree or sweet bay tree
• Also: Laura

22. Lavali

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: clove

23. Lavender

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the name of a plant used as a first name

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24. Lavinia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: the name of the wife of Aeneas
• Also: Lavina

25. Leah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: cow
• Also: Lee, Lea, Lia

26. Leanne

• Origin: English
• Meaning: merciful
• Also: Lianne

27. Lee

• Origin: English
• Meaning: clearing, meadow; surname used as a first name
• Also: Leigh, Lea

28. Leena

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: dedicated

29. Leila

• Origin: Persian
• Meaning: night
• Also: Leilah, Laila

30. Lena

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: alluring
• Also: Helen

31. Leonie

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: lion; the feminine form of Leo
• Also: Lea, Leola, Leona, Leontine, Leontina

32. Leonora

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: compassion, light
• Also: Eleanor

33. Leontine

• Origin: French
• Meaning: lion
• Also: Leonie

34. Lesedi

• Origin: African
• Meaning: ray of light

35. Lesley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: joy; a surname used as a first name
• Also: Leslie

36. Lethabo

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: happiness

37. Lexie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: defender of men
• Also: Alexandra, Lexy

38. Libby

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God's promise
• Also: Elizabeth

39. Liese

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God's promise
• Also: Elizabeth

40. Lila

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: night, beauty
• Also: Delilah

41. Lilac

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: the name of a flower used as a first name

42. Lilian

• Origin: English
• Meaning: purity, related to the flower name, originally a short form of Elizabeth
• Also: Lil, Lillian, Lillah, Lila, Lillias

43. Lilibet

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God's promise
• Also: Elizabeth

44. Lilith

• Origin: Babylonian
• Meaning: goddess of storms

45. Lilo

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Meaning: generous

46. Lily

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: the name of the flower signifying purity and innocence

47. Lina

• Origin: German
• Meaning: tender
• Also: Caroline

48. Linda

• Origin: German
• Meaning: influenced by the Spanish word linda, meaning pretty
• Also: Lynda, Lindy, Lin, Lyn, Belinda

49. Linden

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: lithe, pliable, flexible

50. Lindsey

• Origin: English
• Meaning: island of linden trees; a Scottish surname used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Lindsay, Linsey, Linsay, Linzi

51. Lisa

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God's promise
• Also: Elizabeth

52. Lissa

• Origin: American
• Meaning: God is my oath; short form of Larissa and Meliss

53. Livia

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: blue, envious
• Also: Olivia

54. Lizzie

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God's promise
• Also: Elizabeth

55. Lois

• Origin: Probably Greek
• Meaning: uncertain, a biblical name

56. Lola

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: sorrows
• Also: Dolores, Lolita

57. London

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the capital city of the UK; also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Londyn

58. Loretta

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: laurel
• Also: Laura

59. Lorna

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: victory, fox

60. Lorraine

• Origin: French
• Meaning: a region in France used as a first name
• Also: Loraine, Laraine, Lauraine, Lori

61. Lottie

• Origin: French
• Meaning: little, womanly
• Also: Charlotte, Lotty

62. Lotus

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: fruit eaten by an imaginary North African tribe described in Homer’s Odyssey

63. Louella

• Origin: German
• Meaning: warrior; a name formed by the combination of Louise and Ella
• Also: Luella

64. Louise

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: brave warrior; French feminine form of Louis
• Also: Louisa, Lou, Louie, Lulu

65. Loveday

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: beloved or precious day

66. Lowena

• Origin: Cornish
• Meaning: happiness
• Also: Lowenna

67. Luanna

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Meaning: happiness

68. Lucasta

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: pure light; name created by the poet Lovelace

69. Lucille

• Origin: French
• Meaning: light
• Also: Lucilla (Latin form)

70. Lucina

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: light
• Also: Lucy

71. Lucinda

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: light; poetic form of Lucy
• Also: Cindy, Cindi, Cindie

72. Lucretia

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: Roman family name used as a first name
• Also: Lucrece

73. Lucy

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: light
• Also: Lucia, Lucina; Lucinda, Lucette, Lulu

74. Lu’lu

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: pearl

75. Lupita

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: little wolf

76. Lydia

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a woman from Lydia in Asia Minor

77. Lyn

• Origin: English
• Meaning: flax hill
• Also: Carolyn, Linda, Lynette

78. Lynette

• Origin: Unknown
• Meaning: idol, derive from the Welsh name Eluned
• Also: Linet, Linnet, Lynnette, Lyn

79. Lysandra

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a liberator; the feminine form of Lysander

About our author Catherine Ball

Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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