Baby girl names that start with the letter L

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

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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.

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