Dog Names That Start With L

321 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Leola

Feminine form of Leo

Leoline

Leonard

From the Old German elements lewo "lion" and hart "hard, firm, brave"

Leonardo

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leonard, from Old High German Leonhart, "as strong as a lion".

Leonel

Spanish and Portuguese form of Lionel.

Leonidas

Derived from greek λέων (leon) "lion" with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides)

Leonora

Italian short form of Eleanor.

Leopold

From the Old German elements liut "people" and bald "bold, brave"

Leora

Hebrew female given name, possibly from ליאורה "my light"

Leota

A surname and given name; the sources checked record no further meaning

Lerato

Means "love" in Sotho

Lesley

Variant of Leslie, from a Scottish Gaelic placename meaning "garden of hollies"

Leslie

From a Scottish surname, from Gaelic leas celyn, "garden of holly"

Leta

Of the name meaning 'joyful' or 'happy'

Leticia

Spanish form of Letitia, from Latin laetitia, joy, gladness, delight

Leto

Greek mythology goddess of motherhood and protector of the young

Letta

Italian surname and African given name

Letty

Diminutive of Lettice

Levana

Hebrew form of Lebanah; also a Latin name from levare, "to lift"

Levi

Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew

Lewis

Medieval English form of Louis

Lexie

Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis

Lexington

A place name of English origin.

Lexy

Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis

Lia

Italian, Portuguese, Georgian and Greek form of Leah; also a short form of names ending in -lia.

Liam

Irish short form of William

Lian

The Chinese word for 'graceful' or 'beautiful'

Liana

Short form of Juliana and Liliana; also a jungle vine

Liath

Means 'gray' or 'slate' in Irish

Libby

A medieval diminutive of Ibb, itself a diminutive of Isabel; also a diminutive of Elizabeth

Liberty

From the English word liberty, from Latin libertas, from liber, "free"

Licorice

English word for Glycyrrhiza glabra, a plant, and the candy made from its root

Lidia

Derived from the name of a historical region in Asia Minor, associated with beauty and elegance.

Liebe

German for love; recorded as a feminine given name in Yiddish.

Liesel

German diminutive of Elisabeth

Lightfoot

An English surname, originally a nickname for a swift runner

Lightning

The English word for the natural electrical discharge in the atmosphere

Liko

Recorded as a Hawaiian masculine given name

Lila

Sanskrit for "play, amusement"; also a variant of Leila or short form of Delilah.

Lilac

From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa)

Lilah

Variant of Leila or a short form of Delilah.

Lili

German, French and Hungarian diminutive of Elisabeth and other names containing li.

Liliana

Latinate form of Lillian

Lilibet

A variant of Elizabeth, meaning 'God is my oath'.

Liliya

Lilja

Icelandic, Faroese and Finnish cognate of Lily

Lilla

Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia

Lillian

Probably a diminutive of Elizabeth, or an elaborated form of Lily, from Latin lilium, "lily"

Lilliana

Variant of Lillian

Lillie

Variant of Lily, or a diminutive of Lillian or Elizabeth

Lillipup

Lilly

English variant of Lily, also used in Scandinavia as a form of Lily or a diminutive of Elisabeth.

Lilly Bell

Lilo

Short form of Liselotte

Lilou

French feminine given name, a diminutive of Lily or a blend of Lily and Louise

Lily

From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity; ultimately from Latin lilium

Lily Grace

Lily Rose

Lil’ Scrappy

Lima

The name of the capital and largest city of Peru

Lime

Limona

Lina

Arabic "soft, tender", from lāna "to be soft"; also short form of names ending in -lina

Lincoln

From an English surname, from the city of Lincoln, from Celtic lindos "lake" and Latin colonia "colony"

Linda

Medieval short form of Germanic names with the element lind, "soft, tender"; also the Spanish and Portuguese word for "beautiful"

Lindo

An English surname, from the place name Lindow

Lindsay

From the English and Scottish surname Lindsay, from Lindsey, 'island of Lincoln'

Lindsey

Variant of Lindsay, from Old English Lindesege, 'island of the pool'

Ling

A Chinese word meaning 'forest' or 'gem'.

Linnea

A female given name of Swedish origin, a variant of Linn

Linnet

Either a variant of Lynette or from the linnet, a small finch

Lino

Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Linus; also a short form of names ending in -lino.

Linx

Linzar

Lipa

Recorded as a given name in Yiddish, Portuguese and Serbian

Lisa

Short form of Elizabeth, used independently in many languages

Lisa Vanderpup

Lisbeth

German and scandinavian short form of elisabeth

Lisette

Diminutive of lisabeth, a French form of Elisabeth

Lissie

Recorded as a given name in German (feminine); a stage name of the American singer-songwriter Elisabeth Maurus

Liz

Short form of Elizabeth, meaning 'God is my oath'

Liza

Short form of Elizabeth, Yelizaveta, Elisavet or Elisabed.

Lizzie

Diminutive of Elizabeth

Lizzo

A stage name; not recorded as a given name in the sources checked.

Ljuba

From the Slavic element ľuby, meaning "love", or a short form of names beginning with it

Lloyd

From a Welsh surname derived from llwyd, meaning "grey"

Loala

Lobo

Spanish and Portuguese word for wolf; also a Galician, Spanish and Portuguese surname.