By Emma Waterhouse · Updated October 2026
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Scandinavian, Norse
"linen woman; lime-tree goddess; soft, tender, flexible"
Icelandic, Norse
"flax, linen goddess; linen woman"
Albanian
"the day is born"
Zulu, Xhosa
"awaited"
English and German surname
"from Lindley"
English surname
"marshlands of Lincolnshire"
English surname meaning "Marshlands of Lincolnshire"
"Marshlands of Lincolnshire"
Word name
"cloth woven from flax"
Modern invented name
Norse
"lime tree, lime blossom"
French
"flaxen haired"
Latin
"flax"
Hebrew
"my beauty"
Variation of Leo, Latin
"lion"
Hebrew, English
"my strength; lion"
"young lion"
"I have a light"
Invented name
Variation of Lyra, Libra, Ilira, or Aliria, Greek, Albanian, Portuguese
"lyre; balance; free; joy"
"desire for freedom"
Brazilian
"lily"
"freedom"
Portuguese
Greek
"face like a daffodil"
"song for me"
Dutch combination of Elisabeth + Anne
"God is my oath + grace"
German, diminutive of Elizabeth
Diminutive of Elisabeth, Hebrew
"pledged to God"
Lozi, Southern African, German
"light; God is my oath"
Dutch, combination name of Lise and Charlotte
"pledged to God + free man"
Combination name of Lise and Charlotte, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish
Diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew
Amharic
"award"
Germanic, Polish, and Frisian short from of Elisabeth, Czech, Slovak
"pledged to God; fox; hazel"
African, Arabic mythological name; diminutive of Melissa, Greek
"honeybee"
Diminutive of Elizabeth, Felicity, and Melissa
Norwegian diminutive of Elisabet, English and Spanish diminutive of names ending in -lita, or Romanian variation of Leta, Latin
"pledged to God; little; glad, joyful"
Celtic
"the broad one"
