By Emma Waterhouse · Updated September 2026
Across 18 pages
of 18
Danish
"lark"
Latin
"gladness, happiness"
Nordic
Italian place-name
"pond, lake"
Finnish
"gift"
Catalan diminutive of Eulalia
"sweet-speaking"
Russian
"little barking one"
Variation of Lakelyn
Invented name
Spelling variation of Layla or Sami variation of Helga, Arabic or Finnish
"night; holy"
Spelling variation of Layla
"night"
Variation of Leilani
"heavenly flower"
Latvian; Lithuanian
"luck"
Short form of Elaine, French and Scottish
"bright, shining light"
English variation of Elaine, Estonian and Latvian
"bright, shining light; wave"
Diminutive of Elaine
"bright shining one"
English
"meadow by the lane; Elaine's meadow; shining clearing"
Variation of Laïs, Greek, meaning unknown
Portuguese variation of Laïs, Greek, meaning unknown
Greek, meaning unknown
Invented name, combining La prefix with Aisha, Arabic and Swahili
"living, prosperous"
Variant of Leia
Variation of Laís, Portuguese from Greek, meaning unknown
French surname
"joy"
Nature name
Modern invented name
Modern invention
"clearing by the lake"
American invented name or variation of Lachlan
"pretty lake; lake; lake land"
American invented name
"lake lake; pretty lake; lake land"
Variation of Lake, English
"lake"
Feminization of Kenneth, African American
"handsome; knowing"
Variation of Lake, English nature name
Variation of Lake, Lachie, or Lackie
Variation of Lakelyn or Lachlan
"from the fjord-land, land of lakes; pretty lake"
Native American, Sioux
"friend to us"
Native American tribal name
Hindi
"white rose"
Sanskrit
"a lucky omen"
Slavic
"laurel"
Greek
"to chatter"
Turkish from Persian
"tulip"
Persian
Turkish
"with tulips"
Azerbaijani form of Lale and Laleh, Persian
"speaking well"
Thai
"one who is praised"
"playful, charming"
Bulgarian
Diminutive of any La- name
Arabic, Greek
"shining, radiant; throat"
Variation of Lamia, Arabic
"shining, radiant"
Bosnian form of Lamia, Arabic
Basque
"water nymph"
