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German
"shining light + free man; high tower + free man"
Short form of Helene, Madelena, or Leona
Literature, feminine form of Lenin
"large river; shining torch; like a lion"
English from French
"kindness, gentleness"
"torch + grace; torch + beloved"
Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
"light or of Magdala"
Estonian feminine form of Leonard, German
"brave lion"
Variation of Leni or Lenny
Diminutive of Leonard, Eleanor, or Helen
"brave lion; light, shining torch"
Welsh surname
Scottish
"elm grove"
Diminutive of Leonard, German
Variation of Lennox, Scottish
Dutch
"spring"
Variation of Lenja, Olena, Helen, Yalena, German, Russian, Greek
"shining torch"
Latin
"lion"
Spanish
"splendid brightness"
Greek
"lioness"
French from Spanish
Modern invention
"lion; sweet voice; lion of the sea, beloved lion"
Greek variation of Leo
French
German short form of Eleanor
Feminine form of Leontius, Portuguese, Romanian, Latin
French female form of Leontios, Greek
English female form of Leontios, Greek
French feminine version of Leopold
"brave people"
Hebrew
"I have a light"
Diminutive of Eleanor, or Hebrew and Greek
"light"
"of the people"
Variation of Leontine, French from Greek
Celtic
Cornish
"flood"
Nickname for Lester, Leslie
Tswana
"opal, precious stone"
Variation of Lisa and Elizabeth
"pledged to God"
Variation of Leslie, Scottish
"garden of holly"
Variation of Leslie
Indonesia
"eternal, everlasting"
"glad, joyful"
Spelling variation of Letitia
"forgetfulness"
"oblivion"
