Unusual Male Names From My Genealogy L-P

The names

• Lambert

  French and German

  "land brilliant"

  Ancient saint's name used for cowardly cartoon lion.

  

• LEGISTER

• LEOFRIC

• LEOFWINE

• LIEVIN

• Livingston

  English and Scottish surname

  "dear friend's place"

  When Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves chose the old English surname and place name Livingston for their third child, they elevated it from half of a Stanley & Livingston joke to a modern…

  

• Llewellyn

  Welsh, variation of Llywelyn

  "leader's image"

  Llewellyn/Llywelyn is a common patriotic first name in Wales, with its distinctive Welsh double LL's; in the U.S. Llewellyn would make a daring choice, though with the chance that some might find the…

  

• LLYWARCH

• Lothar

  German

  "famous army"

  Lothar is cloddish, till you add a dashing io to the end...

  

• LUDOLPH

• LUIFRIDE

• Mael

  French or Breton

  "chief or prince"

  The name of a fifth century Breton saint, Mael is a popular boys' name in contemporary France, though it is usually spelled with a diaeresis or umlaut - Maël. Mael is the Breton spelling, and the…

  

• MAINIER

• MALDRED

• MAREDUDD

• MARKE

• MERRY

• MIESCO

• MORIZ

• MUIRCHERTACH