List of English Baby Names Meanings

Leighton

(LAY-tən)

English Meaning: The name Leighton is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Leighton is: Herb garden. From the meadow farm. A surname and place name.

Meaning: Leek farms Origin: English

Lenwood

(LEHN-wuwd)

The meaning of the name “Lenwood” is: “Leen's wood”. Categories: Old English Names, Places Names, Surnames Names. Used in: English speaking countries.

Meaning: River in the woods Origin: English

Leyton

(LAY-tən)

Meanings and history of the name Leyton: | Edit. Variant of Leighton (Old English) meaning "meadow settlement"

Meaning: Leek farm Origin: English

Liddell

(lee-DEHL)

Liddell Name Meaning. Scottish and northern English: habitational name from any of various places in the Scottish Borders and Cumbria called Liddel, from the Old English river name Hl¯de, meaning 'loud', + Old English dæl 'valley'.

Meaning: Coming from a loud river valley Origin: English

Lieven

(LEE-vehn)

Lieven is a warm, friendly and cheerful man (often ruled by Jupiter - his first name adds up to 12 like Jupiter´s cycle, or born under the sign of Gemini), who is generally enthusiastic - exuberant even, and this just makes him even more likeable.

Meaning: Dear friend Origin: English

Linch

(LINCH)

One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway. English: topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.

Meaning: From a bank or a slope Origin: English, Gaelic

Link

(LINK)

Link Name Meaning. German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a left-handed person, from Middle High German linc, Dutch linker, links, Yiddish link 'left (side)'.

Meaning: From a bank or a slope Origin: English, Germanic

Linwood

(LIN-wuwd)

Linwood Name Meaning. Scottish and English: habitational name from places in Scotland (near Glasgow), Lincolnshire, and Hampshire named Linwood, from Old English lind 'lime (tree)' + wudu 'wood'.

Meaning: River in the woods Origin: English

Littleton

(LI-təl-tən)

Littleton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places, mostly in southwestern England, named in Old English as 'small settlement', from l¯tel 'small' + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.

Meaning: From a small farm or settlement Origin: English

Livingstone

(LIV-ing-ston)

Livingston is a surname with several different origins. The name itself originates in Scotland as a habitational name derived from Livingston in Lothian which was originally named in Middle English Levingston. This place name was originally named after a man named Levin who appears in several 12th century charters.

Meaning: Leving's town Origin: English