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Surnames Starting with L: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 3)

331 family names beginning with L. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • La Rosa
    Portugal

    The rose

  • Labelle
    France

    The beautiful one

  • Lacerda
    Portugal

    Of the bristle

  • Lach
    Poland

    A Pole (Lech)

  • Lackey
    Ireland

    Descendant of the stone

  • Lackner
    Austria

    Dweller by a pond

  • Lacroix
    France

    Cross, crossroads

  • Lacy
    England

    From Lassy, Normandy

  • Ladd
    England

    Servant, young man

  • Ladeira
    Portugal

    Slope

  • Lafleur
    France

    The flower

  • Lage
    Portugal

    Flat stone

  • Laguna
    Spain

    Lagoon, small lake

  • Lahr
    Germany

    Someone from Lahr, or a descendant of Hilarius

  • Laidlaw
    Scotland

    Mound or hill

  • Laird
    Scotland

    Landowner

  • Lake
    England

    Stream dweller

  • Lalor
    Ireland

    Descendant of Leathlobhar

  • LaMantia
    Italy

    Someone from Amantea in Calabria

  • Lamar
    France

    The pond

  • Lamb
    England

    Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

  • Lambert
    France

    Bright land

  • Lamberti
    Italy

    From the personal name Lamberto

  • Lambton
    England

    Lamb farm

  • Lamont
    Scotland

    Law man (Norse lagman)

  • Lamprecht
    Germany

    From the name Lambert

  • Lamson
    England

    The son of Lam, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright)

  • Lamy
    France

    The friend

  • Lancaster
    England

    Fort on the River Lune

  • Lance
    England

    From the personal name Lanzo

  • Land
    England

    Dweller by a glade

  • Landgraf
    Germany

    Landgrave

  • Landi
    Italy

    From Lando

  • Landis
    Switzerland

    From Landolt

  • Landolfi
    Italy

    Son of Landolfo

  • Landon
    England

    Someone from Langdon, or a descendant of Lando

  • Landreth
    England

    Someone who came from Lanreath (court of justice), in Cornwall

  • Landry
    France

    Powerful in the land

  • Landseer
    England

    Uncertain

  • Landsman
    Scotland

    Someone who tended the open wood

  • Lane
    England

    Dweller by the lane

  • Lang
    Germany

    The tall one

  • Langan
    Ireland

    A grandson of little Long (long or tall)

  • Langbein
    Germany

    Long leg

  • Langdon
    England

    Long hill

  • Lange
    Germany

    The tall one

  • Langer
    Germany

    Tall person

  • Langford
    England

    Long ford

  • Langille
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Langwell (long field)

  • Langley
    England

    Long wood or clearing

  • Langlois
    France

    The Englishman

  • Langner
    Germany

    Long-field farmer

  • Langston
    England

    Long stone

  • Langton
    England

    Someone who came from Langton (long homestead, or hill)

  • Lanier
    England

    Wool worker

  • Lanza
    Italy

    "lance"

  • Lapa
    Portugal

    A cavern-related locality or a Marian name

  • Lapiński
    Poland

    From Lapino

  • Lapointe
    France

    The point

  • Laporte
    France

    The gate

  • Lapp
    Germany

    A foolish or simple person

  • Lara
    Spain

    "from Lara"

  • Larkin
    Ireland

    Descendant of Lorcán (fierce)

  • Laroche
    France

    The rock

  • Larsen
    Denmark

    Son of Lars (Lawrence)

  • Lascelles
    England

    From Lacelle in Normandy

  • Laska
    Poland

    Several distinct Polish words and other language histories

  • Laske
    Germany

    Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

  • Laskey
    Germany

    Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

  • Laski
    Germany

    Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

  • Laskowski
    Poland

    "woods, hazel"

  • Lasky
    Germany

    Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

  • Latham
    England

    At the barns

  • Lathrop
    England

    Someone from Lowthorpe in Yorkshire

  • Latimer
    England

    Latin speaker, translator

  • Latour
    France

    The tower

  • Lau
    Germany

    A dweller at the sign of the lion

  • Laue
    Germany

    A dweller at the sign of the lion

  • Laughlin
    Ireland

    Descendant of a Norseman

  • Laurence
    Wales

    A descendant of Laurence (laurel, symbol of victory)

  • Laurent
    France

    From Laurentius, "of Laurentum"

  • Laurie
    Scotland

    A descendant of little Laurence (laurel, symbol of victory)

  • Laurin
    France

    Little Laurent / laurel

  • Lauro
    Italy

    From lauro, "laurel", or the personal name Lauro

  • Lauterbach
    Germany

    Someone from Lauterbach, a clear stream

  • Lavallée
    France

    The valley

  • Lavender
    England

    A washer or launderer

  • Lavoie
    France

    The way

  • Law
    Scotland

    One who lived by a hill

  • Lawler
    Ireland

    Descendant of Leathlobhar

  • Lawless
    England

    A historical nickname

  • Lawlor
    Ireland

    Descendant of Leathlobhar ("half sick")

  • Lawrence
    England

    From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

  • Lawson
    Scotland

    Son of Law (Lawrence)

  • Lawton
    England

    Farm by a mound

  • Lay
    England

    Clearing, meadow

  • Layton
    England

    Leek farm

  • Lázaro
    Spain

    From the name Lázaro

  • Lazo
    Spain

    From Lazo, or a ribbon nickname

  • Lazzari
    Italy

    From the personal name Lazzaro (Lazarus)

  • Le Gall
    France

    The Breton / the foreigner

  • Leach
    England

    Physician

  • Leahy
    Ireland

    Descendant of Laochdha ("heroic")

  • Leake
    England

    Someone from Leake or living by a stream

  • Leal
    Portugal

    "loyal"

  • Leao
    Portugal

    Lion

  • Leary
    Ireland

    Descendant of Laoghaire

  • Leatherbarrow
    England

    Sloping hill

  • Leavitt
    England

    Several origins: Livet, wolf cub, or a personal name

  • Leber
    Germany

    A personal name, a butcher nickname, or a hill

  • Lechner
    Austria

    Tenant farmer

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.