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

The rose

The beautiful one

Of the bristle

A Pole (Lech)

Descendant of the stone

Dweller by a pond

Cross, crossroads

From Lassy, Normandy

Servant, young man

Slope

The flower

Flat stone

Lagoon, small lake

Someone from Lahr, or a descendant of Hilarius

Mound or hill

Landowner

Stream dweller

Descendant of Leathlobhar

Someone from Amantea in Calabria

The pond

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Bright land

From the personal name Lamberto

Lamb farm

Law man (Norse lagman)

From the name Lambert

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

The friend

Fort on the River Lune

From the personal name Lanzo

Dweller by a glade

Landgrave

From Lando

From Landolt

Son of Landolfo

Someone from Langdon, or a descendant of Lando

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

Powerful in the land

Uncertain

Someone who tended the open wood

Dweller by the lane

The tall one

A grandson of little Long (long or tall)

Long leg

Long hill

The tall one

Tall person

Long ford

Someone who came from Langwell (long field)

Long wood or clearing

The Englishman

Long-field farmer

Long stone

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

Wool worker

"lance"

A cavern-related locality or a Marian name

From Lapino

The point

The gate

A foolish or simple person

"from Lara"

Descendant of Lorcán (fierce)

The rock

Son of Lars (Lawrence)

From Lacelle in Normandy

Several distinct Polish words and other language histories

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

"woods, hazel"

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

At the barns

Someone from Lowthorpe in Yorkshire

Latin speaker, translator

The tower

A dweller at the sign of the lion

A dweller at the sign of the lion

Descendant of a Norseman

A descendant of Laurence (laurel, symbol of victory)

From Laurentius, "of Laurentum"

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

Little Laurent / laurel

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

Someone from Lauterbach, a clear stream

The valley

A washer or launderer

The way

One who lived by a hill

Descendant of Leathlobhar

A historical nickname

Descendant of Leathlobhar ("half sick")

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Son of Law (Lawrence)

Farm by a mound

Clearing, meadow

Leek farm

From the name Lázaro

From Lazo, or a ribbon nickname

From the personal name Lazzaro (Lazarus)

The Breton / the foreigner

Physician

Descendant of Laochdha ("heroic")

Someone from Leake or living by a stream

"loyal"

Lion

Descendant of Laoghaire

Sloping hill

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

A personal name, a butcher nickname, or a hill

Tenant farmer