Surnames Starting with L: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Cross, crossroads

Stream dweller

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Bright land

Fort on the River Lune

Powerful in the land

Dweller by the lane

The tall one

The tall one

Son of Lars (Lawrence)

From Laurentius, "of Laurentum"

Descendant of Leathlobhar ("half sick")

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Son of Law (Lawrence)

Physician

Descendant of Laochdha ("heroic")

The clerk

The clerk

The count (nickname)

Woodland clearing, meadow

The smith

The smith

The tall one, the great

Feudal tenant, vassal

The mayor

The monk

Descendant of Leannán ("lover, sweetheart")

From Lorenz (Lawrence)

From León; lion

From the personal name Leonard ("lion-hardy")

Son of Leonardo

Lion

The red-haired one

The king

From Leicester

Attached

From Lewandów (lavender place)

From Llywelyn; or from Louis

Dweller by a lime tree

Dweller by the lime tree

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Fox

Small, a nickname

Leving's settlement

From the personal name Llywelyn

Grey (grey-haired)

From Locatello near Bergamo

From Logan, "little hollow"

From Lombardy; also a merchant or banker

Lombard, northerner

Tall man

Tall

The tall one

Son of Lope, "wolf"

From Laurentius (Lawrence)

From Laurentum

Famous in battle

Wolf, or a term of affection

Dweller by a hill or burial mound

Lush, vigorous

From Luke

From Lucca

Famous in battle

Wolf

From Ludwig (Louis)

Descendant of a mariner; also Norman de Lench

Descendant of Laighean; from Lyons (Normandy)