Here is a list of German names that start with L. The page includes German names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into several sections. The modern names are baby names and other names popular in the 2000s, while the traditional names are those common among people born in the 1900s. Some names that have remained popular over the years appear on both lists.
Most of the first names come from data provided by Beliebte-Vornamen.de, a site that lists the most common German names over the years. The surnames are the 1,000 German family names that are currently the most popular. All of the names also appear in my Random German Name Generator.
- Traditional Male German Names that Start with L
- Modern Male German Names that Start with L
- Traditional German Names that Start with L
- Modern Female German Names that Start with L
- German Last Names that Start with L
There are more modern than traditional names on the lists, as I’ve used a larger pool of modern names. The names popular in the 2000s include the 500 most common German names today, as well as the top 10 names from previous years, while the results from the 1900s only include the top 10 names for each year. Therefore, the lengths of the lists don’t necessarily imply that a particular initial has become more popular over the years.
Classic German Male Names Starting with L
- Lennard
- Leon
- Luca
- Lukas
Male names starting with L were relatively uncommon in traditional German naming because few old Germanic or saintly names began with that letter. Only a few older examples, such as Ludwig or Lorenz, existed, and both carried an aristocratic or formal tone rather than everyday use. Their explosion in popularity since the 1990s reflects a modern taste for light, melodic names – a sharp contrast to the sturdier sounds preferred in earlier generations.
Modern German Boy Names from the 2000s – Letter L
- Lars
- Lasse
- Laurenz
- Laurin
- Lean
- Leander
- Leandro
- Leano
- Leif
- Lenn
- Lennard
- Lennox
- Lenny
- Leno
- Leo
- Leon
- Leonard
- Leonardo
- Leonas
- Leonhard
- Leonid
- Leonidas
- Leopold
- Lev
- Levi
- Levin
- Levio
- Liam
- Lian
- Liano
- Lias
- Lijan
- Lino
- Linus
- Lio
- Lion
- Lionel
- Lior
- Logan
- Lorenz
- Lorenzo
- Lorik
- Louie
- Louis
- Luan
- Luca
- Ludwig
- Luis
- Lukas
- Luke
German Female Names Popular in the 1900s, Starting with L
- Lara
- Laura
- Lea
- Lena
- Leonie
- Lieselotte
- Lisa
- Luisa
- Luise
Common German Feminine Names That Start with L
- Lana
- Lani
- Lara
- Larin
- Larissa
- Laura
- Lavin
- Layan
- Layla
- Lea
- Leana
- Leandra
- Leen
- Leia
- Lena
- Lene
- Leni
- Lenia
- Lenja
- Leona
- Leonie
- Leonora
- Letizia
- Levke
- Leyla
- Lia
- Liana
- Liara
- Lieselotte
- Lilia
- Lilian
- Liliana
- Lilith
- Lilli
- Lilly
- Lilo
- Lima
- Lina
- Linda
- Linnea
- Liora
- Lisa
- Lisbeth
- Liv
- Liva
- Livia
- Liya
- Liyana
- Liz
- Lola
- Lorena
- Lorin
- Lotta
- Lotte
- Lou
- Luana
- Lucia
- Lucy
- Luisa
- Luise
- Luna
- Lydia
- Lynn
Traditional German Family Names Starting with L
- Lampe
- Lang
- Lange
- Langer
- Langner
- Lauer
- Lauterbach
- Lechner
- Lehmann
- Lehner
- Lehnert
- Lemke
- Lenz
- Leonhardt
- Lerch
- Liedtke
- Lindemann
- Linder
- Lindner
- Link
- Linke
- Lippert
- Löffler
- Lohmann
- Löhr
- Lohse
- Loos
- Lorenz
- Lorenzen
- Lotz
- Lück
- Lüdtke
- Ludwig
- Lukas
- Lutz
About This List
I have made similar lists of German names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
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- Names that Start with S
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- Names that Start with U
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- Names that Start with Y
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About Arimo Travels
My website, Arimo Travels, mostly focuses on sustainable travel, although I do write about other topics related to cultures and randomness as well. Besides a random German name generator, I have also created a randomizer for German cities.