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Christian names starting with L

Browse Christian and biblical names starting with L, with meanings, origins, and faith context.

The L cluster spans the Hebrew lamed and the Greek lambda. From the Old Testament: Leah (Hebrew Leah, "weary"), the matriarch who was Jacob's first wife and the mother of six tribes. Levi (Hebrew Levi, "joined" or "attached"), Jacob's third son and ancestor of the Israelite priesthood.

From the New Testament: Lazarus (Hebrew Eleazar, "God has helped"), the brother of Mary and Martha whom Jesus raised from the dead in John 11. Luke (Greek Loukas), the Gospel-writing physician and traveling companion of Paul, whose two-volume work (the Gospel and Acts) makes up roughly a quarter of the New Testament. Lydia (Greek Lydia, possibly "the Lydian woman"), the dealer in purple cloth at Philippi whose conversion and household baptism Paul records in Acts 16, the first European Christian named in scripture.

Lucia closes the cluster on the saint-tradition side, named for the fourth-century Sicilian martyr whose feast day became a winter-light celebration across Northern Europe and Italy. The Latin root lux gives the name its meaning of light, the same root behind English illumination and lucid. Lucia has been steadily rising in the modern US SSA dataset, peaking at #83 in 2025.

6 names Meanings and origins Christian context

Lazarus Lazarus is commonly connected with God has helped. Hebrew via Greek and Latin Leah Leah is a Hebrew biblical name with a traditional meaning often discussed as weary, delicate, or related to wild cow. Hebrew Levi Levi is a Hebrew name often connected with joined or attached. Hebrew Lucia Lucia is a Latin name meaning light. Latin Luke Luke is a Greek-rooted name traditionally associated with Lucania or, in later popular use, light. Greek and Latin Lydia Lydia is a Greek name meaning woman from Lydia, an ancient region of Asia Minor. Greek place-name

L names in 2026

The L cluster carries one of the catalog's clearer comeback stories. Levi sat outside the US Top 100 from the 1890s through 2008, then climbed steadily into the Top 15 boys by 2024. Levi currently sits at #12 in the 2025 SSA data, his highest position in the modern SSA dataset.

Lucia is rising on the girls' side, currently at #83 in the 2025 SSA data after spending most of the 20th century outside the Top 500. Luke holds steady in the Top 50, Leah sits just outside the Top 50 at #58, and Lydia has climbed into the Top 100 at #92 after several decades outside the Top 200.