Names L-W

Here is our list of the girls’ names between the letters L and W.

NameDescriptionPopular Name
LaireScottish girl’s name that means mare 
LeagsaidhThe Scottish name for Lexy 
LeanaDerived from the name Helen*
LenaFrom the names Helen or Dolina*
LesleeVariation of Leslie 
LesleyVariation of Leslie*
LeslieDerived from Lesslyn in Aberdeenshire and it means ‘Garden of Hollies’*
LexineDerived from the name Lexy 
LexiPet name for Alexandra (a variant of the name is Lexy) *
LezlieVariation of Leslie 
LornaFrom the place name Lorn*
LorraineAfter a district in France called Lorraine**
MackenzieScottish name that means “son of Kenneth” or “fire-born.**
MacharaA name of Scottish origins that means plain 
MagaidhFrom the name Margret 
MaidieMeans young woman*

MailiGaelic name from Mairi 
MaighreadThe Scottish name for Margaret or even Merida 
MairiThe Scottish name for Mary 
MaisiePet form of Mairead*
MalmuiraMeans darken skinned 
MalvinaFrom the Gaelic name Mala Mhin 
MarcailThe girl’s name means pearl 
MarettaThe Scottish name for Mairead 
MargaretFrom the French girls name Marguerite*
MarsailiThe Gaelic form of Margery or Marcella 
MilliganAn Anglican term that means the Christian ritual of shaving the head
MoibealMeans loveable 
MoiraFrom the Gaelic name Moire*
MoireMeans star of the sea 
MoireachMeans Lady in Scottish 
MorThis means large or great 
MoragPet form of Mor*
MornaVariant of Myrna 
MuireallMeaning bright sea 
NairnaOrigins unknown 
NathairaThis name means snake 
NatharaVariation of Nathaira 
NigheanThis name means young woman 
NighinnVariation of the name Nighean 
NoraFemale form of the name Norman*
OighrigPossibly means speckled one 
PeigiThe Scottish name for Peggy 
RaoghnailtThis means ewe (female lamb) 
RhonaOrigin unknown 
RobenaA female version of Robin 
RobinaA female version of Robin 
SaundraThe Scottish name for Sandra 
SeasaidhThe Scottish name for Jessie 
SengaPopular in North East Scotland 
SeonagMeans Joan 
SeonaidThe Scottish name for Janet 
ShonaFrom the Gaelic name Seonag 
SìleasMeans blind 
SiubhamForm of Jane 
SiusanScottish form of Susan 
SkenaPeople from the place name Skena 
SkyePeople from the place name Skye in Scotland 
SheenaA form of the name Jane 
SorchaMeans brightness 
StineagGaelic for Christina 
StruanaThis means from the stream 
TeasagScottish form of Jessie 
WyndaScottish origins and means from a narrow path 

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