Surnames Starting with L

Left-handed or smooth

From Anglo-Norman de Láfáin

Flood tide

The flame

The flower

The bottom or foundation

The fountain

The forest

The raspberry

From France

From the ash tree grove

The ash grove

Attached one

From the bridle maker village

The warren

Laurel leaf

From the Laghari Sindhi Baloch tribe

Small/Light

Son of the hare hunter

Lakes

Derived from laguna (small barrel)

Laguri clan of Santal tribe

Lac trader

Wave or ripple

One who works with lac or lacquer

One who rides waves

Flame or blade

Butcher

From Lahore, families that migrated from Punjab

Bread maker

Ahom administrative title

From the city of Lahore

Divine or heavenly

From the bay

From Lahaul

To come or depend

Come

Li Cantonese

Wave

From the pasture

From the dairy farm (leity)

The youth

One who brings shame to enemies

The joy

Lapis lazuli, azure

Timber merchant, from 'lakda' meaning wood

One worth a lakh (lakha - hundred thousand)

One who deals in lakhs, a wealthy merchant