Dog Names Starting With L

Still need a name for your pup? Here's a list of dog names beginning with L.

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• La

  Meaning: capable
• Labeeba

  Meaning: Wise and intelligent.
• Labros

  Meaning: fury
• Lacerta

  Meaning: type genus of the Lacertidae
• Lacey

  Meaning: A curious detective from the police show cagney and lacey
• Lachina

  Meaning: "Gift from God"
• Lachlan

  Meaning: From The Land Of Lakes
• Lachne

  Meaning: Shaggy; laughter
• Lacuna

  Meaning: An interval, gap, or pause.
• Lacy

  Meaning: Lacy
• Lad

  Meaning: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
• Ladd

  Meaning: Leader, strong, determined, brave.
• Laddie

  Meaning: Attendant
• Ladki

  Meaning: girl
• Ladon

  Meaning: catcher
• Ladonna

  Meaning: The Lady
• Lady

  Meaning: a woman of refinement
• Lady Rover

  Meaning: Explorer of adventure.
• Ladybug

  Meaning: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• Laelaps

  Meaning: hurricane
• Lafayette

  Meaning: From The Land Of The Beech Tree
• Laguna

  Meaning: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
• Laika

  Meaning: Space dog explorer.
• Laire

  Meaning: Future
• Lakin

  Meaning: From The Lake
• Lakon

  Meaning: Spartan
• Lala

  Meaning: Tulip
• Lalasa

  Meaning: love
• Lalia

  Meaning: well-spoken
• Lalit

  Meaning: handsome
• Lalo

  Meaning: Rich Guardian
• Lamba

  Meaning: long
• Lambert

  Meaning: Bright Land
• Lamont

  Meaning: From The Mountain
• Lana

  Meaning: Light
• Lance

  Meaning: Land
• Lancelot

  Meaning: Servant
• Landa

  Meaning: "Gift of God"
• Lando

  Meaning: Famous Land
• Landon

  Meaning: From The Long Hill
• Lane

  Meaning: Popular recliner brand.
• Laney

  Meaning: From The Lane
• Langford

  Meaning: "From the long ford"
• Langston

  Meaning: From The Tall Man's Town
• Laptop

  Meaning: a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
• Laquan

  Meaning: spring
• Lara

  Meaning: Cheerful
• Larena

  Meaning: "Protected by God"
• Lark

  Meaning: A playful excursion, frolic or adventure.
• Larry

  Meaning: Man from Laurentum
• Lash

  Meaning: To dash or fling violently.
• Lassie

  Meaning: Young Girl, Maiden
• Latia

  Meaning: Gift of God.
• Latka

  Meaning: Slavic diminutive form.
• Latte

  Meaning: strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
• Laurel

  Meaning: Laurel
• Laurent

  Meaning: The bright, shining one
• Lauretta

  Meaning: little laurel tree
• Lavender

  Meaning: A Purple Flowering Plant
• Lavina

  Meaning: Woman Of Rome
• Lawrence

  Meaning: Laurel
• Lax

  Meaning: Relaxed.
• Layla

  Meaning: Night, Black
• Layne

  Meaning: Dweller By The Road
• Lazaro

  Meaning: God Has Helped
• LB (Lazy Bones)

  Meaning: Lazy and indolent.
• Leaf

  Meaning: look through a book or other written material
• Leah

  Meaning: Weary
• Leal

  Meaning: loyal
• Leala

  Meaning: Faithful
• Lean

  Meaning: lacking excess flesh
• Leandro

  Meaning: Lion Man
• Leary

  Meaning: Keeper of Calves
• Leda

  Meaning: Happy
• Lee

  Meaning: Plum
• Leech

  Meaning: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
• Leela

  Meaning: Sport, Play
• Leeloo

  Meaning: Gift of God/Love.
• Lefty

  Meaning: Nickname For Left-handed
• Legos

  Meaning: (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Lei

  Meaning: Thunder
• Leia

  Meaning: From star wars.
• Leif

  Meaning: Heir
• Leira

  Meaning: Protector of peace.
• Leisel

  Meaning: Oath To God
• Leki

  Meaning: Little brother
• Leland

  Meaning: Meadowland
• Lelia

  Meaning: Of Unknown Meaning
• Lemon

  Meaning: Yellow, citrus fruit
• Lempira

  Meaning: the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos
• Lemuel

  Meaning: Devoted To God
• Lemure

  Meaning: The wrathful or mischievous dead
• Lena

  Meaning: The bright one
• Lennie

  Meaning: As strong and brave as a lion.
• Lennon

  Meaning: Dear One
• Lennox

  Meaning: From Levenach, Scotland
• Lenny

  Meaning: Brave As A Lion
• Leo

  Meaning: The nemean lion in Greek mythology
• Leon

  Meaning: Brave as a lion
• Leona

  Meaning: Brave as a lioness
• Leonard

  Meaning: Brave As A Lion
• Leonardo

  Meaning: After Leonardo daVinci.
• Leonid

  Meaning: Lion-like
• Leonora

  Meaning: Light
• Leopold

  Meaning: Bold leader
• Leopoldo

  Meaning: people-bold
• Leora

  Meaning: Light
• Leroux

  Meaning: red head
• Leroy

  Meaning: King
• Lesley

  Meaning: Holly garden
• Leslie

  Meaning: Garden of holly
• Lessie

  Meaning: Taken from the English name 'Lassie.
• Lester

  Meaning: From Leicester, England
• Leti

  Meaning: Short for Leticia; meaning happy.
• Letizia

  Meaning: happiness
• Lety

  Meaning: Lovely, gentle, kind.
• Leucon

  Meaning: white
• Levi

  Meaning: Joined In Harmony
• Leviathan

  Meaning: monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
• Lewis

  Meaning: Famed Warrior
• Lex

  Meaning: Defender of men in greek.
• Lexi

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Alexander Or Alexis
• Lexus

  Meaning: Created Name
• Lexy

  Meaning: Defending men
• Lia

  Meaning: weary
• Liam

  Meaning: Strong willed
• Lian

  Meaning: Dainty and delicate
• Liang

  Meaning: Brilliant
• Libby

  Meaning: God Is My Oath
• Liber

  Meaning: The god of freedom, viticulture and fertility
• Libera

  Meaning: The goddess of freedom, viticulture and fertility
• Liberty

  Meaning: Freedom
• Liborio

  Meaning: free
• Libra

  Meaning: The Scales, Equality
• Licorice

  Meaning: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots
• Liebe

  Meaning: love
• Liebling

  Meaning: Favorite
• Liesel

  Meaning: God is my oath
• Lightning

  Meaning: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
• Liko

  Meaning: protected by Buddha
• Lila

  Meaning: Lilac Tree
• Lilac

  Meaning: Bluish Purple Color Or Flower.
• Lilah

  Meaning: Lilac Tree
• Lileas

  Meaning: "Bright, shining beauty"
• Lili

  Meaning: Beautiful, graceful, lovely.
• Lilibeth

  Meaning: Lovely, beautiful, joy.
• Lille

  Meaning: Small, little
• Lillian

  Meaning: Lily
• Lilly

  Meaning: Lily Flower
• Lilly Bell

  Meaning: Beautiful flower bell.
• Lillybelle

  Meaning: Beautiful lily
• Lilo

  Meaning: Generous One
• Lilt

  Meaning: A buoyant motion.
• Lily

  Meaning: Lily Flower
• Lima

  Meaning: Capital city of Peru; to farm.
• Limax

  Meaning: Black slug.
• Limbani

  Meaning: Protector of the people.
• Lin

  Meaning: Beautiful jade
• Lincks

  Meaning: Americanized spelling of Dutch Linckx, a nickname meaning clumsy.
• Lincoln

  Meaning: Lake settlement, lake colony
• Linda

  Meaning: Pretty One
• Linden

  Meaning: Made From Linwood Or Lime-wood
• Lindsay

  Meaning: From The Lake Settlement Island
• Ling

  Meaning: Compassionate
• Linger

  Meaning: Loves to linger.
• Link

  Meaning: Ridge
• Linnea

  Meaning: Flower
• Linus

  Meaning: Flax
• Linux

  Meaning: The leading operating system on servers.
• Lionel

  Meaning: Little Lion
• Lipton

  Meaning: Tea brand company.
• Lisa

  Meaning: Lisa Simpson, the smart Simpson.
• Lisbet

  Meaning: Pure
• Lisbon

  Meaning: capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic
• Lisette

  Meaning: God Is My Oath
• Liten

  Meaning: Small, little
• Lithium

  Meaning: The lightest known metal.
• Little

  Meaning: Small Man
• Little Bear

  Meaning: Small, cuddly animal.
• Little John

  Meaning: Small Robin Hood figure.
• Liùsaidh

  Meaning: "Light of God's grace"
• Lively

  Meaning: Full Of Life, Energy
• Lizette

  Meaning: God Is My Oath
• Lizzie

  Meaning: Diminutive Of The Name Elizabeth
• Llewellyn

  Meaning: Leader
• Lo

  Meaning: Lovely and optimistic.
• Loafer

  Meaning: Lazy individual.
• Lobo

  Meaning: Wolf
• Lockjaw

  Meaning: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
• Loco

  Meaning: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Logan

  Meaning: Little Hollow
• Lois

  Meaning: Refers to superman's lois lane
• Lok

  Meaning: Happiness
• Loki

  Meaning: The sneaky and trickster god in Norse mythology.
• Lola

  Meaning: Sorrows
• Lolabelle

  Meaning: Cute, playful, doll-like.
• Loli

  Meaning: Cute, playful girl.
• Lolita

  Meaning: Sorrows
• Loll

  Meaning: To lay sprawled about.
• Lolli

  Meaning: Candy-coated treat.
• Lollipop

  Meaning: ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
• Lollipup

  Meaning: Cute candy dog.
• Lollypop

  Meaning: Candy on a stick.
• Lolo

  Meaning: Funny, loving, person.
• Lomax

  Meaning: "Lover of Max"
• London

  Meaning: From The Great River
• Lonestar

  Meaning: Lonely Texas pride.
• Longwei

  Meaning: The greatness of a dragon
• Loose

  Meaning: To hang loose.
• Loosey

  Meaning: To hang loose.
• Lorcan

  Meaning: Little Wild One
• Lord

  Meaning: a titled peer of the realm
• Loredana

  Meaning: laurel grove
• Lorelei

  Meaning: alluring
• Lorenzo

  Meaning: Laurel
• Loreto

  Meaning: laurel wood
• Loretta

  Meaning: Laurel
• Lorna

  Meaning: Fox
• Lorraine

  Meaning: From Lorraine, France
• Lothario

  Meaning: loud warrior
• Lotti

  Meaning: little woman
• Lottie

  Meaning: Free
• Lotus

  Meaning: From homer's the oddysey
• Lou

  Meaning: Famed Warrior
• Louie

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Louis

  Meaning: The name of so many french kings
• Louisa

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Louise

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Lounge

  Meaning: Lazy manner.
• Lounger

  Meaning: Does nothing but lounge.
• Lovebug

  Meaning: Affectionate nickname for loved one.
• Lovie

  Meaning: Loved One
• Lovisa

  Meaning: Famous battle
• Luana

  Meaning: Graceful battle maiden in German.
• Luanna

  Meaning: Cheerful and happy
• Luc

  Meaning: light
• Luca

  Meaning: Person From Lucania, Italy
• Lucas

  Meaning: From Lucania, Italy; bright, shining
• Lucero

  Meaning: Light, Star
• Lucht

  Meaning: Nickname from Middle Low German lucht meaning clumsy.
• Lucia

  Meaning: Light
• Luciana

  Meaning: light
• Luciano

  Meaning: light
• Lucien

  Meaning: bringer of light
• Lucille

  Meaning: Light
• Lucinda

  Meaning: Light
• Lucio

  Meaning: Light
• Lucita

  Meaning: Light of the moon.
• Lucky

  Meaning: Fortunate
• Lucky Charm

  Meaning: Good luck charm.
• Lucrezia

  Meaning: wealthy
• Lucy

  Meaning: Light
• Lucy Lou

  Meaning: Cute, loving, girl.
• Lucy Lu

  Meaning: Funny, loving, lively.
• Ludovica

  Meaning: famous warrior
• Ludwig

  Meaning: After Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Luella

  Meaning: Combination Of Lou And Ella
• Luis

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Luisa

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Luka

  Meaning: Bringer of Light
• Luke

  Meaning: Bringer of Light
• Lula

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Lulabell

  Meaning: Beautiful flower girl.
• Luliv

  Meaning: Dewy jasmine
• Lull

  Meaning: Interval of inactivity.
• Lulu

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Lumber

  Meaning: To walk or move clumsily or heavily.
• Luna

  Meaning: The divine embodiment of the moon in greek mythology
• Lunesta

  Meaning: Sleep aid medication.
• Lupa

  Meaning: A she-wolf in roman mythology
• Lupe

  Meaning: From The River Of The Wolf
• Lupin

  Meaning: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
• Lupo

  Meaning: Italian for 'wolf
• Lupus

  Meaning: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
• Lurz

  Meaning: Nickname for a clumsy person.
• Lush

  Meaning: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
• Luther

  Meaning: Warrior
• Luvbug

  Meaning: Lovely bug creature.
• Luxman

  Meaning: loyal
• Luz

  Meaning: Light
• Lycisce

  Meaning: Wolf; one of Actaeon's hounds
• Lydia

  Meaning: From lydia
• Lyle

  Meaning: From The Island
• Lyonette

  Meaning: little lion
• Lyra

  Meaning: Lyre
• Lyric

  Meaning: Words Of A Song
• Lyrid

  Meaning: Meteor shower phenomenon.