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ENGLISH BOY names that start with 'L'
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Diminutive of Lancelot: Servant God-like; knight's attendant; land; Land (from Old German) The short form of the name Lancelot (which incidentally was derived originally from the name Lance!) Therefore, this name is the short form of its own diminutive
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Knight of Arthur and lover of Guinevere; land; Servant Also a diminutive of Lance: Land (from Old German) Lancelot was a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and adulterous lover to Queen Guinevere; Servant God-like Also a diminutive of Lance In Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot was King Arthur's close friend and a Knight of the Round Table A central theme in Arthurian legend is the adulterous love between Lancelot and Queen Guinevere
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From the grassy plain; Lion; Lion Man; of the land; property owner; Property Owner or Laundry-man
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Englishman; From the long meadow; 'King Henry IV, 1' Earl of March 'King Henry VI, IN' Edmund, Earl of Rutland and son to Richard Plantagenet 'Tragedy of King Lear' Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester 'King Richard The Second' Edmund Langley, Duke of York and uncle to the King
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Abbreviation of Lawrence or Laurence often used as an independent name; from Laurentum, Italy; Laurel
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Diminutive of Lancelot: Servant God-like; 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' The like to Proteus; Variant of Lance: Land (from Old German) The short form of the name Lancelot (which incidentally was derived originally from the name Lance!) Therefore, this name is the short form of its own diminutive
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