| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Linda | Snake | Female | English |
| Lola | Sorrows | Female | Spanish |
| Lorena | Man from Laurentum | Female | Latin |
| Lorene | Laurel | Female | Latin |
| Louisa | Fame and war | Female | Germanic |
| Lucia | Light | Female | Latin |
| Lucille | Light | Female | Latin |
| Lucy | Light | Female | Latin |
| Luella | Famous Elf | Female | American English |
| Luisa | Fame and war | Female | Germanic |
| Lydia | Noble kind | Female | Germanic |
| Mabel | Lovable | Female | French |
| Madeline | From Magdala | Female | Hebrew |
| Mae | The fifth month of the year | Female | English |
| Magdalena | Of Magdala | Female | Hebrew |
| Maggie | Pearl | Female | Greek |
| Magnolia | Magnol's flower | Female | Latin |
| Margaret | Pearl | Female | Greek |
| Maria | Bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Marianna | Combination of Maria and Anna | Female | Latin |
| Marie | Bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Martina | From the god Mars | Female | Latin |
| Mary | Bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Meredith | Great lord | Female | Welsh |
| Miriam | Uncertain, maybe bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Molly | Uncertain, maybe bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Myra | Uncertain, perhaps myrrh, unguent | Female | Latin |
| Nan | Grace | Female | Hebrew |
| Nancy | Grace | Female | Hebrew |
| Naomi | Beautiful, pleasant, delightful | Female | Hebrew |