- Lamont - lə-MAHNT
Info)), also spelt LaMont ( listen (help. · info)), is a surname with several different origins, one Scottish and Northern Irish, the other in French. In some cases the surname originates in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Lagman which is from the Old Norse Logmaðr.
Meaning: Law man
Origin: Norse - Lamonte - lə-MAHNT-ee
Scandinavian Meaning: The name Lamonte is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Lamonte is: Man of law.
- Latham - LAYTH-əm
English: habitational name from any of the various places in northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða 'barn' (dative plural hloðum, i.e. 'at the barns'), as for example Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East Yorkshire.
- Leif - LAYF
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
- Loki - LO-kee
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break". In Norse legend Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and fire. Over time he became more and more evil, and he was eventually chained to a rock by the other gods.
