Lj

Lj is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Mexico, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written L-J, L'J, L̸j

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written L-J

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Canada, United States, Philippines

  Also written L-J

• Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, India, Philippines

  Also written L-J

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Lj is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Serbo-Croatian, The 17th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by l and followed by m.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Croatian, lingv. 1. ( m ) fon. bočni (lateralni), nepčani (palatalni), tekući (likvidni), usni (labijalni), poluotvorni (sonantni) glas [ ovaj lj ] 2. ( sr ) sedamnaesto slovo hrv. latinice kojim se piše taj glas [ malo lj ; veliko Lj ] 3. ( sr ) izvan konteksta [ ovo elj ; 〈 mn〉 ova elj ]

  as a word·Hrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Lj mean, and where does it come from?

Initialism of lord justice. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Lj a male or female name?

Lj is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

In which country does Lj have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Lj in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lj.

How common is the name Lj?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 37 people named Lj, about 1 in 467 thousand residents.