LeL

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Variation of lol

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɫəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

LeL is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 2.7M(inferred from the name graph)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 56K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 388K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈950 people, est.

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 56K (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variation of lol.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

LeL counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where LeL is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈950 est.≈1 in 56K—LeL9
IN India≈130 est.≈1 in 10M22LeL6
US United States≈120 est.≈1 in 2.7MlistedLeL78
PH Philippines≈58 est.≈1 in 1.9M—LeL7
BR Brazil451 in 4.7M45——
MY Malaysia≈37 est.≈1 in 888K—LeL6
AT Austria≈23 est.≈1 in 389K3——
SG Singapore≈16 est.≈1 in 388K—LeL5
IL Israel≈6 est.≈1 in 1.6M—LeL3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the in-instate-surnames-bystate register; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

LeL is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Kenya, Mexico

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Lél, Lël, Lèl, Lêl, Lęl

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lél

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United States

    Also written Lél, Lèl

40 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

LeL is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Hungarian, to find (with -ra/-re or -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-3 language code for Lele (Congo).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In kw, genuine, loyal, reliable, trusty

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In rom, to take

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In kmb, caress

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting LeL
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—45#112,812
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—22#8,544
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—15#4,084
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—11#3,842
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#29,785
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#23,065
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name LeL mean, and where does it come from?
Variation of lol. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce LeL?
A machine transcription gives /ɫəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does LeL have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 950 people named LeL in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled LeL.
How common is the name LeL?
In Brazil, the national register counted 45 people named LeL, about 1 in 4.7 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “LeL”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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