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Sources used in compiling this list:
The Surnames of Scotland, George Fraser Black, 1946
The Clans, Septs and Regiments of Scotland, Frank Adam, 1952
Tartan For Me! Philip D. Smith, 1984
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia, George Way and Romilly Squire, 1994
| Surname | Alternate Spelling | Associated Surname (s) | District (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laburn | Angus | ||
| Lachey | Lachie, Lackey | MacLachlan | Argyll |
| Lachlan | Lauchlan | MacLachlan | Argyll |
| Lackland | Roxburgh | ||
| Laden | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Ladyurd | Tweedside | ||
| Lafferty | Lorne | ||
| Laffries | Inverness-shire | ||
| Lag | Lagg | Galloway | |
| Laggan | Lagan | MacLennan | Loch Laggan |
| Laghead | Strathclyde | ||
| Lahore | Glasgow | ||
| Laidlaw | Scott | Ettrick, Melrose | |
| Laing | Lang | Colquhoun, Gordon, Leslie | Aberdeenshire |
| Lair | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn | |
| Lallie | Lalley | Roxburgh | |
| Lamb | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lambert | Galloway | ||
| Lambie | Lammie | Lamont | Argyll |
| Lambin | Perthshire | ||
| Lambinson | Perthshire | ||
| Lambiston | Dundee | ||
| Lame | Edinburgh | ||
| Lamington | Strathclyde | ||
| Lamley | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lammie | Lambie | Lamont | Argyll |
| Lammond | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lamondson | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lamont | Lamond, Lammond | Argyll, Isle of Skye | |
| Lamp | Galloway | ||
| Lanark | Lanarkshire, Strathclyde | ||
| Landers | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Landes | Glasgow | ||
| Landsdale | Hume | Angus | |
| Landsmen | Fife | ||
| Lane | Angus | ||
| Lang | Leng, Ling | Gordon, Leslie | Aberdeenshire |
| Langland | Langlands | Scott | Melrose |
| Langmore | Langmuir | Ayrshire | |
| Langrig | Glasgow | ||
| Langside | Glasgow | ||
| Langskaill | Orkney | ||
| Langwell | Argyll | ||
| Langwill | Glasgow | ||
| Lanrick | Nithsdale | ||
| Lapraik | Strathclyde | ||
| Lapsley | Stirlingshire | ||
| Lapwood | Sutherland | ||
| Larg | Largie | Aberdeenshire | |
| Larkin | Galloway | ||
| Larrain | Tweedside | ||
| Larson | Inverness-shire | ||
| Laspur | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lasswade | Edinburgh | ||
| Lathanige | Fife | ||
| Lathdugie | Fife | ||
| Lathrisk | Fife | ||
| Latimer | Latimore | Maxwell | Galloway, Roxburgh |
| Latta | Latto, Lawtie | Ayrshire, Paisley, Strathclyde | |
| Lattermore | Galloway | ||
| Latto | Paisley | ||
| Lattoun | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Laucharitt | Roxburgh | ||
| Lauchlan | Laughlan, Laughland | MacLachlan | Argyll, Ayrshire |
| Laucht | Strathclyde | ||
| Laughhead | Strathclyde | ||
| Laurie | Lawrie, Lowrie | Gordon, MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn |
| Lawtie | Latta, Latto | Ayrshire, Paisley, Strathclyde | |
| Laverie | Lavery | Dundee | |
| Laverock | Dundee | ||
| Laverockstones | Roxburgh | ||
| Laverty | Lavertie | Dundee | |
| Law | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn | |
| Lawler | St Andrews | ||
| Lawless | Angus | ||
| Lawmanson | Perthshire | ||
| Lawrence | Laurence | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn |
| Lawside | Dundee | ||
| Lawson | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn | |
| Lawtie | Lawty | Ayrshire | |
| Layburn | Angus | ||
| Lea | Inverness-shire | ||
| Leaburn | Dundee | ||
| Lead | Stirlingshire | ||
| Leadhouse | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Leal | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lean | MacLean | Hebrides, Isle of Mull | |
| Learmond | Tweedside | ||
| Learmouth | Learmonth | Tweedside | |
| Leask | Leisk | Aberdeenshire | |
| Leason | Inverness-shire | ||
| Leavy | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire | |
| Leaver | Dundee | ||
| Leavett | Strathspey | ||
| Leckie | Leckey, Lecky | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire |
| Ledderburrow | Argyll | ||
| Ledderkin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Ledgerwood | Tweedside | ||
| Ledingham | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Ledyard | Tweedside | ||
| Lee | Ley | Strathclyde | |
| Leeds | Lindsay | East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire | |
| Lees | MacPherson | Badenoch, Dunblane, Inverness-shire, Nithsdale | |
| Leetian | Fife | ||
| Legat | Stirlingshire | ||
| Legg | Legge | Galloway | |
| Leggat | Stirlingshire | ||
| Leghendy | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Legiden | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Legrow | Orkney | ||
| Leicester | Dundee | ||
| Leidhope | St Andrews | ||
| Leighton | Fife | ||
| Leirmonth | Tweedside | ||
| Leising | Glasgow | ||
| Leitch | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Leithead | Edinburgh | ||
| Lekathy | Dundee | ||
| Lemond | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lempitlaw | Roxburgh | ||
| Lenison | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lennie | Lenny | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire |
| Lennon | Lennan | MacLennan | Ross-shire |
| Lennox | MacFarlane | Lennox | |
| Lentron | St Andrews | ||
| Lenzeils | Lennox | ||
| Leonard | Leonerd | MacLennan | Ross-shire |
| Leslie | Lesley, Lesslie; | See: Clan Leslie Early Genealogy & History | Aberdeenshire, Badenoch |
| Lessels | Fife | ||
| Lessuden | Roxburgh | ||
| Lethan | Fife | ||
| Lethangie | Perthshire | ||
| Lethenty | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Letterick | Glasgow | ||
| Lettice | Dundee | ||
| Leuchars | Fife | ||
| Leugach | Inverness-shire | ||
| Leurs | Fife | ||
| Leven | Fife | ||
| Leverick | Galloway | ||
| Levington | Edinburgh | ||
| Lewars | Galloway | ||
| Lewis | MacLeod | Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Sutherland | |
| Leyburn | Roxburgh | ||
| Leyden | Tweedside | ||
| Leydyntosach | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Liberton | Edinburgh | ||
| Liddel | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lidderdaine | Roxburgh | ||
| Lidderdale | Galloway | ||
| Liddens | Tweedside | ||
| Liggat | Stirlingshire | ||
| Light | Glasgow | ||
| Lightbody | Lennox | ||
| Lighterness | Roxburgh | ||
| Lightfoot | Fife | ||
| Lightning | Fort William | ||
| Lightower | Sutherland | ||
| Ligertwood | Ledgerwood, Legertwood, Legerwood | Berwick | |
| Likly | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lilburn | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Liliengreen | Edinburgh | ||
| Lilico | Roxburgh | ||
| Lillie | Lilley, Lilly | Fife | |
| Lilliesleaf | Roxburgh | ||
| Limond | Limont | Lamont | Argyll |
| Lind | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lindores | Fife | ||
| Lindsay | Lindsey | See: Clan Lindsay Early Genealogy & History | East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire |
| Line | Lines, Lyon, Lyons | Ayrshire | |
| Linen | Strathclyde | ||
| Lingoch | Fife | ||
| Lining | Strathclyde | ||
| Linklater | Sinclair | Caithness, Orkney | |
| Linton | Roxburgh | ||
| Linwood | Paisley | ||
| Lipp | Lippe | Aberdeenshire | |
| Lippok | Inverness-shire | ||
| Lipton | Glasgow | ||
| Lister | Litster | Perthshire | |
| Little | Angus | ||
| Littlejohn | Glasgow | ||
| Littleson | Argyll | ||
| Littlewood | Ayrshire | ||
| Liulf | Orkney | ||
| Liverance | Perthshire | ||
| Livingston | Livingstone | MacDougall, Stewart of Appin | Argyll, Edinburgh |
| Lizars | Roxburgh | ||
| Loarn | Lorne | ||
| Lobban | Loban | MacLennan | Ross-shire |
| Loch | Tweedside | ||
| Locharmoss | Roxburgh | ||
| Lochead | Strathclyde | ||
| Lochery | Ayrshire | ||
| Lochmaben | Nithsdale | ||
| Lochmalony | Fife | ||
| Lochmill | Edinburgh | ||
| Lochore | Fife | ||
| Lochrie | Lochrey | Ayrshire | |
| Lochrig | Ayrshire | ||
| Lochtie | Fife | ||
| Lock | Locke | Roxburgh | |
| Lockerbie | Douglas | Galloway, Lanarkshire | |
| Lockestre | Perthshire | ||
| Lockett | Sutherland | ||
| Lockford | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lockhart | Loccard | Strathclyde | |
| Lockhead | Ayrshire | ||
| Lockie | Lockey | Angus | |
| Locksmith | Galloway | ||
| Lockwood | Edinburgh | ||
| Logan | Loggan | MacLennan | Angus, Ayrshire, Carrick, Lanarkshire, Montrose, Ross-shire |
| Logdone | Edinburgh | ||
| Logie | Fife | ||
| Lombard | Stewart | Atholl, Edinburgh, Galloway, Perthshire, Stirlingshire | |
| Long | Fife | ||
| Longair | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Longarte | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Longer | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Longforgan | Caithness | ||
| Longhill | Tweedside | ||
| Longmoore | Longmuir | Ayrshire | |
| Longsandie | Dundee | ||
| Longstaff | Strathspey | ||
| Longton | Galloway | ||
| Lonie | Cameron | Lochaber | |
| Lookup | Roxburgh | ||
| Loor | Angus | ||
| Lorimer | Perthshire | ||
| Lorne | Campbell, Stewart | Argyll, Atholl, Edinburgh, Galloway, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy | |
| Lothian | Perthshire | ||
| Lottimer | Glasgow | ||
| Lotto | Ayrshire | ||
| Loudon | Loudoun | Campbell | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy |
| Loueprud | Perthshire | ||
| Lough | Galloway | ||
| Loughead | Strathclyde | ||
| Lounan | Angus | ||
| Loupar | Angus | ||
| Lour | Angus | ||
| Louranston | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Louson | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Louthrie | Fife | ||
| Louttet | Strathearn | ||
| Love | MacKinnon | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Paisley | |
| Lovell | Roxburgh | ||
| Lowe | Low | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn |
| Lowerbury | Ayrshire | ||
| Lowery | Lowry | MacLaren | Strathearn |
| Lowes | Roxburgh | ||
| Lowrieson | Edinburgh | ||
| Lowson | MacLaren | Perthshire, Strathearn | |
| Lowth | Edinburgh | ||
| Loxton | Edinburgh | ||
| Loynachan | Argyll | ||
| Lucas | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lucasson | Stirlingshire | ||
| Luckie | Lucky | Aberdeenshire | |
| Luckieson | Stirlingshire | ||
| Lucklaw | Fife | ||
| Lufitholt | Dunblane | ||
| Lufrent | Perthshire | ||
| Luggie | Luggey | Strathclyde | |
| Lugton | Fife | ||
| Luke | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Lumbennie | Fife | ||
| Lumgain | Lumgaine | Keith | Aberdeenshire |
| Lumgair | Loumgair | Keith | Aberdeenshire |
| Lumley | Strathclyde | ||
| Lumsdale | Orkney | ||
| Lumsden | Lumsdaine | Dunbar, Fife | |
| Lunan | Angus | ||
| Luncart | Mar | ||
| Lund | Tweedside | ||
| Lundie | Perthshire | ||
| Lundin | Fife | ||
| Lunham | Glasgow | ||
| Lunn | Dunblane | ||
| Lusk | Galloway | ||
| Lutar | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lutherdale | Dundee | ||
| Lyall | Sinclair | Caithness, Orkney | |
| Lyburn | Glasgow | ||
| Lyder | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Lyffe | Dundee | ||
| Lygate | Stirlingshire | ||
| Lyle | Paisley | ||
| Lymburner | Lymburn | Glasgow | |
| Lyndon | MacLennan | Ross-shire | |
| Lyne | Lynn | Ayrshire | |
| Lyon | Line, Lines, Lyons | Farquharson, Lamont | Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Deeside, Perthshire |
| Lysars | Roxburgh |