Lelle

Lelle is a Swedish masculine given name functioning as a familiar diminutive form of longer names beginning with L, most commonly Lars, itself the Scandinavian form of the Latin Laurentius, meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian city whose name is traditionally associated with the laurel tree. As a pet form, it follows a common Nordic pattern of reduplicating the initial syllable to create an affectionate short form. Related names in the same family include Lars, Laurentius, and the international cognates Lawrence and Laurent.