Selected Mottoes (with Translations): "L" Surnames
| Family Name | Original Language (Usually Latin or Old French) | English Translation (if needed) |
| Lacey | Meritus augentur honores | Honours are enhanced by deserts |
| Lambe | Per mare per terras | By sea and land |
| Lambert | Ut quocunque paratus | That I may be prepared on every side |
| Lamont | Ne parcas nec spernas | Neither spare nor scorn |
| Lane | Celeriter | Swiftly |
| Langan | Confide recte agens | Trust in fair dealing |
| Larkin | Chirsto duce vincamus | With Christ I will conquer |
| Lavin | Fortuna audaces juvat | Fortune favours the bold |
| Law | Non obscura nec ima | Neither obscure nor very low |
| Lawless | Virtute et numine | By virtue and prudence |
| Lawlor | Fortis et fidelis | Brave and faithful |
| Lawrence | Quoe pense | What do you think |
| Lawson | Leve et reluis | Arise and re--illumine |
| Leydon | Forti non ignavo | To the brave man, not to the dastard |
| Leahy | Tout vient de Dieu | All comes from God |
| O'Leary | Laidir ist lear Righ | Strong is the king of the sea |
| Lee | Courageux | Courageous |
| Leech | Virtute et valore | With virtue and valour |
| Lenihan | Patriae inflici fidelis | Faithful to my unhappy country |
| Lennon | Prisco stripe Hibernico | Of ancient Irish stock |
| Len(n)ox | En la rose je fleurie | I flourish in the rose |
| Leonard | Pour bien desirer | For wishing well |
| Lewis | Bidd llu hebb llydd | In the path of an army, no man can stand |
| Lindsay | Endure fort | Suffer bravely |
| Little | Magnum in parvo | Much in little |
| Lloyd | Heb Dduw heb ddin a Duw a digon | Without God, without anything, God is enough |
| Loftus | Loyal a mort | Loyal to death |
| Logan | Hoc majorum virtus | This is the valour of my ancestors |
| Lonergan | Lamh 1aidir an uacdar | The strongest hand uppermost |
| Long | Confide recte agens | Doing rightly be confident |
| Looney | -- | I am not alone |
| O'Loughlin | Anchora salutis | The anchor of salvation |
| Loughnan | Fortis et fidus | Brave and faithful |
| Lowe | Spero meliora | I hope for better things |
| Lowry | Virtus semper viridis | Virtue is always flourishing |
| Lucas | Respice finem | Regard the end |
| Lucey | Be trwgh and delygent | By truth and diligence |
| Lydon | Forti non ignavo | To the brave man, not to the dastard |
| Lynam | Fortis et constans | Bold and constant |
| Lynch | Semper fidelis | Always faithful |
| Lyons | Noli irritare leonem | Do not irritate the lions |
| Laffan | Vincit omnia virtus | Virtue conquers all |
| Laforey | Loyal aut mort | Loyal to the death |
| Laird | Spero meliora | I hope for better things |
| Lalor | Fortis et fidelis | Brave and faithful |
| Lamb | Levius fit patientia | Patience makes burdens lighter |
| Lamb | Virtute et fide | By valour and faith |
| Lambard | Deo patria tibi | For God, country, and yourself |
| Lane | Garde la Roy | Guard the King |
| Langholme | In cruce salus | Salvation from the cross |
| Langlands | Spero | I hope |
| Langley | -- | Beare and forbeare |
| Langley | Fide sed cui vide | Trust, but be careful whom (you trust) |
| Langton | Loyal aut mort | Loyal to the death |
| Langton | Sursum corda | Hearts upwards |
| Lanphier | Virtute et fidelitate | By valour and fidelity |
| Laslett | Finem respice | Consider the end |
| Lauder | Virtute | By virtue |
| Laurie | Virtus semper viridis | Virtue is always flourishing |
| Law | -- | Trusty and kind |
| Lawford | In Deo confido | I trust in God |
| Lawford | In utrumque paratus | Prepared for both |
| Lawrence | -- | Be ready |
| Lawrence | In cruce salus | Salvation from the cross |
| Lawrie | -- | I'll be wary |
| Lawson | -- | Loyal, secret; Loyal, confidential |
| Lawson | -- | Rise and shine |
| Lawson | Dominus providebit | God will provide |
| Lay | -- | Through |
| Leake | Perseverando | By perservering |
| Learmonth | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Learmonth | Spero | I hope |
| Leater | Favente Deo | By Gods favour |
| Leck | Virtutis praemium | Virtues reward |
| Lecky | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Lee | Deus fortitudo mea | God is my strength |
| Lee | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Lee | Fide et fortitude | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Lefevre | Sans changer | Without changing |
| Legg | Gaudet tenamine virtus | Virtue exults in the trial |
| Leicester | Pro rege et patria | For king and country |
| Leigh | Tout vient de Dieu | All comes from God |
| Leighton | -- | Dread shame |
| Leith | -- | Trusty to the end |
| Lennard | Patriae inflici fidelis | Faithful to my unhappy country |
| Lennard | Pour bien desirer | For wishing well |
| Lennox | -- | I'll defend |
| Leslie | -- | God guide all |
| Leslie | -- | Grip fast |
| Leslie | -- | Hold fast |
| Leslie | -- | Keep fast |
| Leslie | Pro rege et patria | For king and country |
| Leslie | Soli Deo gloria | Glory to God alone |
| Lethbridge | Spec mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Levin | Certavi et vici | I have fought and conquered |
| Lewin | Spec mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Lewis | -- | Be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove |
| Lewis | A deo et rege For God and king For God and king | -- |
| Lewis | Patriae fidus | Faithful to my country |
| Leyland | -- | God feedeth ye land |
| Lidderdale | -- | Foresight is all |
| Lievre | Gardez bien | Guard well |
| Lighton | Fortitudine et prudentia | With fortitude and prudence |
| Lindow | Vi et virtute | By strength and valour |
| Lindsay | Toujours loyal | Always loyal |
| Lister | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Liverpool | Deus nobis haec otia fecit | God has given us this tranquility |
| Llewellyn | Vincit qui patitur | The one who is patient wins |
| Lloyd | Fide et fortitude | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Lloyd | Frangas non flectes | You may break, but shall not bend me |
| Lloyd | Iddow Bor dioleh | To God be thanks |
| Lloyd | Sic itir ad astra | This is the way of the stars |
| Lloyd | Spectemur agendo | Let us be judged by our actions |
| Locock | Victoria | Victory |
| Loft | Fide et fortitude | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Loftie | Loyal aut mort | Loyal to the death |
| Loftus | Loyal aut mort | Loyal to the death |
| Login | -- | By the grace of God |
| Lone | -- | Lone |
| Longley | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Lorimer | -- | Onward |
| Lorimer | -- | Upward |
| Lowndes | -- | Ways and means |
| Lucy | -- | With truth and diligence |
| Ludlow | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Lukis | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Lumb | Respice finem | Regard the end |
| Lumsden | -- | Beware in time |
| Lund | Semper fidelis | Always faithful |
| Luscombe | Deo duce fero commitante | God my guide, my strength, and companion |
| Lutwidge | Deo patria amicas | To God, country, and friends |
| Lyde | Non sibi | Not for himself |
| Lyell | Forti non ignavo | To the brave man, not to the dastard |
| Lynch | Cor mundum crea in me Deus | Create in me a clean heart O God |
| Lynch | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Lyon | Pro rege et patria | For king and country |
| Lyons | Virtute et fidelitate | By valour and fidelity |
| Lyster | Loyal aut mort | Loyal to the death |
| Lyttel | Magnum in parvo | Much in little |
| Sources: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1993, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.) and The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke (1996, Heritage Books: Bowie MD) | ||
