L's real name?

[Miyagi Rikku]

Ah. Well. I hope there isnt a similar thread as this one. Well. I just want
to confirm something. What is L's real name? :Domo

[Donut]

L. Lawliet

If I am not mistaken.

[Arei]

L Lawliet o.o

Its revealed in How to Read Vol 13, theres alot of loose ends that get tied in there after the series is over.

Never says what the L stands for.... or if his name just is L O-o that'd be an odd name

[Miyagi Rikku]

Rikku >Yeah thats what I heard too. Thanks. <3 Just wanted to confirm

[Arei]

Gah I hate it when people post at the same time xD oh well

[Donut]

...I beat you to it :p

[Arei]

Yeah by like a second :P

[Donut]

Nevertheless! XD

[Undying]

L... what? What does the L stand for...? Or nobody knows?

[L]

'How To Read' just stated L Lawliet, so I guess we'll never know or it is indeed just L.

[Arei]

Larry? Lawson? Lenard? Leo? Lars? o.o could be any L name. (im drawing blanks atm for male L names xD) It also says that hes possibly like part or half japanese, I beleive thats what HTR 13 says O_o Though I haven't heard that surname before, it sounds French.

[Emperor Knives]

Well in the movie we see a glimpse of L's name written on the notebook. The only part you actually see is the letter "L" and the first letter of his family name which is also L. Even though the movie probably didn't have the same conclusion as the manga, I think its safe to say that L's first name is simply L.

[Miyagi Rikku]

His name is actually Lol L. Lol. :3

[Arei]

Who would name their kid L? Though there are people who are named K and J... O-o L seems a little odd though

[L]

Well, now the question is who wouldn't name their kid L now after watching Death Note :0

[Arei]

XDDD That'd be very interesting (though a little sad) to see if someone was a diehard fan of DN just enough to name their kid L xDDD I'd name mine Mello xD

[Miyagi Rikku]

L sounds like Elle xD

[Arei]

I always pronounced Elle like Ellie O-o since alot of people who spell their name like that say it like that, but I guess you could say it the other way too xD That'd be original

[Miyagi Rikku]

Well, I only thought of Elle is because of Elle from Rave adventure groove anime. x_x and a friend of mine using a name Elle.

[sander]

well Near calls himself N so i guess L has a normal name aswell XD
besides the Lawliet part that is

[Miyagi Rikku]

Whenever I hear L's full name it sounds like

Lawl=Lol
Liet =Lita

LOL XD

[Arei]

Whenever I hear L's full name it sounds like

Lawl=Lol
Liet =Lita

LOL XD

:Haha Thats great

There is a prononciation guide to his name to say it as low-light o.o I just saw law-light, that sounds more realistic to me (but w/e, the name can be anything the author wants it to be)


And Near's real name is Nate while Mello's real name is Mihael (is that an acctual name or michael without a C? o.o ) So it'd make sense if L's real first name started with a L too, and they just never revealed it, or couldnt think of a good name for him >.>

[Miyagi Rikku]

I say the pronounciation of Lawliet is Lollita xD jk~

Hmm... Nate and Mihael... Maybe Mello's name is pronounced as
Mi-hale. D: In L's case maybe his name is Lawliet x3

[Arei]

Thats what I though (about mello's name) xD But theres loads of name typos in that series.

... maybe L has a lolita complex? xD

[Miyagi Rikku]

A hidden identity >;3 *thinks of L wearing a gothic lolita dress* ohhh :o

[Arei]

omg now I'm gonna have to go draw that >.> Thats just... xDDD

[Miyagi Rikku]

oh please do xD Lately, I feel like I cant draw for sh~t so yeah. X_x;
But I got this image in my head xD

[Arei]

What do you think a Gothic Lolita L would look like? I'm thinking loads of lace and frills O_o

[Miyagi Rikku]

yes, yes lace and frills.... and like a elegant goth lolita :3

[Arei]

I'm putting together a GL outfit for the next con I'm going to (which is just a little over a month away o.o;;; *gets busy* ) .... *draws L in that*

[Arei]

*kicks self*

Yeah Mihael is a version of Michael, I just can't figure out what language it is.

This version means "Angel of loyalty and fidelity" o.o fits his profile

Keehl is either spain spanish, russian, or assyrian. It is so damn hard looking up that name, its a real surname but not that common

[shining.zangetsu]

i reckon his name is Law. well i think that is his name because he is the head of the police and he is the LAW. so yer i reckon his name is LAW!

[DFlux]

Mihael is the Slavic version of Michael pronounce "Mee-ha-el" (not complex XD). It's the Archangel Michael who cast down Satan into Hell. Sometimes it's transliterated as Mikhael but in the Slavic languages that just denotes a harder "h". My cousin's name is Mihael, in fact, expect his friends call him "M-ha-il" which annoys me to no end but there ya be.

Keehl... Keehl feels Nordic. Maybe Dutch? Finnish? Danish? Might even be German. "hl" in a last name usually means this. Were the h at the k it would be a little more dubious...

Just wanted to weigh in :D

[DJ Hayabusa:D]

someone said L for serious :O

[Arei]

Who deleted my post?

I'm almost positive he's Russian full or in part, Keehl sounds more russian than anything else. There are tons of different spellings and variations of Michael... which anyone could use so it wouldn't be that accurate to guess someone's origin based on their first name o.o .... Bah I don't think you can tell a lot of people's origin from even their surnames anymore...

Or better yet, it'd be nice if this came up in some official thing O_o Man I read too much into this crap xD

[L]

No, no. Continue your insight. It's quite interesting :0

[Miyagi Rikku]

Arei, you actually feed my brain so dont worry bout it. XD

[Arei]

Weird O_o

It was nice to finally hear his name being pronounced in the show... still doesn't help all that much though xD

[Ayame_Urahara]

L Lawliet
Nate River
Micheal Keehal
Ok...I don't think I spelled Mello's last name right...and I've never been good at spelling his first so yeah...my bad ^^;; If ya don't believe me check out www.deathgod.org and look for "How to Read 13" or just check out the character info, it's as lagit as it gets as far as I know :Domo

[Miyagi Rikku]

^ we already know we already know XD

[Ayame_Urahara]

I kinda figured that...^^;; just makin' sure

[Miyagi Rikku]

XD rofl too much spoilers is too much spoilers <3 *hugs*

[Ayame_Urahara]

^w^ b

[Arei]

This is offically the name thread, not just Ls name anymore xDDD

Mihael, not Micheal xD

[Miyagi Rikku]

Mihael sounds so hot though XD

[Arei]

It does, I may name my kid that (if I ever have one) o.o though i like kids with normal names, I'm tired of everyone giving their kids funky names or funky spellings of other names. Its more confusing then unique xD

[Miyagi Rikku]

XD arei did you check my new death note spoof ? i posted a new one XD

[Arei]

Whoa, I hadn't seen that one before, (i usualy catch her comics as they come out) that was hillarious xD

[Miyagi Rikku]

lol but Mikami is hot too though XD

[Arei]

O-o gettin more off topic then usual here....

Everytime I see Mikami now I just bust out laughing xD Can't help it

[Miyagi Rikku]

ahahaha well ive seen some spoof of him being gay for Light XD

hmmm now we really are off topic

[Arei]

they're gay for each other xD Especially in the anime

[Donut]

My eyes... O_o

[Miyagi Rikku]

@ arei> of course why do you think Misa resigned XD lolololol Light wants something
else XD

[Arei]

Light want teh buttsecks >.>

Ok this thread has gotten way off xD We're soiling some minds here

[Faroese]

There is a reason why his first name is only L.
Within deductive reasoning... or actually, Natural deductive logic, there is a thing called System L.
Since he's a master of deduction, I guess that's why his name is L. :redbiggri

[teilwal]

i guess L is a weird name to name your kid but it suits L perfectly doesnt it..and it was perfect..using your name and saying its not who wouldve guessed..sucks for light..haha

[Artemis]

You know the 'L' could represent how it's pronounced. It highly unlikely but L's name could be Elle.

[yushin]

i think L is an English man. he seems to came from England is'nt it?

[Samanosuke]

His real name is Louis Lawliet (Lowlight)

[Artemis]

i think L is an English man. he seems to came from England is'nt it?
All he said was that he spent 5 years in England.

But he won the junior champs there. Which means he was in his high schooling age while in England.

[yushin]

he was raised in an orphanage (spell?) in england and have an english name like what samanosuke said.

and i also think that Near and Mello are both English man too.

about the junior champs maybe L was already a detective at that age and already solving cases as L.

[Samanosuke]

Just rewatch the episode where Light sends L the following message "Do you believe in Shinigami?"


You will see a small Louis in front of this sentence....

[yushin]

shhhh mello don't give them something to review.
(trust me) >w<)y

[Samanosuke]

http://www.narutomonkey.net/forums/images/smilies/casper/hot.gif

[yushin]

haha you know why? i'll tell you later.

don't let them deduct something from us~

[momo-taichou]

i love L but im not sure what his L stands for...

[Miyagi Rikku]

it stands for L.... Just L. I doubt it would be Louis. :P
If it was it would be roaming around death note sites.
not unless you give me a site :P

[Tobi]

Lionel Lawliet?

Zomg.. xD

That sucks...

[Miyagi Rikku]

bwahaha XD lionel X__X; thats a bad name. I would just rather have it as L.

[Nood]

Funnily enough they all went so far tod erive their alias from their real name, which is basically the stupidest thing to do isnt it.
Nate - Near - N
Mello - Mihael(however you spell it)
And it seems L did the same.
For genius detectives thats quite funny, even if it wasn't ever useful.
I'm sure hes name was Leeroy Lawliet...its fitting. :)

[Artemis]

I reckon we leave it at L Lawliet.

It sounds a hell lot cooler than all the names that start with L.

Just L Lawliet. Perfect. :3

[Miyagi Rikku]

It is L Lawliet, nothing more. -.-

[Artemis]

Well, How To Read - 13, which gives stats and info about things in the series actually states that L's name is L. Lawliet.

[Nood]

so in fact we still don't know hes full name :)

[Artemis]

Maybe they'll tell in the upcoming Death Note Special.

Although the DN Special is going to be like 'Death Note - How To read 13', except less detailed.

[Unrefined-Nemesis]

L's real name could be probably Lawrence Lawliet

[Miyagi Rikku]

I think How to Read 13 is the Pilot Chapter -.-

[Donut]

Well, How To Read - 13, which gives stats and info about things in the series actually states that L's name is L. Lawliet.

Maybe you actually should read vol. 13 before making statements.

From volume 13:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o28/Tzerico/a0008-1.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o28/Tzerico/a0000h-1.jpg

His name is L/Eru, end of story.

[Miyagi Rikku]

haha, I was gonna post that XD but I needed to upload it. XD

[T_Ichigo]

No, his given name is not L, his surname is correct on the other hand.
If it was this series would have been several episodes shorter.

We simply don't know his given name, face it guys, the author just chose not to let us know, end of this thread.
Or at least that's what I think, not sure though.

Talking about unknown given names, Near's was also unrevealed if I'm not wrong. But that's off topic.

[Donut]

No, his given name is not L, his surname is correct on the other hand.
If it was this series would have been several episodes shorter.
I just posted his biography you not so intellectually gifted person (it's ok, I still like you), his name is L. Jeez. But if you can find some better proof than L's biography, be my guest.

[T_Ichigo]

The source of that biography ? a fan ? or did you get that from the manga ? if from manga, then I agree if not then there is a probability that you're wrong, and that one is high too.

PS: I take back what I said, realized something, gonna post it soon.

[Donut]

The source of that biography ? a fan ? or did you get that from the manga ? if from manga, then I agree if not then there is a probability that you're wrong, and that one is high too.
ASDF!

It's from the manga, the 13th volume that you're more than welcome to download here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7K9SGFH5).
You can read up on volume 13 here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Death_Note_manga#Death_Note:_How_To_Read_1 3_-_The_Truth)

Death Note: How To Read 13 - The Truth
(Japanese: Normal edition ISBN 4-08-874095-5; Special edition ISBN 4-08-908053-3)
How To Read contains much data relating to the series, including character profiles of almost every character that is named, creator interviews, behind the scenes info for the series and the pilot chapter that preceded Death Note. It is the most recent resource relating to the series, and is often quoted when there are disputes regarding the series, such as the spellings of certain names in English. The book has also been released in Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore.
In the Monthly North American Shônen Jump (Issue # 56, August 2007) it has been stated that How To Read will be released in English in February, 2008.

Sit down, just... Sit down.

[T_Ichigo]

I don't like the tone you're using the writting, but acutally, you're the one who is dumb, I guess lol:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7181/a00081copytj6.jpg

The "L" is just a title, not something that was written under the headline "Personal data", but above it, please think and be critical.
What is written under "personal data" is his real information.
If L (eru) was his real name, it would probable, and highly rationally be written under "personal data" with a wierd japanese text after as his surname, which is Lawliet in english.

Besides, bearing the real name when top secretely solving hard-boiled criminal cases, that is in my opnion, idiocy.

Nothing on that information confirms that his real name is "L" since it is not written under "personal data".

The big "L" as the main headline on that information box is just to secure that it is really "L", not necessarily his real name.

If "L" on that manga site, really was his REAL name, then as usual and always, the author would have brought his surname with the main headline too, which is, on this case "L".

I've never seen any auhtor presents a character with only one name, have you ?


At least look carefully what you're looking at on the screen.

[sweeter]

If L (eru) was his real name, it would probable, and highly rationally be written under "personal data" with a wierd japanese text after as his surname, which is Lawliet in english.

The katakana under Personal Data read "E-ru Roh-ra-i-to" which is "L Lawliet" romanized.

(:

[Donut]

Thanks, Sweety ;)

I was gonna write the same, but you beat me to it ^^

Tichi; And the title when working thing, I take that was something you made up on your own?



If "L" on that manga site, really was his REAL name, then as usual and always, the author would have brought his surname with the main headline too, which is, on this case "L".

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o28/Tzerico/a0012.jpg

So according to you ニア (Nia) is Near's working title too? And that Near isn't his real name because his surname isn't included in the headline?

Please. Just stop man, you make yourself look stupid, and I'm also tired of correcting you.

[Miyagi Rikku]

I lold~ XD i missed so much while doing photoshop XD \o/

sweet: kawawa naman si tukmol xD napahiya ata nung binasa mo yung
katakana XD rofl~

T_Ichigo:just accept the fact that its just L. Its not an acronym
nor whatever. Its just simply L which is brilliant no one would
have ever thought that his name is just L.

[Kira]

I think Donuts and the others are correct. since they got facts to back up up.

even sweeterthanchocolate translated the japanese.

[Miyagi Rikku]

Lol, I can ask Yanniv to trasnlate the whole page for me and I think he can
do it since he kinda do it for the Bleach Manga scanlations XD and
summaries

[Kira]

Lol, I can ask Yanniv to trasnlate the whole page for me and I think he can
do it since he kinda do it for the Bleach Manga scanlations XD and
summaries
Do it lol.


Maybe he can translate that one part in the Naruto manga that supposedly had the Yellow Flash's name on the Frog summoning scroll Jiraiya had.

[T_Ichigo]

Tichi; And the title when working thing, I take that was something you made up on your own?
Nope it really is is working title, or at least what people call him.

T_Ichigo:just accept the fact that its just L. Its not an acronym
nor whatever. Its just simply L which is brilliant no one would
have ever thought that his name is just L.

Jizuz ... I wish my friends, who were here some hours ago could have written their explanations, instead they laughed that you guys stated that "L" was the real given name of that emo as a genius.
L is not his real name, I say it once again and L lawliet is an incomplete name.

and about "L" as e-ru ...
E-ru is just a phonetical pronounciation, that's it. L cannot be translated into E-ru ok ?
It is just something which is pronounciated in that way, if you write the name then it would simply be "L".


So according to you ニア (Nia) is Near's working title too? And that Near isn't his real name because his surname isn't included in the headline?
Please don't make me laugh again. Near is what people call him, and yeah since other who co-operated with him called him Near, then sure it is his working title.
And please remember this, his real name is Nate River, they showed it in the anime when "X-kira" watched him. [episode 36 at 00:13:49]

No authors presents a character with an incomplete name.
Nate River ... is a 100% complete name, with both given- and surname. L Lawliet ? no ...

I think Donuts and the others are correct. since they got facts to back up up.
They have facts, but they expounded it in a wrong way, sorry :/

Hope that you guys get it now, and no I'm not stupid, just critical.

[Donut]

Nope it really is is working title, or at least what people call him.

Jizuz ... I wish my friends, who were here some hours ago could have written their explanations, instead they laughed that you guys stated that "L" was the real given name of that emo as a genius.
L is not his real name, I say it once again and L lawliet is an incomplete name.
And where's your proof that L isn't his name? Because I have proof that his name is, in fact, L.

and about "L" as e-ru ...
E-ru is just a phonetical pronounciation, that's it. L cannot be translated into E-ru ok ?
It is just something which is pronounciated in that way, if you write the name then it would simply be "L".
I study Japanese, so please don't try to correct me. Especially when you don't know jack shit about what you're talking about. If it was phonetically Eru would've been written in hiragana (える), but it's written in katakana, as katakana is used for writing foreign names.

Please don't make me laugh again. Near is what people call him, and yeah since other who co-operated with him called him Near, then sure it is his working title.
And please remember this, his real name is Nate River, they showed it in the anime when "X-kira" watched him. [episode 36 at 00:13:49]
You don't say? I posted his character sheet on the last page... Also if we compare what you claim is L's "working title", wouldn't Nate's "working title" be N?

No authors presents a character with an incomplete name.
Nate River ... is a 100% complete name, with both given- and surname.
Uhh? First off, it's their work, they can do whatever they want. Secondly, L is his name, therefore it isn't incomplete.
Hope that you guys get it now, and no I'm not stupid, just critical.
I'm stupid
Fixed.

Now I only answered this post because I'm really bored, but please, you have no "arguments" except for "L can't be his real name because it's only one letter and incomplete!1!1".

I have facts, you don't. I win.

[Miyagi Rikku]

T_Ichigo: Less talk more proof please. If its from the makers of Death Note
sure, show me if its some other fan site bullshit that you and your little
friends found then dont even bother. Clearly, what Donut that
posted few pages back are from the official "How To Read 13" volume.
Need more to argue with the creators? If L isnt his real name
what is it then? Please do tell us like we are so eager to know. /sarcasm

[Kira]

I know we're not supposed to rely on Wikipedia.. but they usually get the most out of their sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Death_Note_characters

So if wiki doesn't have it, then it means it ever existed or haven't been shown yet.

Meaning its L Lawliet. and that's that. Nothing else.

[T_Ichigo]

ahahah ... nonsense, unbelieveable, I've nothing more to say, it is just useless to continue, you're not a bit critical, Near's real name is Nate River, eat it. Have you wtached episode 36 ? what the heck did you see on the screen ? what name did you see above Near's head ? you tell me, lolz0r.

argueing with an idiot like you who is not a little bit ciritical is leading no where, for that reason I'll leave things as it is here, otherwise -> confusions.
Read my previous post again and think with your little head and turn on episode 36 at the given time I wrote on the previous post and use your eyes: N A T E R I V E R

[Donut]

ahahah ... nonsense, unbelieveable, I've nothing more to say, it is just useless to continue, you're not a bit critical, Near's real name is Nate River, eat it. Have you wtached episode 36 ? what the heck did you see on the screen ? what name did you see above Near's head ? you tell me, lolz0r.

argueing with an idiot like you who is not a little bit ciritical is leading no where, for that reason I'll leave things as it is here, otherwise -> confusions.
Read my previous post again and think with your little head and turn on episode 36 at the given time I wrote on the previous post and use your eyes: N A T E R I V E R

Wtf are you talking about? First off, when did I say that Nate isn't his real name ? Secondly, we're talking about L's name here...

[Miyagi Rikku]

So what happened to L? rofl XD hahahahaahaha

I lol'd

[Kira]

Yea.. I thought we were way past the Nate River thingy..

and arguing L Lawliet is final.

L can be a name.

in Bleach, theres an Arrachar named D-Roy

whats the D stand for?? We don't know. Never been said.

Same for L, no other name has been printed other than L Lawliet.

[Kenken]

ahahah ... nonsense, unbelieveable, I've nothing more to say, it is just useless to continue, you're not a bit critical, Near's real name is Nate River, eat it. Have you wtached episode 36 ? what the heck did you see on the screen ? what name did you see above Near's head ? you tell me, lolz0r.

argueing with an idiot like you who is not a little bit ciritical is leading no where, for that reason I'll leave things as it is here, otherwise -> confusions.
Read my previous post again and think with your little head and turn on episode 36 at the given time I wrote on the previous post and use your eyes: N A T E R I V E R

next time read the title and at least the last few posts =___=;;

[Miyagi Rikku]

T_Ichigo: Looking back at your post.



The "L" is just a title, not something that was written under the headline "Personal data", but above it, please think and be critical.
What is written under "personal data" is his real information.
If L (eru) was his real name, it would probable, and highly rationally be written under "personal data" with a wierd japanese text after as his surname, which is Lawliet in english.

Besides, bearing the real name when top secretely solving hard-boiled criminal cases, that is in my opnion, idiocy.

Nothing on that information confirms that his real name is "L" since it is not written under "personal data".

The big "L" as the main headline on that information box is just to secure that it is really "L", not necessarily his real name.

If "L" on that manga site, really was his REAL name, then as usual and always, the author would have brought his surname with the main headline too, which is, on this case "L".

I've never seen any auhtor presents a character with only one name, have you ?


At least look carefully what you're looking at on the screen.


You are saying that "L" is his not real name then after a few translations later.



Jizuz ... I wish my friends, who were here some hours ago could have written their explanations, instead they laughed that you guys stated that "L" was the real given name of that emo as a genius.
L is not his real name, I say it once again and L lawliet is an incomplete name.

and about "L" as e-ru ...
E-ru is just a phonetical pronounciation, that's it. L cannot be translated into E-ru ok ?
It is just something which is pronounciated in that way, if you write the name then it would simply be "L".


you post that reply regarding my post. I can see that you are trying to make me
look dumb? Either that you are trying to twist my words around even Donut's
and even the rest of the people who posted.

We are telling you that it was L! E-ru Stupidly enough there is no letter L
pronunciation in Japanese language if you must know so it is automatically
pronounced with an "R" instead of an "L". Not unless they try to speak
in English form it would be really "L".


So, I would say you and your so called friends shove that laughter up your
ego because you were the one who is wrong at this point and you were trying
to be smart so you could get out of this mess too bad it didnt not work.

So, come on I would like to hear your side? Come on I am waiting.

PS:

Just because you have watched Death Note does not make
you any smarter or that you can pull off a Light Yagami scheme.

^ This does not apply to me since I have backed up my words unlike you.
Who is trying to be a smart ass about everything. :P It was a good laugh
though.

[bludd]

Um.. I'm not arguing with anyone, But l's real name is reuzaki

[Kira]

Um.. I'm not arguing with anyone, But l's real name is reuzaki
Thats a fake name L tells everyone to call him by. So in case one of them is kira, he won't get killed.

@Miya: :rolleye09

[Miyagi Rikku]

rofl ^ dont give me the rolling eyes and you know I am right :P

[Kira]

rofl ^ dont give me the rolling eyes and you know I am right :P
Thankfully our little argument before didn't go that far.
;)

[Miyagi Rikku]

haha, it was nothing personal you know that XD :3 <3

[Kira]

We both have strong personalities. It was bound to happen anyways.

err.. our reiatsu clashed. xp [/dork mode]

[Miyagi Rikku]

rofl XD bwahahah reiatsu ftw~ XP
ok we need to stop spamming my own thread rofl! XD