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Boy · Old English
Landon
Say it: LAN-dun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from a place name, Old English lang 'long' and dūn 'hill'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose sharply in the US in the 1990s and 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 168,980 babies given this name since 1882
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 183 boys
- 4,794 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Landen, Landyn
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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