Girl · English (modern coinage)
Londyn
Say it: LUN-din
Meaning
A modern spelling of London, the English capital, a place name of uncertain pre-Roman origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A 21st-century American respelling.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 21,874 babies given this name since 1989
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 852 girls
- 1,770 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: London
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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