Laban

Where Laban comes from

From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).
— Wiktionary's entry for Laban
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1754
    Laban Wheaton born
    American politician
  2. 1829
    Laban T. Moore born
    American politician
  3. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #959
    #959 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Laban T. Moore · American politician, 1829–1892
  • Laban Wheaton · American politician, 1754–1846
  • Laban Korir · Kenyan long-distance runner, born 1985
  • Laban Ayieko Ogallo · Professor of Meteorology at Nairobi University, Kenya. One of the pioneers of climate science and meteorology in Africa. Chairman of the Department of Meteorology, a founding Member of the Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS)., 1950–2020
  • Laban Ainsworth · American clergyman and pastor, 1757–1858

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.