Landon

Where Landon comes from

Place names in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Landon
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Landon Donovan born
    American soccer player
  3. 1991
    Landon Liboiron born
    Canadian actor
  4. 2010
    Peak, #33
    10,483 babies named Landon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #69.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Landon Donovan · American soccer player, born 1982
  • Landon Liboiron · Canadian actor, born 1991
  • Landon Ronald · British musician, 1873–1938
  • Landon Pigg · actor, singer-songwriter, born 1983
  • Landon Ling · Canadian soccer player, born 1987

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.