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Landon
LandonSay it LAN-dun
- Meaning
- Long hill: Old English lang, "long", and dún, "hill, down" Bosworth & Toller
- Say it
- LAN-dun
- Other spellings
- Landen
Landon
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Landon meaning
Landon is an international boy's name of Old English origin.
Long hill: Old English lang, "long", and dún, "hill, down"
Landon began as an English surname, a form of Langdon, a place name found in several English counties. It is built from two Old English words: lang, which Bosworth-Toller gives as 'long' or 'tall', and dún, 'a mountain, hill, down', the word behind the rolling chalk Downs of southern England. A family called Landon or Langdon would once have come from a settlement by a long ridge. Baby-name lists give the meaning as 'long hill', which matches the roots. The name moved from surname to first name in the United States. It is said LAN-dun and pairs easily with Indian surnames.
Source: Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), online edition · entry dún (with lang) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Bosworth-Toller, lang · Bosworth-Toller, dún · Wikipedia, Landon
Popularity abroad
- #127 United States, boys 2025 (down 21 from 106 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #639 England and Wales, boys 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Landon · Landen