Meaning
From the long hill
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Landon
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Origin
English
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English pronunciation
LAN-don (one recorded US English guide)
One bearer’s recorded US English reading in the school’s official guide. This is an approximate written aid; other families or languages may use a different pronunciation.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1994 | Girls | 6 | 1995 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 187 · preliminary | 184 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2024 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 4410 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 57 | 639 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 7 | 441 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 28 | 4758 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 2,840 | 127 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Meaning: From the long hill
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Origin: English
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English pronunciation: LAN-don (one recorded US English guide)
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One bearer’s recorded US English reading in the school’s official guide. This is an approximate written aid; other families or languages may use a different pronunciation. Credit: NorthWood High School and Indiana High School Athletic Association, 2023-24 Football Preview, PDF page 50. Source: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20Football%20Preview.pdf#page=50. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short first-name reading aid, its bearer-specific scope and syllable count. No IPA invented; no roster, biographical passage, image or audio republished; no open license claimed.
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Syllables: 2 (this recorded English guide)
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The written aid LAN-don represents 2 syllables. The count applies to this reading rather than all bearer or language preferences. Credit: NorthWood High School and Indiana High School Athletic Association, 2023-24 Football Preview, PDF page 50. Source: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20Football%20Preview.pdf#page=50. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short first-name reading aid, its bearer-specific scope and syllable count. No IPA invented; no roster, biographical passage, image or audio republished; no open license claimed.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
Spelling variant: Landyn
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Relationship explicitly recorded in the reviewed given-name section; spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
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License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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License: Open Government Licence v3.0
U.S. Social Security Administration
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.