Lendon
Masculine
Lendon is a boy's name close to Landon and to London. The city it echoes has a name so old that nobody knows what it meant.
How old is the name Lendon?
Lendon first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Lendon alive today was born around 1948, making them about 77 years old. About 300 people named Lendon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lendon most popular?
Lendon peaked in 1939, reaching #1795 nationally. See the whole 1939 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lendon
The Romans called their town on the Thames Londinium, but the name was already there when they arrived, and it is not Latin; scholars have argued for a Celtic word, an older river name or something before either, and none of the theories has won. Lendon came from the names of its own day, a family surname or Landon with a different vowel. But it shares its sound with one of the oldest mysteries in English place names.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Lendon may be a surname or Landon respelled, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Lendon
LEN-dun
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Lendon
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 193915 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1795reached in 1939
- Change vs 2021
- 0.0%6 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lendons among us
people named Lendon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lendon sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Comes with Len as a ready short form.
- Close to familiar names.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- People will write Landon or London.
- It reads as a name of an older generation.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lendons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Lendon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lendon in 2025?
- Lendon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Lendon with classmates?
- Lendon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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