Given name & surname
Landon
“from the long hill”
Landon is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the long hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the long hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Landon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187,785
- 186,603 boys · 1,182 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 10,510 babies
- 2025
- 2,868
- #127 for boys · #4,823 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,840 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 127 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10,483 in 2010. It also appeared in 28 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (273). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151,003 as a first name in 2020; 8,527 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Landon’s family of names
Landon has a related form in Landen. Landon has a related form in Landyn. Landon has a related form in Landin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Landon
- Landon DonovanAmerican soccer playerborn 1982
- Landon LiboironCanadian actorborn 1991
- Landon RonaldBritish musician (1873-1938)
- Landon FerraroAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Landon Piggactor, singer-songwriterborn 1983
- Landon LingCanadian soccer player (born 1987)
- Landon WilsonAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Landon PowellAmerican baseball playerborn 1982
- Landon CollinsAmerican football player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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