Given name & surname
Landy
“of the earth”
Landy is a variant of Land. One American interpretation is “of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Landy is a variant of Land. One American interpretation is “of the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Landy is a variant of Land. An origin associated with Land is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Landy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 861
- 606 boys · 255 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,225 as a first name in 2020; 2,179 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Landy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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