Given name & surname · also Scandinavian
Lang
“woman of great height”·“a tall man”
Lang is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “woman of great height” (Scandinavian) and “a tall man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “woman of great height” (Scandinavian) and “a tall man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lang through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 555
- 549 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,401 as a first name in 2020; 59,955 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.
Lang’s family of names
Lang has a related form in Long. Lang has a related form in Leng. Lang has a related form in Lange.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lang has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Linvariant · English
- Longvariant
- Langevariant · German, English
- Lengvariant
- Lannglikely variant
- Langervariant · German
- Langhamvariant
- Lengervariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lang
- Lang JeffriesCanadian actor (1930–1987)
- Yuan LangNorthern Wei emperor513–532
- Wang LangChinese official and warlord (died 228)152–228
- Lang HancockAustralian businessman (1909–1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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