Given name & surname
Langley
“from the long meadow”
Langley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the long meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the long meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English lang (“long”), built from English long + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Langley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 833
- 163 boys · 670 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,455 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,455 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 823 as a first name in 2020; 26,134 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.
Langley’s family of names
Langley has a related form in Langlea. Langley has a related form in Langleah. Langley has a related form in Langlee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Langley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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