Given name & surname

Lant

“long”

Lant is a surname, possibly from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lant possibly goes back to Middle English langet, meaning “long.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Lant possibly comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Middle English langet.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lant’s family of names

In Greek usage, Lant as a surname is a transliteration of Λαντ.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

If you love Lant, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Danish

Loft

“loft, attic”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Laid

“river crossing”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Middle English

Lockitt

Lockitt is a given name from Middle English.

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Locket

Locket is a given name from Middle English.

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Luckett

Luckett is a given name from Middle English.

No U.S. birth series

93% boys · 7% girls

Latin

Latiner

“-ary”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Lardiner

“servant employed to look after the larder”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Lemans

Lemans is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lant’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.