Given name & surname
Leng
“woman of great height”·“a tall man”
Leng is a variant of Lang. Interpretations include “woman of great height” (Scandinavian) and “a tall man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leng is a variant of Lang. Interpretations include “woman of great height” (Scandinavian) and “a tall man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leng is a variant of Lang. An origin associated with Lang is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leng through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 329
- 324 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 28 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,196 as a first name in 2020; 2,102 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.
Leng’s family of names
Leng has a related form in Lang. In English usage, Leng has a related form in Lin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Leng
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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