Given name & surname
Lon
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”·“having great strength; one who is warlike”
Lon is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.” Lon is a variant of Lunn. One interpretation is “having great strength; one who is warlike.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lon is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.” Lon is a variant of Lunn. One interpretation is “having great strength; one who is warlike.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,856
- 9,836 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 274 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 274 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,253 as a first name in 2020; 414 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.
Lon’s family of names
In English usage, Lon has a diminutive in Lonnie. Lon has a related form in Lawrence. Lon has a related form in Lunn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lon
- Lon ChaneyAmerican actor (1883–1930)
- Lon Chaney Jr.American actor (1906–1974)
- Lon L. FullerAmerican philosopher of law (1902-1978)
- Lon McCallisterAmerican actor (1923-2005)
- Lon NonCambodian politician (1930-1975)
- Lon Poffactor (1870-1952)
- Lon NilCambodian politician
- Lon BenderAmerican sound editorborn 2000
- Lawrence Vest StephensAmerican politician (1858-1923)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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