Given name & surname
Lone
Lone is connected with Abelone and Magdelone in Danish naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Danish use, Lone is used as a shortened form of Abelone. In Danish use, Lone is used as a shortened form of Magdelone.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1882
- 6 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 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1882. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 349 as a first name in 2020; 1,295 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.
Lone’s family of names
Lone is a form of Abelone. Lone is a form of Magdelone.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lone
- Lone ScherfigDanish film directorborn 1959
- Lone DybkjærDanish politician (1940–2020)
- Lone HertzDanish film actressborn 1939
- Lone Drøscher NielsenDanish conservationistborn 1964
- Lone MaslochaDanish photographer and resistance fighter1921–1945
- Lone Smidt NielsenDanish footballerborn 1961
- Lone FrankDanish science journalistborn 1966
- Lone FischerGerman handball playerborn 1988
- Lone WiggersDanish architectborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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