Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lung isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lung through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 7 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 7 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 442 as a first name in 2020; 3,326 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.
Lung’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Lung, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Bryant
Bryant is a masculine given name from Irish.
>99% boys
Terrance
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
Pierre
“as solid and strong as a rock”
>99% boys
Minh
“a clever man”
92% boys · 8% girls
Lars
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
>99% boys
Darell
>99% boys