Baby name

FADING UNISEX · ENGLISH; FROM THE PLACE NAME LONDON, ITSELF OF UNCERTAIN ORIGIN
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London

/LUN · dən/


“Possibly Celtic, via London”

Taken directly from London, the capital city of the United Kingdom; the place name itself is of uncertain origin. The leading scholarly theory traces it to a Brittonic Celtic form, though its exact meaning is still debated.

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How it ages.

Modern and place-inspired; reads as of-its-era rather than a name with deep generational roots.

The cultural moment.

In the United States, it ranked #431 for girls in 2025; for boys it was last ranked #861 in 2020. Also spelled Londyn and Londynn.