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What does Lon mean?
Lon ▼ as a name for boys is an Old German and Latin name, and the meaning of the name Lon is "ready for battle; from Laurentum; strong, warlike". Lon is a variant form of Alonzo (Old German): Italian and Spanish form of Alphonse. Lon is also a form of Lawrence (Latin). Lon is also used as a form of Lonnie (Old German), and a form of Lunn (Irish, Gaelic).
STARTS WITH Lo-
Variations
RELATIONS VIA ALONZO, LAWRENCE, LONNIE, LUNN Lars, Lenci, Lonell, Lonny, Lorant, Loren▼, Lorenc, Lorens, Lorenz, Lorin, Lorry
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lon Keenan (L.K.), ..
How popular is Lon?
Lon is a somewhat popular first name for men (#800 out of 1220, Top 66%) and an even more popular surname for all people (#60390 out of 150436, Top 40%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lon reached its highest position of #234 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Lon are Alonzo (#472 A YEAR AGO), Lawrence (#498), Lonnie (#1679), Lars (#1756), Loren (#1988), Lonny, Lorenz and Lorin. Adoption of these relations of Lon was common a century ago (MEDIAN #868) and has become significantly diminished since (#1599, 89.2% LESS USAGE), with forms such as Lonnie becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Lon▼ is alike in pronunciation to Laine, Lane▲, Layne▲, Len, Lenn, Leon▼, Leone, Lin, Linn, Lion, Lyn, Lynn▼ and Lyon. Other recommended sound-alike names are Con, Don▼, Eon, Ion, Jon▼, Long, Lorn, Lot, Lou▼, Loy, Ron▼, Ton and Von. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lon.
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