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Lyndon

Lyndon: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lime tree hill”
Origin
Old English
Say it
LIN-dən · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning 'lime tree' and 'hill'. Also borne by U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson.

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How popular is Lyndon?

202432.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lyndon in 2024105

2024 rank#1,749 boys

Peak year1964

Total US babies since 188010,039

Lyndon has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Lyndon

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Kingstonking's town · Old English
  • Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English

Lyndon questions

What does the name Lyndon mean?

Lyndon means "lime tree hill". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning 'lime tree' and 'hill'. Also borne by U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson.

Is Lyndon a boy or girl name?

Lyndon is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lyndon?

105 US babies were named Lyndon in 2024. Its peak year was 1964.

How do you pronounce Lyndon?

Lyndon is usually pronounced LIN-dən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.