Landon
Meaning of Landon
Landon began as an English surname derived from a place name. Name dictionaries generally trace it to the Old English elements lang, meaning long, and dun, meaning hill; the usual meaning is long hill. It was later transferred to use as a first name, and in the United States it has historically been given to boys. The variant spelling Landen is also used.
It is pronounced LAN-duhn, with the first syllable matching land and an unstressed second syllable.
The best-known American namesake is Landon Donovan, the soccer player and coach who is widely regarded as one of the country’s greatest players and is a co-record holder for U.S. men’s international goals. Donovan is also the namesake of the MLS MVP award. The name also belongs to Landon Collins, a former NFL safety and three-time Pro Bowl selection.
In 2025, Landon was given to 2,840 boys in the United States and ranked 127th. It peaked in 2010 at 33rd, with 10,483 births, after a steep rise in the early 2000s. Births have fallen since that peak, and the name has dropped out of the top 100.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as LAN-duhn (/'lændən/)
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Notable People Named Landon
| Landon Donovan is a legendary American soccer player and coach, co record holder for US mens international goals, MLS all time assists leader, six time MLS Cup champion, and the namesake of the MLS MVP award. |
| Former NFL safety and linebacker Landon Collins won the 2013 national title with Alabama, was a 2015 second round pick of the New York Giants, earned 2016 All Pro and three Pro Bowls, and later played for the Washington Commanders. |
| Landon Carter Haynes was a Tennessee politician and newspaper editor who served as state House speaker, feuded with Parson Brownlow, and later sat as a Confederate senator from 1862 to 1865. |
| Landon Turner is an American former Indiana Hoosiers star who won the 1981 NCAA title, saw his promising career cut short by a 1981 car accident, was honored by a Boston Celtics draft pick, and later became a Hall of Famer and motivational speaker. |
| Colonel Landon Carter was a Virginia planter, politician, and patriotic writer best remembered for his diary chronicling colonial life before the American Revolution. |
| Landon Dickerson is an American football guard for the Philadelphia Eagles who played center at Florida State and Alabama and was a 2021 second round draft pick. |
| Landon Pigg is an American singer-songwriter and actor. |
| Landon Tremone Johnson is an American former NFL linebacker drafted in the third round by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2004 after playing at Purdue. |
| Landon Ashworth is an American actor, director, and pilot who graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. |
| Landon Turner is an American former pro football guard who played at North Carolina and whose uncle Jim Braxton played for the Bills and Dolphins in the 1970s. |
| Landon Liboiron is a Canadian actor best known for playing Declan Coyne on Degrassi: The Next Generation and Peter Rumancek in the Netflix series Hemlock Grove. |
| American businessman Landon T. Clay founded the Clay Mathematics Institute and died on July 29 2017 at his home in Peterborough New Hampshire. |
| Landon Young is an American offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints who played at Kentucky and was a sixth round pick in the 2021 draft. |
| Landon Everett Bussie is an American college basketball coach and head coach at Chicago State. |
| Landon Fox is an American college football coach who became Western Illinois University defensive coordinator and safeties coach in 2025 after leading Valparaiso from 2019 to 2024 and earlier coaching at Preble Shawnee High School, Lakeland, Dayton, Ball State, and Wayne State in Michigan, following a playing career at Defiance. |
