Boy name English origin Christian tradition

Langston

LANG-stun · 8 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Tall man's town
Language
English
Culture
English
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
literary · surname
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#909
2024 births256
Peak year2016
First appeared1912
Total US births7,089
2016 peak19121940196819962024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Lang
Alternate spellings
Langsten
In other languages
Langston (English)

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Notable people named Langston

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