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Langston

LANG-stun

Beautiful But Not Top 100 ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“English surname from 'long' and 'stone,' referring to a settlement by long stones. A distinctly American name honored through Langston Hughes, the great Harlem Renaissance poet and visionary.”

Popularity Over Time

Langston US popularity rank over timeRank 4223 in 1967 to rank 652 in 2016. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#652#2438#4223191219401960198020002024

Currently ranked #911 in the United States.

Origin

Old English

Syllables

2

Nicknames

LangLangleyTone

Style

LiteraryStrongModernBold

Famous Bearers

  • Langston Hughes (poet)
  • Langston Walker (football)

Collections

Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Preppy & Surname Names → Two Syllables →

Similar Names

Langley

Old English Rare & Uncommon

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Harper

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English surname from 'long' and 'stone,' referring to a settlement by long stones. A distinctly American name honored through Langston Hughes, the great Harlem Renaissance poet and visionary.

Langston is currently ranked #911 in the United States. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Popular nicknames for Langston include Lang, Langley, Tone.

Names that pair beautifully with Langston include Harrison, Emmett, Harper, Ophelia.