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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Old English: Long
  2. German: A tall man
  3. English: Long-suffering

First name variations: Langdon, Langford, Langley, Langhorne, Langtry, Lang, Lang, Langstan, Langsten

Last name origin & meaning:

English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of various places, for example Langstone in Devon and Hampshire, named with Old English lang ‘long’, ‘tall’ + stān ‘stone’, i.e. a menhir.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Laurence Fishburne

This name appears in the following lists: Black History/Civil Rights Leaders