London


Gender:
Origin: English
137 famous people named London found on Wikipedia.
36106 female, 8821 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 180-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 85-th in year 2013
Used in: English

Meanings

London is a surname, derived from the city of London, and occasionally a given name.
When used as a Jewish surname, it may be an anglicisation of the Hebrew adjective and surname Landon, London and Lamdan.

Chief city and capital of England, Latin Londinium (c.115), according to the "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," "unexplained." It is often said to be "place belonging to a man named *Londinos," a supposed Celtic personal name meaning "the wild one," "but this etymology is rejected in an emphatic footnote in Jackson 1953 (p.308), and we have as yet nothing to put in its place" [Margaret Gelling, "Signposts to the Past: Place-Names and the History of England," Chichester, 1978]. Its mythical history is told in Layamon's "Brut" (c. 1200). In late Old English often with -burg, -wic, or -ceaster. As an adjective, Old English had Lundenisc, but this seems to have fallen from use, and modern Londonish (1838) probably is a re-coinage. Also Londony (1884); Londonesque (1852); Londinensian (George Meredith); Londonian (1824, marked "rare" in OED). London Bridge the children's singing game is attested from 1827. London broil "large flank steak broiled then cut in thin slices" attested 1930s, American English; London fog first attested 1785.

From London.

Famous People: 137 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Lauren London 1984 Film and television actor
2 Julie London 1926 Actress and singer from the United States
3 Jason London 1972 Actor from the United States
4 Jeremy London 1972 American actor
5 Stacy London 1969 Television host and author from the United States
6 London on da Track 1991 American record producer
7 London Tipton 1990 Fictional character in Disney's Suite Life franchise
8 Nikko London 1975
9 Theophilus London 1987 American rapper
10 London Fletcher 1975 American football player, linebacker
11 Marcus London 1968 Actor from England
12 Daniel London 1973 American actor
13 London Keyes 1989 American pornographic actress
14 Brian London 1934 Boxer from England
15 LaToya London 1978 American actress and singer
16 London Monster British criminal
17 Jay London 1966 American comedian
18 Michael London 2000 American film producer
19 Sondra London American writer
20 Charmian London 1871 American women writer
21 Laurie London 1944 British singer
22 London Breed 1974 Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
23 Fritz London 1900 American physicist
24 Herbert London American activist and academic
25 Gene London 1931 American television personality
26 Roy London 1943 American actor
27 London Perrantes 1994
28 Brandon London 1984 American football player
29 London Lee 1935 American comedian
30 Artur London 1915 Politician from Czechoslovakia
31 London Brown
32 London May 1967 American musician
33 Meyer London 1871 American politician
34 Bobby London 1950 Cartoonist
35 Dionne 'London' Hughes 1989 Comedienne and actress
36 Jonathan London 1978 American director, screenwriter, and producer
37 London LeGrand 1974 American musician
38 Lorielle London 1983 Entertainer
39 London Woodberry 1991 Footballer
40 Babe London 1901 Actress
41 Joe London
42 Frank London 1958 Musician from the United States
43 Lois London
44 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London 1680 Belgian composer
45 Joan London 1901 American writer
46 Steve London 1930 American actor
47 Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London 1840 Welsh baronet, physician and principal founder of the National Library of Wales
48 Greg London 1966 American entertainer
49 Bernard London
50 Tia London 1988 American singer-songwriter
51 Charles London 1975 American football player and coach
52 Mark London Songwriter and composer
53 Mel London 1932 American record label owner
54 Heinz London 1907 German physicist
55 Julia London 1959 American writer
56 Tom London 1991 British magician
57 Antonio London 1971 American football player
58 Baal Shem of London 1708 German rabbi
59 Yaron London 1940 Israeli journalist, actor and songwriter
60 Peter London 1982 Swedish musician
61 J. Phillip "Jack" London 1937 American businessman
62 Damian London 1931 American actor
63 London Crawford 1986 Player of arena football
64 Jack London 1905 British athlete
65 Aaron London 1993 British rapper
66 Lise London 1916 Politician from France
67 Ted London American business theorist
68 London Bourne 1793 Former slave; later an abolitionist
69 Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London 1615 English merchant and politician
70 Andrew of London English bishop
71 George London 1640 British landscape architect
72 Barbara London American actress
73 Todd London American television producer
74 Floyd London British musician
75 Ephraim London 1911 American lawyer
76 Jerry London
77 Amy London 1957 American singer
78 Pamela London 1973 Guyanese boxer
79 Ælfweard Bishop of London
80 London Ferrill 1789 American Baptist leader
81 Eadgar Bishop of London
82 Wulfsige Bishop of London
83 Alexandra London 1973 Actress
84 Darrelle London Canadian musician
85 Eddie London 1956 American musician
86 London Parris 1931 Singer
87 Æthelweard Bishop of London
88 Jimmy London 1975 Brazilian musician
89 John London 1486 Warden of New College, Oxford, and a figure in the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII of England
90 London MC
91 Adam London 1988 English cricketer
92 John of London Mathematician and astronomer
93 Rich London Canadian rapper
94 Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet, of London Major-General in the English Parliamentary army
95 Cait London 2000 American writer
96 Drique London 1991 Hip hop musician
97 Edythe D. London 1948 American pharmacologist
98 Anne E. London 1957 American artist
99 A. Louis London 1913 American engineer
100 London Lewis Traw 1903 United States Marine
101 Jacob of London British rabbi
102 Pearl London 1916 American writer
103 Irina London 1991 German association football player
104 Gideon London 1961 British artist
105 Chad London 1988
106 Mike London 1944 American football player
107 London Bridgez 1982 American poet
108 Seymour London 1915 American physician
109 Barbara Erickson London 1920
110 Dartanion London American comedian
111 Walter of London Dean of Wells
112 London Freeman 1996
113 Elias of London Presbyter Judaeorum in England
114 Travis London 1988 American chef
115 Irving London 1918 Ematologist and geneticist
116 Moses of London
117 Jacob ben Judah of London
118 Geo London 1885 French journalist
119 Stan London 1925 American sports physician
120 Michael Van London 1977 American singer
121 Rudi London 1949 American musician
122 Edwin London 1929 American conductor and musicologist
123 John Norman Mayor of London in 1250
124 Dan London 1973
125 Josce of London English rabbi
126 Harold David London 1906 Public servant, philatelist, cycling administrator, editor, local historian
127 William London
128 Paul London
129 Wilbert London 1997 American male sprinter
130 London R. Ferebee 1849 American slave
131 Bill London 1904 Australian rules footballer
132 Roger of London
133 Edgar London 1975
134 Marc London 1927 American actor and screenwriter
135 Rowan London
136 Alain London 1987
137 Nicole London