Long - Meaning of Long

What does Long mean?

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Long

[ 1 syll. lon(g), lo-ng ] The baby boy name Long is pronounced as Lao-NG †. Long is used mostly in the Chinese, English, and Vietnamese languages, and it is of Old Norse and Chinese origin. From Chinese roots, its meaning is dragon.

Long is a derivative of the English name Lang.

The name Longe is a derivative of Long.

See also the related categories, english, dragon, and chinese.

Long is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1988, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Long. It ranked at #824 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in frequency, and is currently of sporadic use. Within all boy names in its group, Long was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Long include Laing, Lance, Lang, Lange, Lanse, Lanz, Launce, Leng, Lenge, Lenix, Lenixe, Lenoxe, Lenz, Linc, Linch, Lines, Link, Longe, Luong, and Lync.

† Pronunciation for Long: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)"