Long

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Long is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Vietnamese name538K records spelled Long3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam

  Also written Lóng

• a separate name109K records spelled Long23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Singapore, Canada, Vietnam

  Also written Lồng, Löng, Ļőņg, Lộng, Lóng

• Chinese name87K records spelled Long5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Macao

  Also written Lòng, Lông, Lóng

• a separate name85K records spelled Long5 spellings in the group

  Also written Lóng, Lọng, Löng, Lộng

• French surname45K records spelled Long4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Canada

  Also written Löng, Lông

• Malay name42K records spelled Long4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Lông, Löñg

• Hindi name23K records spelled Long4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Lòng, Lông

80 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Long is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, English surname from an adjective meaning “long, tall”.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In Vietnamese, Given name of Chinese origin; cited as the posthumous/temple name of Lê Thái Tông.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long. Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Longain (see Langan).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marguerite Longb. 1874FRFrench musician
• Huey Longb. 1893USAmerican politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator (1893-1935)
• Luz Longb. 1913DEGerman long jumper (1913-1943)
• Richard Longb. 1927USAmerican actor (1927-1974)
• Richard Longb. 1945GBBritish sculptor (born 1945)
• Theodore Longb. 1947USAmerican wrestling executive and former referee
• Shelley Longb. 1949USAmerican actress and comedian (born 1949)
• Nia Longb. 1970USAmerican actress
• Justin Longb. 1978USAmerican actor
• Matt Longb. 1980USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 441 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Long?

We estimate roughly 232 thousand people bear Long (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Long have the most bearers?

We estimate about 229 thousand people bear Long in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled long.

What does the name Long mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) medieval nickname for a tall person; (ii) from Irish Gaelic O Longdin; (iii) from a Chinese official title/name Long.