Lyndon

Where Lyndon comes from

The dictionaries list Lyndon as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,064 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Lyndon B. Johnson born
    president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
  3. 1964
    Peak, #345
    515 babies named Lyndon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #591.
  5. 1995
    Lyndon Dykes born
    Scotland association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Lyndon B. Johnson · president of the United States from 1963 to 1969, 1908–1973
  • Lyndon Dykes · Scotland association football player, born 1995
  • Lyndon LaRouche · American political activist, 1922–2019
  • Lyndon Rush · Canadian bobsledder, born 1980
  • Lyndon Ferns · swimmer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.