Entry № 6017 · English origin

London London — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LUN-dun /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"The capital of England (London Tipton, Suite Life)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "the capital of england (london tipton, suite life)".

London is from the Latin Londinium — the Roman name for the city founded c. As a given name, London emerged in the early 2000s alongside Paris, Brooklyn, and other city-name choices; appears for boys and girls (slightly more common for girls in US naming statistics). London Goheen — Australian model. The city has 9 million residents and 19+ million annual tourists, making it among the most-visited capitals globally. Lily Allen's "LDN" (2006). Adele's Hometown Glory is about her South London roots.

The capital of England.

The name in its native script.

London
Transliteration
London
Pronunciation
/ ˈlʌn.dən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where London stands.

London does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Londons before her.

Real people
London Hughes
British comedian.
born 1989
London Breed
First Black woman SF Mayor.
born 1974
In fiction
London Tipton
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
2005

Names connected to London.

The number behind London.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of London reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.