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The name LANDON, a good name; inspires masculinity, strength, wholesomeness, and refinement. That would about describe one of my favorite actors, Michael Landon, star of "Little House on the Prairie". With a thick head of hair that would rival the legendary Samson, broad shoulders and a chiseled face, anyone with the name of Landon should turn heads.

GENDER:
Masculine, although the trend these days is to take any masculine name and make it feminine.

PRONUNCIATION:
LAN-dun

ETYMOLOGY:
Although the name Landon is derived from the surname meaning "long hill or ridge", and in English, can mean "grassy plain" it comes from very ancient times. before the period of the Norman Conquest, around 1066 A.D. Historically, families with the name Landon came to settle in North America in the British Colonies where the earliest Landons settled in such states as Maryland, Boston, and Virginia as early as the 1700's.

POPULARITY:
In the 1930's the name of Landon as a first name made a little squeak.
In the 1960's the name made another tiny squeak.
It was not until the 1970's that Landon started its climb to popularlity where in the 1980's it skyrocketed to an impressive 49th place among the roster of 1000 names.
However, in Canada, LANDON is not at all popular.

VARIANTS:
Langdon - masculine - English
Lanny - masculine - English

CELEBRITY NAMESAKES:
Celebrities with the name Landon seem to be very athletic, and rank highly in the sports arena. Namely Landon Johnson (March 13, 1981) who is a football player. Another football player by the name of Landon Trusty ( Oct. 9, 1981) played football for the Denver Broncos.
Landon Wilson ( March 13, 1975) is a professional hockey player. Landen Donavan (March 4, 1982)is a famous soccer player who has been in 2 World Cups, has won 3 Major League Soccer titles and named U.S. Player of the Year 3 times, all accomplished by the age of 24. As mentioned before, an actor with the surname Landon is Michael Landon (Oct. 31, 1936-July 1, 1991) actor and entertainer. Alfred Mossman Landon is an American Broadcasting Executive and Oil Producer.

Three celebrity babies have been given the name of Landon. Landon is the child of Bobby Brown. Landon Reed is the child or Tracey Bregman and Landon Asher, the child of Travis Barker.

LANDON FACTS AND FUN INFORMATION:
The Kanasa State of Pharmacy is located in the Landon State Office Building, Topeka, Kansas.

The Julia E. Landon Middle School is established in Jacksonville, Florida.

Many famous people, including Queen Elizabeth II and Elvis Presley are pigeon fanciers. Michael Landon was one of those people and he did a special episode on "Little House on the Prairies" called "Where Pigeons Go to Die" and later narrated a documentary called "Marathon in the Sky" noting the flight of the aerial pigeon. ( Okay, this is stretching it a bit for fun information).

For fictional characters, we can find some Landon male heroes in such books as "Scare the Jesus into You" by Daniel Weaver, Landen Parke-Laine as a character in Jasper Fforde's " Thursday Next" books, written about a Crimean War veteran with one leg. Another, Landon Carter appears in " A Walk to Remember" (2002) by Nicholas Sparks.

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