MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lyndon mean?
Lyndon is an English place-related surname used as a given name. Its Old English formation combines the linden or lime tree with a hill element.
Lime here is the European linden tree, not the citrus fruit. The name’s later association with President Lyndon B. Johnson is a possible personal inspiration, distinct from the older geographical word formation.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈlindon/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈlin̪.d̪on̪]Standard-Tagalog
Lyn · don2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Lyndon.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Lyndon (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Lyndon.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Lyndon (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Lyndon (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lyndon in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lyndon
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Dondon♂Familiar form of Donald or Donato
- Abdon·Servant or one who serves
- Brandon♂Broom-covered hill in the English place-name route
- Don♂Short form of Donald
- Gordon·From a Scottish place-name interpreted as spacious fort
- Lydia♀Woman from Lydia
- Lyn♂♀Short form of Lynn or names ending in lyn
- Lynette♀Arthurian literary form; also a familiar form of Lynn
What rhymes with Lyndon?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Lyndon
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lyndon (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lyndon (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lyndon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Lyndon (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: lyndon (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.