Lang

Usage of Lang in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Lang against each list of names.

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Albanian

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Arabic

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Armenian

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Bengali

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Bulgarian

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Catalan

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Chinese

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Cornish

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Croatian

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Czech

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Danish

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Dothraki

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Dutch

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English

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Estonian

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Filipino

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Finnish

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French

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Georgian

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German

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Greek

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Hawaiian

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Hebrew

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Hindi

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Hungarian

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Icelandic

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Indonesian

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Irish

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Italian

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Japanese

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Khmer

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Klingon

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Korean

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Latin

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Latvian

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Lithuanian

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Macedonian

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Norwegian

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Persian

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Romanian

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Russian

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Scottish

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Serbian

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Slovak

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Slovenian

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Spanish

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Swahili

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Swedish

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Telugu

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Thai

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Turkish

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Ukrainian

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Vietnamese

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Welsh

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Yiddish

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Yoruba

Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Lang is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Featured in baby name books

Lang is a Norse name meaning “tall” or “tall man,” with Lange as a variant. Lang is Vietnamese for “sweet potato.”

Sources

Lang in official name statistics

United States

Fewer than 5 boys were named Lang in the US in 2025. Since 1918, 549 boys have been named Lang, with the most (13) in 1989.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Towns named Lang

There are 2,620 towns and villages with Lang in their name, in 26 countries.

🇻🇳 Vietnam 2012🇹🇭 Thailand 384🇲🇲 Myanmar 61🇨🇳 China 38🇵🇰 Pakistan 21🇱🇦 Laos 20🇰🇭 Cambodia 14🇮🇷 Iran 13

Lạng Sơn, Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam · population 200,108 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Lạng Sơn	Lạng Sơn Province, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	200,108	Map
Láng Thượng	Hanoi, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	31,279	Map
Lang Suan	Chumphon, 🇹🇭 Thailand	16,142	Map
Lăng Cô	Thừa Thiên Huế Province, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	10,810	Map
Chi Lăng	Lạng Sơn Province, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	7,213	Map
Phổng Lăng	Sơn La Province, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	3,792	Map
Lăng	Da Nang City, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	1,945	Map
Lang Av	Ratanakiri, 🇰🇭 Cambodia	201	Map
Lang	Styria, 🇦🇹 Austria	183	Map
Ka Lang	Ratanakiri, 🇰🇭 Cambodia	138	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Lang

There are 59 lakes and reservoirs with Lang in their name, in 9 countries.

🇹🇭 Thailand 24🇨🇦 Canada 14🇺🇸 United States 10🇸🇪 Sweden 3🇻🇳 Vietnam 3🇩🇪 Germany 2🇨🇭 Switzerland 1🇨🇳 China 1

Name	Where
Lac Lang	Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Co	Tibet, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Lang Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lang Lake	Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lang songs

37 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Lang in their title. The best known:

Auld Lang Syne – BBC Symphony Orchestra (1788)
Auld Lang Syne – Mariah Carey (2010)
Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Dạ cổ hoài lang
Same Old Lang Syne – Dan Fogelberg (1980)
Zeven dagen lang – Bots (1976)
Lang Johnny More
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst – Franz Liszt
Patuloy Lang Ang Lipad – BGYO (2022)
Shang-a-Lang – Bay City Rollers (1974)

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

Lang products

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