Lathen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Lathen by the numbers
Lathen was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lathen
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lathen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lathanfrom the farmstead; a variant of Latham122 in the US (2017)
- Laithen6 in the US (2017)
- Landenlong hill or open grassy hill; a spelling variant of Landon755 in the US (2017)
- Lutherfamous warrior99 in the US (2017)
- Larsenson of Lars; patronymic surname used as given name29 in the US (2017)
- Lathamfrom the barn or farmstead21 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lathen
Names that are said the same way as Lathen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lathen
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