Long
Long is a boy name of Chinese origin, meaning Dragon.
What Long means
Dragon.
Long is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Long comes from
Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.
Long is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Long?
Long sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Long
We group Long under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Strong
Names like Long
These share Long's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jian — Strong, healthy.
- Wei — Great, mighty.
- Leo — Lion. Brave and warm-hearted.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Lorcan — Little fierce one.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.
- Ethan — Strong, firm, enduring.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.