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[Opinions] Landon
Landon f and m. Do you like it?
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I have a friend named Landon who is about 30 now...we've known each other since we were kids. I've always thought it sounded weak and bland even though I like him a lot. It was considered a "weird name" in the early 90s in Australia and I don't really get why it became so popular.
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I used to think it seemed relatively nice, compared to other surname names.
Then I overheard someone addressing their son as Landon, and it was attached to a boy.
I realized I think it's bad. I don't know why exactly ... it just sounds bad. "Phonebook surname with trendy sound" quality?
On a girl, it's even farther from my style. I can still see what the appeal is, but it doesn't appeal to me at all. It's like Nolan on a girl.

This message was edited 10/22/2017, 1:17 PM

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Landon is a lovely name. I'm more familiar with it as masculine, but I can see how it could be feminine as well.
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I definitely don't like it for a girl.I think of Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven.I'd never use it, but I don't hate it for a boy.
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Landon makes me think of airports: I guess because of 'landing'...It's one of those names that I liked as a preteen (I first heard it in the movie 'A Walk to Remember') because of how it sounded, but now it just seems trendy. I liked Langston around the same time, which I feel has more character. It also reminds me of Laken and Logan and London: I've never liked Laken, I used to like Logan, and I've always thought London was kind of cute despite my (old) dislike of place names, so...I'd prefer London to Landon, especially for a girl.

This message was edited 10/21/2017, 7:51 PM

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Landon reminds me of airports too! Also "land on."
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As a a male name, yes, as a female name no
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It's alright. It feels so generic, though. Aiden and Jayden and Jackson and Logan and Landon. Like middle class suburbia, houses all beige and awkwardly over-sized, where you end up getting lost because they all look the same.
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I get the same impression, to be honest. It would have been a distinctive name 30 years ago, but now it just seems bland and suburban like the other -den names.
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No, I think it's pretty awful. It feels very juvenile and insubstantial. Although my 4th grader has a new friend one and it doesn't sound as awful irl as I'd assume.

This message was edited 10/21/2017, 3:29 PM

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Hi A !!!I only can see 'London' in it.
So it is simplier just using London.
I like it on a boy.
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