Lebanon Forename

244,901st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,067 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Lebanon Forename Definition:

Leb'-a-non, white, incense. A famous chain of mountains which separate Syria from Palestine. The western part of this mountain is sometimes called Libanus; the opposite, Anti-Libanus. Josh. xi. 17.

Lebanon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon
96%
 
4941:11,3921,122
Iraq
100%
1791:195,6303,430
Yemen-1681:156,5281,607
India
81%
 
541:22,497,740509,959
Papua New Guinea
100%
391:209,03417,752
United States
100%
261:13,943,730127,115
Oman
100%
181:228,2593,410
Israel
 
65%
151:560,19510,411
Zimbabwe
100%
131:1,186,44739,196
Philippines
79%
 
131:8,154,575122,416
South Africa
86%
 
91:6,059,183119,004
Nigeria
 
83%
51:35,512,872242,191
Uganda
100%
51:8,191,38458,906
Afghanistan
 
89%
51:6,524,70331,933
Malawi-41:4,278,07813,569
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Tanzania
100%
41:13,197,08050,227
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Jordan
 
67%
11:8,826,77411,126
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544

Lebanon (1,486) may also be a surname.

Lebanon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Leb'-a-non, white, incense. A famous chain of mountains which separate Syria from Palestine. The western part of this mountain is sometimes called Libanus; the opposite, Anti-Libanus. Josh. xi. 17.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: whiteness.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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