Longinus

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Longinus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 351K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 1.2M
  • PLPoland1 in 3.8M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

14 people

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 351K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Longinus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Longinus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands141 in 1.2M14——
PL Poland101 in 3.8M10——
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——
NG Nigeria———Longinus22
KE Kenya———Longinus7
TZ Tanzania———Longinus10

14 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Longinus is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Philippines, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Longino, Longínus

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

    Also written Longin, Longi

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950August Longin Lobkowicz, b. 1797Longin Frikke, b. 1820Longin Tomic, b. 1893Longin Arabski, b. 1917Longin Majdecki, b. 1925Longin Łozowicki, b. 1926Longin Oberda, b. 1926Longin Wąsowski, b. 1933Longin Pastusiak, b. 1935Longin Komołowski, b. 1948
  • August Longin Lobkowiczb. 1797CZnot in their usual nameBohemian nobleman and politician (1797-1842)
  • Longin Frikkeb. 1820RUnot in their usual nameRussian landscape painter (1820–1893)
  • Longin Tomicb. 1893ROnot in their usual name20th century Serbian bishop (1893–1977)
  • Longin Arabskib. 1917PLnot in their usual namePolish official, politician
  • Longin Majdeckib. 1925PLnot in their usual namePolish architect (1925-1997)
  • Longin Łozowickib. 1926PLnot in their usual namePolish military officer
  • Longin Oberdab. 1926PLnot in their usual namePolish Righteous Among the Nations
  • Longin Wąsowskib. 1933PLnot in their usual namePolish Righteous Among the Nations
  • Longin Pastusiakb. 1935PLnot in their usual namePolish politician
  • Longin Komołowskib. 1948PLnot in their usual namePolish politician, trade union activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Longinus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—14#14,610
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—10#9,621
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202610#10,690
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)20261—

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Longinus a male or female name?
Longinus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Longinus have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 14 people named Longinus, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Longinus most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Longinus is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 351 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Longinus?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 14 people named Longinus, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Longinus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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