Lone: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Lone – Meaning: devoted to Apollo – Origin: Danish – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: LOH-neh


Lone is a Danish girl's name meaning “devoted to Apollo”. It appears in our list of 175+ Scandinavian Baby Girl Names That Are Beautifully Strong.

Meaning & Origin of Lone

Meaning: Devoted to Apollo.

Origin: Danish.

A common claim: Lone is sometimes said to mean 'lion'. Actually: That's not accurate - Lone is a short form of Abelone, which comes from Apollonia and the Greek god Apollo, not from any word for 'lion'. The mix-up is likely just because the names sound alike.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Lone

Phonetic: LOH-neh   IPA: /ˈloʊnə/

Popularity of Lone

Lone doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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