Longbone

English

Etymology

From long +‎ bone, a nickname for a particularly tall person.

Proper noun

Longbone (plural Longbones)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Longbone is the 22402^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 191 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Longbone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 457.