Legend

English

"hero or fable"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

Legend Origin and Meaning

The name Legend is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin meaning "hero or fable".

Legend joins cousins Story, Saga and Fable in the baby name pantheon of narrative words. Unlike Story and Fable, however, Legend comes with additional weight, being used for fame ("living legend") and to denote a person who is fantastic "what a legend"). Who can live up to that?

Legend entered the US Top 1000 in 2010 for the first time, perhaps in connection popular singer John Legend, and is now on the brink of breaking into the Top 100.

# 132 in the US

Legend Rank in US Top 1000

Legend Popularity

132US2022
556Nameberry2023
157Future2028

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Famous People Named Legend

Legend Burkman (b. 2012)son of mixed martial artist Josh Burkman
John LegendAmerican R&B singer
Legend Glover (b. 2016)son of Donald Glover
Legend White (b. 2019)son of youtuber and singer Queen Naija

Legend in Pop Culture

Legend (noun)a traditional epic popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
The Legend of Zeldavideo game series by Nintendo