Langen Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The last name Langen is another written form of Lange, a German family name. The family name meaning is “The tall one”, the same as for Lange.

Langen and Lange

Before spelling was fixed, Lange was also written Langen. The same family of names includes Lang and Langer.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Langen, so the heraldry linked to Lange is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Langen report, with a museum-style coat of arms.