When Johann Lange was born about 1400, in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, his father, Leonhard Lange, was 47 and his mother, Ilsabe Hoyemann, was 26. He married Mrs. Johann Lange about 1426, in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in 1465, at the age of 66.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Heinz, Horst, Otto, Wolfgang, Ernst, Helmut, Hermann, Manfred, Reinhold.
German, Scandinavian, and Dutch: variant of Lang ‘long’. This surname is also found in Poland and in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare De Lange .
French: variant, with fused definite article l', of Ange 2. Compare Longe 1.
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