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 [ 2 syll. la-na, lan-a ] The girl name Lana is pronounced LAENah KEY. Lana is of Celtic, Old Greek, Hawaiian, and Slavonic origin. It is used mainly in the English, Greek, and Russian languages. From Celtic, Old Greek, Hawaiian, and Slavonic roots, its meaning is 'bouyant, to float' - in this context, Lana is usually used in the English and Greek languages. Variant forms of Lana include Lanae (English) and Lanay (English). In addition, Lana is a short form of Alana (English). Lana is also a variant form of Helen (English). Lana is also a short form of Svetlana (Czech and Russian) in the Russian language. Other forms of Lana include the pet form Lanette (English), and the variant spellings Laana (English) and Launa (English). Lana is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also considered fairly trendy. At the peak of its usage in 1948, 0.084% of baby girls were given the name Lana. It was #188 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a marked drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #432 with a usage of 0.035%, somewhat regaining its popularity in the recent decade. Out of the family of girl names directly linked to Lana, Alana (English) was the most regularly used. The name was thrice as popular as Lana in 2008. Baby names that sound like Lana include Lanna (English), Laana (English), Laima (Lithuanian), Laina (Finnish), Lainey (English), Lama (Arabic), Lami (Hausa), Lanae (English), Laney (English), Lani (Hawaiian and English), Lannie (English), Lanny (English), Launa (English), Laurrane (English), Layna (English), Leana (English), Leann (English), Leanne (English), Leean (English), and Leeann (English). A famous person named Lana is Actress Lana Turner, born Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner 8 February 1920 - 29 June 1995, Wallace, Idaho. KEY: Pronunciation for Lana: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
