Lana (given name)

Lana is a female given name and short name of multiple origins. It can be found most frequently in the English-speaking countries, former Yugoslavia,[1] and as a short form of several Russian names such as Svetlana.[2] "Lana" can also be derived from the Germanic name Alana[1] or the Greek name Helen.

Lana
Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
PronunciationLah-na, Lan-na
GenderFemale

Other possible origins include the Gaelic ailin, meaning "little rock". The name's use in Irish probably derives from the phrase a leanbh, which was used to call a child. In Hawaiian it means "calm as still waters" or "afloat" [3]

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Lana". Behind the Name.
  3. https://themeaningofthename.com/lana/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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