Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Variation of Helen
  • English : Sun ray
  • Middle English : Narrow road

Girl name variations

Elaine

Elaine

+ 5% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Elaina

Elaina

+ 1% this year
Feminine
Common
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Elayne

Elayne

+ 7% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Elana

Elana

- 8% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Elena

Elena

0 % this year
Feminine
Common
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Alaine

Alaine

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Alana

Alana

+ 6% this year
Feminine
Common
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Laney

Laney

- 9% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Lainey

Lainey

+ 38% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Lane

Lane

+ 1% this year
Neutral
Common
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Layne

Layne

- 8% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Layna

Layna

+ 13% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Middle English : Narrow road

Boy name variations

Lane

Lane

+ 1% this year
Neutral
Common
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Layne

Layne

- 8% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Layna

Layna

+ 13% this year
Neutral
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Laine

Family name origins & meanings

  • Northern Irish : reduced form of Scottish McLean.
  • English : perhaps a variant spelling of Lane.
  • Finnish : ornamental name from laine ‘wave’. This is one of the most common names among those that were derived from words denoting natural features when hereditary surnames were adopted in Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. This name is found chiefly in southern Finland.
  • French : metonymic occupational name for a worker or dealer in wool, from Old French la(i)ne ‘wool’ (Latin lana).