Lana (given name)

Lana is a female given name and surname. It can be found most frequently in the English speaking countries, Russia, Croatia,[1] and various other European countries.[2] "Lana" can be short for Alana or Svetlana,[1] as well as a derivative of the Greek name Helen.

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

This name could come from the Gaelic ailin, meaning "little rock". This 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]

Notable people

Actors

Politics

Singers
  • Lana Cantrell (born 1943), Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer
  • Lana Del Rey, real name Lizzy Grant (born 1985), American singer
  • Lana Gordon, American singer
  • Lana Jurčević (born 1984), Croatian singer
  • Lana Trotovšek (born 1983), Slovenian violinist
  • Lana Wolf (born 1975), Dutch singer

Sports

Other fields

Fictional characters

In film and television

In literature

In music

In video games

See also
  • Svetlana
  • Lana, chimpanzee used in language research
  • Lana (disambiguation)

References
  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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