Lain
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Lain by the numbers
Lain was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lain
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
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Names that are said the same way as Lain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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