Laine
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 124 babies a year in the US.
Laine by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Laine. In the US, 124 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 124 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Laine
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
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laynefrom the lane; a form of Lane443 in the US (2017)
- Lain13 in the US (2017)
- Lorainefrom lorraine; laurel crowned; a form of lorraine21 in the US (2017)
- Laruethe red; the street18 in the US (2017)
- Lynnelake or soft; a form of Lynn or Linda13 in the US (2017)
- Lornefrom Lorne, Scotland; place name10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Laine
Names that are said the same way as Laine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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