Lanah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Lanah by the numbers
Lanah was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lanah
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 Lanah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Layahweary; a variant spelling of Leah72 in the US (2017)
- Lanaiporch or veranda10 in the US (2017)
- Leanahweary; a form of Leah with -nah suffix10 in the US (2017)
- Larahlaurel tree; honor and victory; a form of Laura4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lanae37 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lanah
Names that are said the same way as Lanah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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