Lania
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lania by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lania. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 60 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Lania
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 Lania. 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)
- Laniebright light; a diminutive form of Helen93 in the US (2017)
- Lanisky or heaven25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laiatalkative woman; a form of Laïa58 in the US (2017)
- Lamiaswallowing or devouring; mythological figure38 in the US (2017)
- Layianight; a form of Layla5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lania
Names that are said the same way as Lania, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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