Lanise
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Lanise by the numbers
Lanise was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Lanise
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 Lanise. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laniebright light; a diminutive form of Helen93 in the US (2017)
- Louisefamous warrior; feminine form of Louis336 in the US (2017)
- Laciefrom lacus; a modern respelling of Lacey or Laci22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Landisopen land; a form of Landry or surname use34 in the US (2017)
- Lainiebright light; a form of Helen9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larisacheerful; a form of Larissa7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lanise
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