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Lane name meaning

Last Name
134k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Lane mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Lane

User Submitted Origins

English
67%
Irish
28%
Scottish
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Texas, U.S. says the name Lane means "Soldier".
  2. A submission from Georgia, U.S. says the name Lane means "The Right Way".
  3. A submission from Indiana, U.S. says the name Lane means "Blue path".
  4. According to a user from Tennessee, U.S., the name Lane means "Straight, handsome, cute, nice, funny, great".
  5. A submission from Wisconsin, U.S. says the name Lane means "Warrior".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Lane
Alone.

Etymology: See Lone

noun Lane
A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

Etymology: OE. lane lone, AS. lone lone; akin to D. laan, OFries. lana lona

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A narrow way or road
  2. A well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
Wiktionary
  1. A topographic surname​ for someone who lived in a lane.
  2. A patronymic surname​ anglicised from various Irish surnames.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A female given name.
  5. An unincorporated community in Idaho.
  6. A city in Kansas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
  8. A town in South Carolina.
  9. A town in South Dakota.

Lane was also found in the following language(s): German Low German

Notable Persons Named Lane

Notable Persons Named Lane

Lane Kiffin

Lane Kiffin is a college coach. Lane was born on May 9th, 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Lane Clyde Frost

Lane Clyde Frost was a professional bull rider. Lane was born on October 12th, 1963 in Colorado, USA. He left this life on July 30th, 1989.

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Lane Smith

Lane Smith was an actor and presenter. He was most prominent from 1966 to 2005. Lane was given the name Walter Lane Smith III on April 29th, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. He died on June 13th, 2005.

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Lane Garrison

Lane Garrison is an actor. He has been prominent since 2004. Lane was given the name Lane Edward Garrison on May 23rd, 1980 in Dallas.

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Lane Pryce

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Lane Johnson

Lane Johnson is a football player for the Philadelphia Eagles. His most notable accomplishments were from 2013 to present. Lane was born on May 8th, 1990 in Groveton, Texas.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Lane

Notable Persons With the Last Name Lane

Diane Lane

Diane Lane is an actress and actor. She was most prominent from 1979 to present. Diane was born as the child of Colleen Farrington on January 22nd, 1965 in New York City, New York, U.S.

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Carla Lane

Carla Lane is a writer. She has had major accomplishments since 1969. Carla was given the name Romana Barrack on August 5th, 1937 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

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Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane is an actor and writer. His most notable accomplishments were from 1975 to present. Nathan was given the name Joseph Lane on February 3rd, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.

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Lois Lane

Lois Lane is a comics character.

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Jani Lane

Jani Lane was a glam metal, hard rock, and heavy metal music musician. He was most prominent from 1982 to 2011. Jani was given the name John Kennedy Oswald on February 1st, 1964 in Akron, Ohio, United States. He passed away on August 11th, 2011.

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Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane was a rock music, rhythm, blues, psychedelic rock, and folk rock musician. He plays Zemaitis Guitars, Fender Jazz Bass, and Fender Precision Bass. His most notable accomplishments were from 1964 to 1992. Ronnie was given the name Ronald Frederick Lane on April 1st, 1946 in Plaistow, London, England. Ronnie is also known as Plonk and Three-Piece. He left this life on June 4th, 1997.

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  • Sara Malakul Lane
    Actress
  • Sunny Lane
  • Rose Wilder Lane
    Writer
  • Carrie Chapman Catt
  • Shawn Lane
    Musician
  • Ryan Lane
    Actor
  • Abbe Lane
    Singer
  • Harriet Lane
    First Lady of the United States
  • Jimmy Rogers
    Musician
  • Dick Lane
    Football Player
  • Priscilla Lane
  • Allan Lane
    Film
  • Mark Lane
  • Ralph Norman Angell
    Lecturer

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Lane U.S.
  White 77.14% 64.26%
  African American 16.88% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.61% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.92% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 2.12% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 2.33% 16.26%

Of Last Name Lane

People with the last name Lane are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Lane

  • What name lists does Lane rank for?
  • How Popular is the name Lane? Lane is the 1,127th most popular name of all time. As a last name Lane was the 216th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Lane have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 43,400 babies born with the first name Lane in the United States. That's more than enough people named Lane to occupy the territory of Sint Maarten (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 37,429 (as of January 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Lane? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Lane first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Lane is Sunday, May 9th, 1875.
  • What year had the most people named Lane born? The highest recorded use of the first name Lane was in 2019 with a total of 1,398 babies. That's a lot of babies named Lane!
  • Random Lane Factoid: According to the 2010 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Lane ranks 64th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Wyoming. Imagine that, 11 babies in Wyoming have the same name in 2010.
  • Weird things about the name Lane: The name spelled backwards is Enal. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Nael. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Lane? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 134,227 people with the last name Lane.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Lane? Lane was ranked as the 216th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
  • Lane name meaning

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