Lane
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Origin of the name Lane:
Transferred use of the surname derived from the Old English lane (a lane, a narrow country road).
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Best girl's name!
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This was the name I had picked out for a daughter, but I ended up having two sons (and chose different names for them...I prefer the name Lane for a girl).
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Lanie, Laney, laneylane, lendoroo, laneoseta
- Meanings and history of the name Lane: | Edit
Lane is another word for road.
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The name of Lane Bryant, the plus-store clothing chain, comes from a typo of the company's founder, Lena Himmelstein Bryant.
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Lane Kim is a character on Gilmore Girls.
Lanie is the American Girl Doll's 2010 Girl of the Year.
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