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What does Laine mean?
Laine as a girls' name (also used less regularly as boys' name Laine) is pronounced layn. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Laine is "path, roadway". Variant of the surname Lane, or a short form of names like Marlaine and Melanie. Also form of Elaine.
STARTS WITH La-
ASSOCIATED WITH surname
Variations
VARIANTS Laina, Laney, Lanie, Layne
OTHER FORMS VIA LANE, MELANIE Lainey▲, Melaine
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Lone, ..
(male) Laide, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Laine Lottie (L.L.), ..
How popular is Laine?
Laine is a somewhat popular first name for women (#4048 out of 4276, Top 95%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#9085 out of 150436, Top 6%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Laine was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its top position of #1556 in the U.S. in the year 2003, and is presently at #1966. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Elaine (#634 FROM RECENT DATA), Laina, Lainey (#461), Lane, Laney (#728), Lanie (#1911), Layne, Melaine and Melanie (#105) are the prominent varying forms of Laine (#1966) appearing in the Top 2000. These forms of Laine reached the top of their popularity 78 years ago (AVERAGE #1628) and are somewhat less conventional today (#1380, DOWN 39.9%), with the version Elaine becoming less stylish. Melanie is more universally found than the rest, though Lainey has gained in usage over time.
Similar Names
Laine is alike in pronunciation to Lean, Leann▼, Leanne▼, Leeanne, Leianne, Lene, Leoine, Leone▼, Leyanne, Liahne, Liane, Liann, Lianne, Lin, Linn, Louanne, Luane, Luann▼, Luanne▼, Lyn▼, Lynn▼ and Lynne▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adine, Alaine, Dafne, Dane, Dawne, Eline, Faline, Faune, Hanne, Jadine, Jaine, Jaline, Jane▼, Lace, Lacina, Laiken, Lake, Lana▲, Lanae, Lani, Lanna, Lannie, Lanny, Larae, Laree, Lareine, Larine, Latina, Lavina▼, Layney, Leina, Leraine, Lexine, Lina, Linea, Lise, Loire, Loise, Lucine, Lusine, Marine, Marne, Nadine▼, Oline, Paine, Raine, Rasine, Rayne▲, Reine, Sabine, Sarine, Shaine and Stine. These names tend to be less commonly used than Laine.
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