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What does Lanny mean?
Lanny 
▼ as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Lanny) is pronounced LAN-ee. It is of English origin. Short form and nickname of names like Roland (Old French) "famous land" and Lanzo (Old German) "land". Also form of Orlando.
STARTS WITH La-
Variations
VARIANT Lannie
RELATION VIA LANZO, ROLAND Lanza
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Luny, ..
(female) Lanly, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lanny Kylen (L.K.), ..
How popular is Lanny?
Lanny is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#857 out of 1220, Top 70%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lanny entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its highest rank of #347 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Lanny ranked in the Top 2000 are Lannie, Orlando (#666 IN 2018) and Roland (#544). Usage of these forms of Lanny was more pronounced among parents a century ago (MEDIAN #1146) and has become much reduced since, with forms like Lanny becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Lanny▼ is pronounced similarly to Lennie, Lenny, Linnie, Lino, Lioni, Lionni, Lonnie▼, Lonny and Luano. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Barny, Benny▼, Carny, Dabny, Dagny, Danny▼, Denny▼, Donny▼, Gianny, Hany, Jonny, Karny (see Kearney), Kenny▼, Lacey, Lacy▼, Laddy, Laine, Lance▼, Land, Lando, Landry▲, Landyn▲, Lane▲, Lang, Lange, Langly, Lantz, Lanza, Laray, Laroy, Larry▼, Lary, Lawry, Layne▲, Lenn, Lindy, Linly, Linn, Linzy, Lonn, Lonne, Lundy, Lunn, Lynn▼, Manny, Renny, Ronny▼, Sonny▲, Sunny, Tenny and Vinny. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lanny.
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