Meaning: Short form of Alana or Svetlana
The story
Lana is documented as a familiar form of English Alana and Russian Svetlana. Those routes have different roots, so one fixed meaning cannot describe all uses of the spelling.
Also means
What Lana means in its other languages.
- Russianshort form of Svetlana, related to light
Nicknames
- Lani
- Lala
Spellings & variants
Famous namesakes
- Lana TurnerActor
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
Similar position in the latest US rankings
Style
Origins
Lana comes from English and Russian.
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