Lana
It was my grandmother's name and I loved it on her. But I always thought it was too "old" - I never hear it anymore, but it's grown on me and I really think it's beautiful.
Would you use it?
(laah-nuh - like Lana Del Ray)
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I like it as a nickname but would want a longer name behind it.
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it's pretty, although at first, i would have pronounced it lay-na. not sure why!
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My friends daughter is named Lana. I like it. Makes me think of Lana Turner.
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I know a woman named Lana, who pronounces it so it rhymes with banana. I like it, although it seems nicknamey to me.
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@Synchronicity: that's how my grandmother's name was pronounced as well.
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It's a pretty name. My name is one letter different and it gets mispronounced all the time.
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It's a very common Russian name (short for Svetlana) so I hear it a lot.
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I think of it sounding like the ending of Svetlana (not rhyming with banana - well, unless you're British, I guess).
I like it! I think it fits in well with Lyla, Clara, Tess, etc., and is totally ready for a comeback like those names.
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It reminds me of Mandy Moore's character in The Princess Diaries. I think that was her name anyway! Regardless, I like it.
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I like it, but I wouldn't know whether to say LAH-Nuh or LAY-nuh (like Dana).
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I like it and had a student named this a few years ago.
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I think it's pretty
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I like it for a woman, but I have a hard time imagining a baby named Lana. Is that weird of me? It just sounds so... womanly.
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@Foodnerd81: actually neither of those pronunciations. It's like Anna with an L.
@mamimami: haha I actually though the same thing- probably because it was my grandmothers name! But babies grow fast
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@Mrs. Pen: ahh yeah I definitely would have mospronounced it.
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I think of Lana from Smallville! I think it's pretty.
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Very elegant! A beautiful name.
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Very pretty name.
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It's just ok. But I associate it with a particular person. (30s)
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Am I the only one who watches Archer? Lana is a fairly logical nickname for the name we're planning for LO, and DH is always talking about how he's gonna do one bit from the show yelling for Lana.
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I really like it!
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Pronounced as Lah-Nah is nice, pronounced as Lay-Nah not so much -
it means cow-poop in macedonian.
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I have always heard that as a nickname for the Russian name Svetlana.
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We really like it. It was the first name we both could agree on.
Some similar names that I like but were shot down by the DH is Lara, Laina.
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I like it!
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I like it!
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I know someone with this name. I like it when it is pronounced correctly.
My mom's name has a different first letter and gets mispronounced all the time. I just don't think people ever hear her name so they just assume it's an entirely different name than it is.
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Beautiful!
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Love it.
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I'm not sure how to.pronounce it.
Lane-a
Lan-a (like land)
Lahn-a (like Donna) -
I know both a Lana my age (short for Svetlana) and a Lana who is one (short for Alanna), pronounced the way you like it. I also know an adult whose name is spelled the same way (and isn't a nickname for anything), but it is pronounced to rhyme with "Anna" (Anne-a, not like the frozen princess)
I like it - I do think you'll get asked a lot what it is short for though!
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@dolphin: Me, too. That's the what I pronounced it in my head. I like it in that pronunciation. Not crazy about the other 2.
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I like Lana!
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@Mrs. Pen: love and I love that it has family ties.
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@Mrs. Pen: I have a friend who named their daughter Lana. They pronounce it Lawn-ah. Is there a character in a superman series named Lana? I think that's where they got it from. Her husband is a huge fan!
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@littlebug: how does she pronounce it? Never seen small ville.
@PinkElephant: yes, like Anna with an L. That's how my grandmothers name was pronounced. I knew an Alana in high school but her name was pronounced ah-lahn-ah
@Greentea: Anna with an L
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I like it!!
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love it so much. my inclination is to say it like lana (del rey) lah-nah
the whole pronunciation thing doesn't bother me though. we have a graeme so we get gray-me and graim instead of gray-em/graham all the time.
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@Torchwood: We love that show
it means cow-poop in macedonian.
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