Lane

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lane"

English

Etymology

As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.

Proper noun

Lane

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A female given name.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
   2. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
   3. A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
   5. A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
   6. A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
   7. A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
6. A hamlet in Newquay parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
7. A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
8. (UK, informal, as "the Lane") The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
   • 1950, Basil Francis, Fanny Kelly of Drury Lane, page 37:

     It was a gala night at the Lane, with Charles Mathews coming over from Covent Garden […]

Derived terms

• Lane County
• Lane Cove

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lane is the 216^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 134,227 individuals. Lane is most common among White (77.14%) and Black (16.88%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Lena, enal, lean, neal, Elan, elan, élan, Lean, ELAN, Nale, Neal, nale, Alen, Alne

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Laan, Lone, Loon

Etymology

From Middle Low German lāne, from Old Saxon lana, from Proto-West Germanic *lanu. More at English lane.

Noun

Lane f (plural Lanen)

1. A narrow road or driveway
2. lane