Given name
Lanay
“bring her something”
Lanay is a feminine given name, meaning “bring her something.” It is used in Atayal.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lanay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 0 boys · 580 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,253 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,253 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 565 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lanay’s family of names
Lanay may belong to the same name family as LANNAY. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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