Given name & surname
Lanni
“from the renowned land”
Lanni is a variant of Lanny. In English use, Lanny carries the interpretation “from the renowned land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lanni is a variant of Lanny. In English use, Lanny carries the interpretation “from the renowned land.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lanni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020; 1,199 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lanni
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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