Lana
Meaning of Lana
Lana, pronounced LAN-uh, drifts across the ear like the scent of lemon blossoms on an Amalfi breeze, and—whether she traces her lineage to the Gaelic Alana, the “little rock” that steadies the shore, to the Slavic diminutive of Svetlana, whose glow is a lantern against a Tuscan dusk, or to the Hawaiian word for floating calm upon clear water—she carries in every syllable the quiet promise of strength wrapped in serenity. In the collective imagination she twirls a silk scarf of silver-screen glamour, recalling Hollywood’s Lana Turner, then hums a twilight ballad à la Lana Del Rey, yet she remains delightfully unpretentious, the sort of soul who laughs when her gelato dribbles and still offers you the last spoonful. Across a century of American birth records, this four-letter melody has ridden fashion’s gentle swell—never too common, never entirely gone—so that today it sounds both nostalgic and new, like a vintage Vespa humming down a sun-dappled strada. Lana is, in essence, a compact sonnet: soft on the tongue, rich in meaning, and impossible to forget once her music brushes the heart.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as LAN-uh (/ˈlænə/)
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Notable People Named Lana
| Lana Del Rey is an American singer-songwriter whose melancholic, Americana-tinged pop has earned major awards, 11 Grammy nominations, and recognition from Variety and Rolling Stone as a defining 21st century artist. |
| American actress and pin-up model Lana Turner became a glamorous Golden Age icon and top MGM star over nearly five decades, known for her highly publicized personal life and many award nominations. |
| Lana Condor is an American actress and YouTuber best known as Lara Jean in the To All the Boys films, after debuting as Jubilee in X Men Apocalypse and later appearing in Deadly Class, Alita Battle Angel, and as the voice of Ruby Gillman. |
| Lana Parrilla is an American actress best known for playing Regina Mills and the Evil Queen on Once Upon a Time, with notable roles in Spin City and 24, and she won a 2012 ALMA Award. |
| American actress and producer Lana Wood debuted in The Searchers, gained fame in Peyton Place and Diamonds Are Forever, and is the sister of Natalie Wood. |
| Lana Rhoades is an American internet personality and podcaster, formerly an adult film actress featured in Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy. |
| Lana Hurdle - Lana T. Hurdle is an American public official who briefly served as acting US Secretary of Transportation under Biden and is the deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs at the Department of Transportation. |
| Lana, a female chimpanzee born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, was the first to use lexigrams and lent her name to the Language Analogue project LANA led by Duane Rumbaugh. |
