Lana (given name)
| Lana | |
|---|---|
|
Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) | |
| Pronunciation | Lah-na, Lay-nah, law-na |
| Gender | Female |
 |
Look up Lana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Lana is a female given name and surname. Though its origin is disputed, it can be found most frequently in the English speaking countries, Russia,[1] as well as many other European countries.[2] "Lana" is short for Alana (in English) or Svetlana (in Russian),[3] as well as a derivative of the Greek name Helen.
This name could come from the Gaelic ailin, meaning "little rock". The Irish Gaelic use of this name probably derives from the Gaelic phrase a leanbh, which was used to call a child.
Variations
Variations of the name include:
|
|
|
|
Notable people with this name
Actors
- Lana Turner (1921–1995) American actress
- Lana Wood, Actress best known for her role as 'Plenty O'Toole' in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever
- Lana Clarkson (1962–2003), American actress and fashion model
- Lana Wachowski, Polish American director
- Lana Parrilla, American actress
Singers
- Lana Del Rey, American singer
- Lana Jurčević, Croatian singer
- Lana Trotovšek, Slovenian violinist
- Lana Wolf, Dutch singer
Other
- Lana Obad, winner of Miss Croatia 2010
Fictional characters
In film and television
- Lana Lang in DC Comics Superman & the television series Smallville played by Kristin Kreuk
- Lana Jacobs in Shortland Street, played by Brook Williams
- Lana Lazar in Gone novel series
- Lana Winters in American Horror Story: Asylum, played by Sarah Paulson
- Lana Kane in TV series Archer, played by Aisha Tyler
- Lana Skye in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
In literature
- Llana of Gathol, four part series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Wild Energy. Lana, a 2006 Ukrainian fantasy novel
In music
- "Beautiful Lana", sung by Roy Orbison
- "Lana", sung by The Beach Boys
See also
- Svetlana
- Lana, chimpanzee used in language research
- Lana (disambiguation)
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.