Lana (given name)

Lana is a female given name and short name of multiple origins. It can be found most frequently in the English-speaking countries, former Yugoslavia, and as a short form of several Russian names such as Svetlana. Lana can also be derived from the Germanic name Alana or the Greek name Helen.

Other possible origins include the Irish Gaelic ailin, meaning 'little rock'. The name's use in Irish probably derives from the phrase a leanbh, which was used to call a child. In Hawaiian it means 'calm as still waters' or 'afloat'.

In the English-speaking world, the name was popularized by actress Lana Turner.

Notable people

Actors

• Lana Albeik (born 1995), Palestinian-Syrian model and actress
• Lana Barić (born 1979), Croatian actress
• Lana Clarkson (1962–2003), American actress and fashion model
• Lana Condor (born 1997), American actress
• Lana Golja, Australian actress
• Lana Marconi (1917–1990), Romanian-French actress, born Ecaterina Ileana Marcovici
• Lana Morris (1930–1998), English actress
• Lana Nodin (born 1979), Malaysian actress and model
• Lana Parrilla (born 1977), American actress
• Lana Rhoades (born 1996), American actress, podcaster, social-media personality
• Lana Turner (1921–1995), American actress, born Julia Jean Turner
• Lana Wachowski (born 1965), American director
• Lana Wood (born 1946), American actress best known for her role as 'Plenty O'Toole' in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever

Politics

• Lana Gogoberidze (born 1928), Georgian politician and film director
• Lana Gordon (born 1950), American politician from Kansas
• Lana Greenfield (born 1951), American politician from South Dakota
• Lana Hurdle, American public official
• Lana Jalosjos, Filipino politician
• Lana Ladd Stokan (born 1958), American politician
• Lana Lokteff (born 1979), American political YouTuber
• Lana Mamkegh, Jordanian politician and journalist
• Lana Marks (born 1953), American business executive, diplomat and fashion designer
• Lana Myers, American judge from Texas
• Lana Nusseibeh, Emirati politician
• Lana Popham (born 1968), Canadian politician from British Columbia
• Lana Theis (born 1965), American politician from Michigan

Singers

• Lana Cantrell (born 1943), Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer
• Lana Chapel, American singer-songwriter
• Lana Del Rey, real name Elizabeth Grant (born 1985), American singer
• Lana Gordon, American singer
• Lana Jurčević (born 1984), Croatian singer
• Lana Lane, American singer
• Lana Lo, American singer
• Lana Mir, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
• Lana Moorer (born 1970), American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur
• Lana Trotovšek (born 1983), Slovenian violinist
• Lana Wolf (born 1975), Dutch singer

Sports

• Lana Bagen (born 1996), British figure skater
• Lana Clelland (born 1993), Scottish footballer
• Lana du Pont (born 1939), American equestrian
• Lana Feras (born 1998), Jordanian footballer
• Lana Franković (born 1991), Croatian handball player
• Lana Gehring (born 1990), American short track speed skater
• Lana Golob (born 1999), Slovenian footballer
• Lana Gorgadze (born 1997), Georgian footballer
• Lana Harch (born 1984), Australian soccer player
• Lana Jēkabsone (born 1974), Latvian hurdler
• Lana Lawless (born 1953), American professional golfer
• Lana Popadić (born 1983), Croatian tennis player
• Lana Pudar (born 2006), Bosnian-Herzegovinian swimmer
• Lana Skeledžija (born 1982), Croatian sport shooter
• Lana, real name Catherine Joy Perry (born 1985), American professional wrestler in WWE

Other fields

• Lana Abdel Rahman, Lebanese writer and journalist
• Lana Bastašić (born 1986), Serbian writer, novelist and translator
• Lana Citron (born 1969), Irish novelist, poet, short story writer, and screenwriter
• Lana Coc-Kroft (born 1967), New Zealand television and radio personality, and Miss Universe New Zealand 1988
• Lana Gay, Canadian radio personality and music journalist
• Lana Jones, Australian ballet dancer
• Lana Lopesi, New Zealand writer and critic
• Lana Montalbán, Argentine journalist, TV anchor, and producer
• Lana Obad (born 1988), winner of Miss Croatia 2010

Fictional characters

In film and television

• Lana, a prostitute in 1983 film Risky Business, played by Rebecca De Mornay
• Lana, a Trial Captain in both the video game and anime versions of Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Lana in Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends
• Lana Crawford in Neighbours, played by Bridget Neval
• Lana Herman, Theo's dream girl in The Cosby Show
• Lana Isavia in the anime TV series Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
• Lana Jacobs in Shortland Street, played by Brook Williams
• Lana Lang in DC Comics Superman and the television series Smallville, played by Kristin Kreuk
• Lana Lazar in the Gone novel series
• Lana Loud in the animated TV series The Loud House
• Lana Kane in TV series Archer, played by Aisha Tyler
• Lana Shields, a character on Three's Company
• Lana Winters in American Horror Story: Asylum, played by Sarah Paulson

In literature

• Llana of Gathol, four-part series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Wild Energy. Lana, a 2006 Ukrainian fantasy novel

In music

• "Lana", sung by Roy Orbison
• "Lana", sung by The Beach Boys

In video games

• Lana Beniko in Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Lana, the Water-type Trial Captain in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Lana Skye in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

See also

• Svetlana
• Lana, chimpanzee used in language research
• Lana (disambiguation)

References