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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 .
[1] 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.[
citation needed ] 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 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
In music
In video games
See also
References