MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lanier mean?
Secondary name guides propose this association: The Bump discusses Lanier as both a given name and a surname connected with the wool trade. Its explanation relates the spelling to French laine, the word for wool.
The association is uncertain; it is not an established meaning.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Origin and name formation
French
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Names in this collection
- Lanie♀Variant of Laney, a familiar form of Elaine
- Javier♂New house
- Lance♂From Lanzo and the Germanic land element
- Lani♂♀Sky or heaven; also royal in Hawaiian
- Rainier♂Counsel and army
- Xavier♂New house, through Basque Xabier
- Zavier♂Variant of Xavier; new house
- Ladino·As a Spanish word: shrewd, with distinct language and historical social senses
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Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
LANIER
· CSV row 15,489 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.