Lana

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈlɑːnə//

A female given name from Russian.

proper noun

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A female given name from Russian.
Mervyn LeRoy, the boyish cigar-smoking director who signed her, didn't like her name Julia. So she thought awhile and said, "What about Lana?" For no reason at all it became Lana - pronounced Lah-nah.
I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something.

Etymology

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

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