Meaning of name Layne

The name Layne has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Layne is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 682 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Layne fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 30 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 654 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Layne in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Layne is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Lane. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Lane.

The following names are baby names related to Layne and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Layne: Boys - Claud, Cleveland, Curley, Dandre, Daquan, Draven, Easton, Ford, Hobson, Jackson, Jarrell, Keaton, Merton, Millard, Nolan, Oakley, Remington, Roswell, Sawyer, Turner, Girls - Afton, Bernita, Dreama, Elisa, Elnora, Jacey, Jakayla, Jannie, Kaydence, Mardell, Maryjane, Rosamond, Shyanne, Skyla, Sudie, Treva, Trista, Both genders - Emory, Marley, Paris, Taylor

The name Layne is a variant of Lane. Other popular variants of the name Lane are: Laen, Laene, Lain, Laine, Laney, Lanie, Layn, Layne (English), Laynne

We think the name Layne should fall under the following style category: Cool.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Layne to be: Tall, dark and handsome sophisticate trendy social climber

In one word, you might describe Layne as a(n) "handsome" person.

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