Lainey

Where Lainey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lainey.

  • Vowel-ended
Lainey through the years
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #6,246 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Lainey Wilson born
    American country singer
  3. 1996
    Lainey Burdett born
    American soccer player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #30
    5,738 babies named Lainey, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Elaine.
Namesakes
  • Lainey Wilson · American country singer, born 1992
  • Lainey Burdett · American soccer player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.