Lanny

Where Lanny comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lanny.

  • Vowel-ended
Lanny through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Peak, #299
    414 babies named Lanny, its best rank.
  3. 1953
    Lanny McDonald born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #570.
  5. 1981
    Lanny Barby born
    French Canadian pornographic actress
  6. 2011
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Laurence.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
Namesakes
  • Lanny Barby · French Canadian pornographic actress, born 1981
  • Lanny McDonald · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1953
  • Lanny Bassham · American sports shooter, born 1947
  • Lanny Flaherty · American actor, 1942–2024
  • Lanny Poffo · Canadian-American professional wrestler and author, 1954–2023

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.