Name meaning & stats
Laniyah
Laniyah means “light, or rock (debated)” (Russian origin). 3,704 US babies since 1940, peak 2010.
What it means
“light, or rock (debated)”
RussianSpelling of Lana
In US birth records
Peak year: 2010
3,704 US babies were named Laniyah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Laniyah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 20 Lanas spell it Laniyah
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2010)