Name meaning & stats
Lanny
Lanny means “laurel” (Latin origin). 8,683 US babies since 1940, peak 1949.
What it means
“laurel”
LatinPet form of Laurence
In US birth records
Peak year: 1949
8,683 US babies were named Lanny between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lanny (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 79% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1949)