Lana
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Russian. Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Lana (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lana has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2006 | 24 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 38 |
| 2009 | 30 |
| 2010 | 32 |
| 2011 | 46 |
| 2012 | 34 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 51 |
| 2015 | 51 |
| 2016 | 51 |
| 2017 | 54 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2020 | 42 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 44 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 234 |
| 2000 | 270 |
| 2001 | 286 |
| 2002 | 311 |
| 2003 | 326 |
| 2004 | 365 |
| 2005 | 404 |
| 2006 | 449 |
| 2007 | 480 |
| 2008 | 551 |
| 2009 | 602 |
| 2010 | 641 |
| 2011 | 705 |
| 2012 | 767 |
| 2013 | 838 |
| 2014 | 944 |
| 2015 | 1,090 |
| 2016 | 1,274 |
| 2017 | 1,414 |
| 2018 | 1,519 |
| 2019 | 1,592 |
| 2020 | 1,656 |
Lana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lana.Hi! My name is Lana.
- Lana bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lana lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Lana kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lana is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lanas mamma är lärare.Lana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lanas mamma is Lana's mum.
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Questions about Lana
How do you pronounce Lana in Swedish?
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What does the name Lana mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Russian. Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).
How popular is Lana in Sweden?
44 babies were named Lana in 2022. In 2020, 1,656 people in Sweden had Lana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.