Lane is a surname with several origins.
Meanings and origins
From Middle English a topographic name for someone who lived on a lane , used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town. A Norman or Breton origin has also been proposed for some people bearing this surname, derived from L'Asne , itself perhaps coming from a nickname such as le Asinus (the Ass) or from a toponym in Normandy or Brittany .[ 1] A prominent Lane family documented in Staffordshire claim to have Norman ancestry, and list the earliest ancestor as "Adam de Lone" living in 1315.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Buckinghamshire ,[ 6] Northamptonshire [ 7] Ralph Lane is theorized to have originated. A knighted Sir Richard Lane is found in Northamptonshire in the early 1600s.[ 8]
Tax lists of Buckinghamshire in 1400s list "John atte Lane" and "William atte Lane" with the Saxon term "atte" being the same as the French term "de la", showing topographic reference.
Lane families took part in the Plantations of Ireland as it is theorized Sir George Lane was part of the same family as Sir Ralph Lane .[ 8]
In 1663, a Matthys Laenen Van Pelt emigrated from Amsterdam to New Jersey. The family appears to have shortened the name to Lane after arriving.
Early Virginia County Tax lists of the late 1700s show Lane families with the spellings of "Lane", "Lain", and "Layne" but with no indication of importance for the different spellings, other than possible separation of unrelated Lane families. By the middle 1800s though, "Lane" was commonly adopted.
Lane is also an Anglicized form, of three Irish Gaelic surnames, however, no evidence showing the following words being used as "Lane" can be found.
Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin'.Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.
Ó Liatháin.[ 9] [ 10]
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Abbe Lane (born 1932), American actressAbigail Lane (born 1967), English artistAlexander Lane (1857–1911), American physician and politicianAllen Lane (1902–1970), publisherAlycia Lane (born 1972), American television journalistAndrew Lane (disambiguation) , several peopleAndy Lane (born 1963), author and journalistAnita Lane (1959–2021), Australian singer and songwriterAnthony Lane (born 1962), British film reviewer and journalistArthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956), U.S. diplomat
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David Lane (disambiguation) , several peopleDenny Lane (1818–1895), Irish businessman and nationalist public figureDevinn Lane (born 1972), pornographic actressDiane Lane (born 1965), U.S. actressDick Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese artDick Lane (American football) (1928–2002), American football playerDick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), U.S. baseball playerDick Lane (TV announcer) (1899–1982), television announcerDon Lane (1933–2009), talk show host
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Gary Lane (chess player) (born 1964), professional chess player and authorGary Lane (gridiron football) (1942–2003), American football quarterback and American football officialGary Lane (politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician and Saskatchewan MLAGeoffrey Lane, Baron Lane (1918–2005), British JudgeGeorge Martin Lane (1823–1897), U.S. scholarGeorge Lane (politician) (1856–1925), Canadian politician and rancherGertrude Lane (d. 1953), American trade unionistGertrude Battles Lane (1874–1941), American editorGord Lane (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
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Harlan Lane (1936–2019), American professor of psychology and linguistics, Northeastern University, BostonHarriet Lane (1830–1903), United States President James Buchanan's nieceHarry Lane (1855–1917), American politicianHester Lane (died 1849), American abolitionistHomer Lane (1875–1925), American educatorHugh Lane (1875–1915), Irish (Irish-British) Art Collector and Philanthropist
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Isaac Lane (1834–1937), African American bishop and educator
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J. Michael Lane (1936–2020), American epidemiologistJackie Lane (actress) (1941–2021), British actressJa'Kobi Lane (born 2004), American football playerJames D. Lane (born 1965), American electric blues guitaristJames Franklin Lane (1874–1944), African American educator and college presidentJames Henry Lane (Union general) (1814–1866), U.S. abolitionist, Senator, and generalJames Henry Lane (Confederate general) (1833–1907), Confederate generalJane Lane (author) (1905–1978), British historical novelistJani Lane (1964–2011), U.S. singer (Warrant)Jason Lane (born 1976), American professional baseball playerJay Lane (born 1964), American drummerJeffrey Lane , film producer and actorJim Lane (Irish republican) (born 1938), Irish republican and socialistJocelyn Lane (born 1937), model, actress and jewellery designerJohn Lane (publisher) (1854–1925), British publisherJohn Carey Lane (1872–1958), Mayor of HonoluluJonathan Homer Lane (1819–1880), American astrophysicist and inventorJoseph Lane (1801–1881), U.S. general and politicianJoseph Lane (1851–1920), English socialistJulia Lane , New Zealand, British, and American economist and economic statistician
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Lafayette Lane (1842–1896), U.S. politicianLana Lane , American rock singerLarry Lane, an alias of Finnish soldier Lauri Törni (1919–1965)
Lauren Lane (born 1961), U.S. actressLenny Lane (born 1970), U.S. professional wrestler, real name Leonard CarlsonLeota Lane (1913–1963), U.S. actress, one of the Lane SistersLisa Lane (born 1938), U.S. chess playerLola Lane (1906–1981), U.S. actress, one of the Lane Sisters Lunsford Lane (1803–1879), ex-slaveLupino Lane (1892–1959), English actorLyle Franklin Lane (1926–2013), U.S. Diplomat
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Fictional characters
Solomon Lane, in the film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Drury Lane (character) , a detective created by Ellery QueenGerry, Karin, Constance & Rachel Lane, in the 2013 film World War Z
Jane Lane (Daria) , in the animated series Daria Lois Lane , DC Comics characterLucy Lane , DC Comics character Lois' sisterSam Lane (comics) , DC Comics character Lois and Lucy's fatherBrian Lane (New Tricks) , in the drama series New Tricks Margo Lane , in The Shadow radio drama and pulp novelsLane Alexander, a recurring character from the Nickelodeon TV show Victorious
See also
References
^ Powlett, Wilhelmina (1889). "The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 2" . Google Books . Retrieved 5 January 2018 . ^ Burke, John (1833). "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 1" . Google Books . Retrieved 5 January 2018 . ^ "Land, Thomas (d. 1423?), of Canterbury, Kent. | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 16 January 2018 .^ Chitting, Henry; Philipot, John (1885). The Visitation of the County of Gloucester: Taken in the Year 1623 ISBN 9789746029087 ^ "Land. Thomas (by 1492–1544), of Gloucester and Lincoln's Inn, London. | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 16 January 2018 .^ "Lane, Thomas (1583–1652), of Hughenden, Bucks. and the Inner Temple, London; later of Perivale, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 16 January 2018 .^ "Lane, Robert (1527–c.1588), of Hogshaw, Bucks. and Horton, Northants. | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 16 January 2018 .^ a b Stephen, Leslie (21 March 1892). DNB 78 . Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Internet Archive. sir richard lane tulsk. ^ "Lane Family History" . Ancestry.com . Retrieved 26 May 2015 .^ "Irish surname search: (O)Lyne, Lyons, Lehane, Lane" . Goireland.com . Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012 .
