Laine

• French:/lɛn/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Finnish:/ˈlɑ̝i̯ne̞(ʔ)/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Laine is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English40%

  Cleo, British singer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• French38%

  wool

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Finnish6.3%

  wave

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Laine, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Paige
• Delaney
• Kate
• Greer
• Faye

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Laine is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Finland, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Lainé, Läïnë, Laîné, Lainê, Lainë

• English surname15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Finland, Australia

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Lainé, Lāįnë, Laîné, Låine, Lainè

• French surname12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Lainé, Laîné, L'Aîné, L'Aine, Lainè

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Lainé, Laĭne, Laîné, Laíne

• Swedish surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, United States

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Lainé, Láiné

• Indonesian surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Finland, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lainé, Låinë

• Hindi surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, United Kingdom, India

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Lainé, Laíne, Lainè

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Laine is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ornamental name from laine ‘wave’. This is one of the most common names among those that were derived from words denoting natural features when hereditary surnames were adopted in Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. This name is found chiefly in southern Finland.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• metonymic occupational name for a worker or dealer in wool, from Old French la(i)ne ‘wool’ (Latin lana).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• perhaps a variant spelling of Lane.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Cleo Laineb. 1927GBEnglish jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
• Vanessa Laine Bryantb. 1982USMexican-American philanthropist
• Charlie Laineb. 1984USAmerican pornographic actress, adult model

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

54 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 26 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Laine?

It depends on the language: in French /lɛn/ (Wiktionary); in Finnish /ˈlɑ̝i̯ne̞(ʔ)/ (Wiktionary).

Where does the name Laine come from?

ornamental name from laine ‘wave’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

What does the name Laine mean?

In French, wool

Which countries have the most people with the surname Laine?

In Finland, the national register counted about 42 thousand people named Laine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laine. After it come France, United States, Brazil and Sweden; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Laine most common?

Laine is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 133 people carrying it.

How common is the name Laine?

In Finland, the national register counted 41,834 people named Laine, about 1 in 133 residents.

How common is Laine compared with other names?

In Finland, Laine is the 41st most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.