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Names with a similar feel to Lana?

48 replies

AnneBoleyn6 · 12/11/2021 01:57

I love Lana but people keep pointing out to me that backwards it spells anal...

I don't want her name to have this joke, especially in her own family... So does anyone know of any good names that have that same vibe/feel/aesthetic as Lana?

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DartmoorChef · 12/11/2021 02:07

Alana
Elana
Ariana
Tana

MusicTeacherSussex · 12/11/2021 02:11

Mona
Laine
Lisa
Iana
Oona/Una
Lena
Lorna
Iona
Yara
Iwona/Ivana

wishing3 · 12/11/2021 02:40

Lina
Greta
Evelyn

Willow5643 · 12/11/2021 02:43

Helena

foxgoosefinch · 12/11/2021 02:47

Lara
Lyra

Rangoon · 12/11/2021 02:47

Anna

RainbowMum11 · 12/11/2021 02:52

Lena

MirandaBlu · 12/11/2021 02:56

Anya
Cara
Dinah
Hanna
Lara
Leda
Luna
Lyra
Marnie
Nina
Sanna
Zara

peachaay · 12/11/2021 03:28

My immediate thought was Iona

Aquamarine1029 · 12/11/2021 03:30

Farrah
Reva
Gia
Hannah

50ShadesOfCatholic · 12/11/2021 03:33

Del Rey

Wotsitsits · 12/11/2021 04:27

Lana can be the nickname OP it doesn't have to be the name on the cert.

Having a nickname or short version of the name which I liked as much as the full name was important to me when choosing

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/11/2021 05:02

Lara. Isla. Alana. Elena. Lorna.
There's nothing stopping you from spelling it Larna though.

JudgementalCactus · 12/11/2021 05:09

Mila
Yara
Lena
Alina

Botanica · 12/11/2021 05:11

My daughter's best friend at nursery is Lana. We have spent every day for the last year saying this name in our household and not once I have I thought about the reverse spelling.

It's a beautiful name and I think you're overthinking it. You should use it as is.

DotDotDotDotDot · 12/11/2021 05:28

Lena
Rosa
Lila
Ines
Cleo
Juno
Lara
Nina
Cora
Liv

millerpie · 12/11/2021 05:35

My friends little one is called Alana

Fizzysticks · 12/11/2021 05:49

Lana is such a beautiful name and I wouldn’t think twice about reversing it. You could have Alana/Alannah on the BC with Lana or Lani as a nickname. It’s beautiful!

felulageller · 12/11/2021 05:51

Lana is lovely and I've never heard that said about it before.

Other names are

Alan(n)a(h)

Hannah

Lara

Tara

Lucy

Leni

Leonie

Laura

Laurel

Hazel

Larissa

Lexi

Lacey

Leah

Leia

Lori

Lola

Isla

Iona

Arya

Maya

AuntDympna · 12/11/2021 08:13

The people who reverse names to make a rude word and then snigger are immature gits.
Lana is beautiful, hard to match it for simple elegance.
How about
Jana
Luna
Lena
Zena
Lara
Mina
Dana
Dara
Irene
Mara

WhoppingBigBackside · 12/11/2021 08:21

Lara
Lona (Welsh name pron. Low-na)

Camii · 12/11/2021 08:27

Agree with @Botanica
But if you can't get the association out of your head
Dana
Lara
Anna
Alana
O

elfran · 12/11/2021 08:28

Some great suggestions here, but I'll throw Linnea in as well.

Immaculatemisconception · 12/11/2021 08:32

Norah
Anna
Tanya
Dana
Hannah
Luna

Etherealhedgehog · 12/11/2021 08:33

Leila. But I do think people on Mumsnet tend to overthink nickname risk!