Laine

[welshshawl]

After some thoughts on the name Laine/Lane? I would be leaning towards the spelling with the i for pronunciation reasons. Any other one syllable names I may like similar to this please? X

@sondot it's hard to spell the pronunciation but instead of "ay" it's more like "eh". So Lane would be like Lehhn. Sounds similar to how a Geordie would say it too.

Is it a Welsh name op?

Goodness don't do it you will be setting your child up for a lifetime of having her name read out wrong and having to correct and spell it out. Not even occasionally, it will be every single time.

Lane = Len

Hmm. Laine is fine but Lainey is a bit porn-starry. Do not google!

To me it sounds very American, not that’s a problem.

There’s a character in Gilmore girls called Lane and I always felt sorry for her for having such a dull name! There’s actually a plot line in the show about how bands never write songs about girls called Lane because they always pick nicer sounding names instead.

I like Laine but two me it's two syllables.

I know of a girl called Grai.

What about Paige?

I like Laine over Lane. But I also love the gilmore girls.

What about Lynn?

I've known a female Laine since childhood so for me it's obviously a girls name. And I like it !

Nice name but its also a book/magazine publisher which would put me off.

It's my Aunt's NN as we couldn't say Lorraine therefore I love it cos she's fab

I think of Lane in Mad Men, and that puts me off somewhat, but otherwise I quite like it.

No. If it was it would be pronounced Ligh-neh.

I know a welsh Lainey, short for Lorraine

I think it's quite nice.

A World Champion surfer is Layne Beachley. She is also involved in mentoring young women.
So I would spell the name, Layne, a known spelling and after someone who is successful, strong and caring.

Other one syllable names ..
Meg
Claire
Nance
Dawn
Raine
Peg
Lorne
Blythe
Jess

Wren?

Some one syllable names that I think go well with your style:

Raine
Sage
Blair
Skye
Shay
Quinn

How about Lene, Leine, Lauryn, Larenne.

I like Laine, but absolutely everyone including me is going to pronounce it “lane,” raining with “pane” or “rain.”

If you want a different pronunciation you need to pick a different name. And if you want Welsh pronunciation of a name, you need to pick a Welsh name.

This description is exactly the vibe it’s giving to me. I like it.

Greer
Elke
Liv

and the ever-popular Wren!

I’m a Lainey and I often get called Laine. It would be a very unusual name for a baby born now as opposed to 1978 like me. I don’t like my name at all but there’s a reason I was called it so am sort of stuck with it!

I like it.

It's much nicer than Elaine, which is very dated.