A female given name, typically a variant spelling of Lane or Lainey, meaning a narrow path or roadway.
From 'lane' (Old English 'lane'), which came from Proto-Germanic roots meaning a narrow path. Used as both a place name and personal name.
Laney as a name shows the modern trend of turning geographic features into people—Lane was literally a street in old towns, but now it's a first name, showing how place identity has become personal identity.
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