Lain Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The last name Lain is another written form of Lane, an English family name. The family name meaning is “Dweller by the lane”, the same as for Lane. Before spelling was fixed, Lane was also written Lain. You may also find the name written Laine, Lanes and Delane.

In the Spanish register, Lain appears 1,114 times as a first surname and 1,165 times as a second one. French birth records list 198 children named Lain between 1891 and 2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Lion.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Lane surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Lain report, with a museum-style coat of arms.