I have a friend who is named Layne (it's pronounced Lane). I personally prefer Laney/Lanie to Layne/Lane. It's more feminine and I don't think it's that cutesy.
I think it's cute, but as a nickname. It's too cutesy and insubstantial as a full name. It could be short for Elaine, Helaine, Delaney, or Alaina. Or if you want more uncommon, maybe Ghislaine, Marjolaine, or Eglantine.
i know someone named Lanie and my friends daughters name is Delaney and i call her Laney Rae all the time. i like it but i think i prefer it as a nick name.
Too cutesy. As a girl with the middle name Layne, Laney/Lanie is just..offensive. Well, haha, not really offensive, but I guess it's kind of like when people with nice, normal names see them horribly misspelled. It sounds perma-young, like Laney/Lanie will never grow up.
Laney/Lanie should be a nickname, not a birth name. It's too cutesey and little girl sounding...it will not age well when she's a middle-aged career woman.
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Date: 2009-06-24 08:35 pm (UTC)I always think of the way Jerry said it on Seinfeld, "LLAAAAINNY."
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Date: 2009-06-24 08:58 pm (UTC)It's too childish- and nickname-ish sounding, imo.
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:21 pm (UTC)And I love your icon!
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:14 pm (UTC)and my friends daughters name is Delaney and i call her Laney Rae all the time.
i like it but i think i prefer it as a nick name.
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Date: 2009-06-25 02:37 am (UTC)baby girls arent baby girls forever, for what its worth.
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Date: 2009-06-25 11:26 am (UTC)For an adult - no.
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