Message: "my name too" - Behind the Name

my name too

by laken (guest)

11/15/2004, 4:59 PM

I don't know what this website is all about, but I did a random search of my name ("Laken") and came across this web page.

I love my name, and find that nearly everyone I meet comments on the uniqueness and the individuality of my name. Plus, my mommy named me this, and I love her very much too!

Here's to all you "Lakens" out there!

Happy Holidays!
Laken
Dallas, Texas

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- Lala (guest) +1

11/15/2004, 5:26 PM

Hmm...I would GUESS that Laken is an elaborated version of "Lake", but I'm not any expert.

Any other people have an Idea?

Lala

- Chrisell

11/15/2004, 5:43 PM

I believe I've heard it somewhere . . . ah, yes, it's a place name in German-speaking or Germanic-language-speaking countries (c/f Interlaken in Switzerland, which means "between the lakes", apparently from a Latin route, given on one site as 'interlacus', which looks too simple to me!). It also appears to be a surname in and from those countries.

A quick search of a couple of German-English dictionaries shows that laken is also a German vocabulary word, variously translated as "sheet" or "linen" (linen being the usual material for sheets, at least in the past).

This message was edited 11/15/2004, 5:47 PM

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