73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. LAYN [key·IPA] Meaning & History From an English surname, meaning "lane, path", which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantLayne PopularityDetails Last ranked #261 in 2021 United States Categories brand names, colleges or universities, Elliott Smith songs, English nouns, Gilmore Girls characters, illustrators, isograms, Mad Men characters, place names, Stephen King characters, storms, surnames, travel, word names