# Layne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,024

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Topographic surname from lane.

## Easily confused with
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lyn)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lye)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-line)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lone)
- **Lynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lynn)
- **lays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lays)
- **Lyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lyle)
- **Lyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lyme)
- **lynx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lynx)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-lyre)
- **layup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-layup)
- **Leyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layne-vs-leyte)
- **lay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lay-vs-layne)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lan-vs-layne)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/late-vs-layne)
- **land** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/land-vs-layne)
- **lake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lake-vs-layne)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lane-vs-layne)
- **lawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawn-vs-layne)
- **lame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lame-vs-layne)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alyne`, `lanye`, `layen`, `laynne`, `layyne`, `llayne`, `lyane`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/layne