Lana

A name with multiple passports and a cinematic past, Lana surfaces in Russian as a short form of Svetlana, in Gaelic with connotations of calm or afloat, and in Hawaiian meaning to float. Judy Turner rechristened herself Lana Turner in 1937 and gave the name its old-Hollywood shimmer, a register Lana Del Rey has carried into the present with smoky revival. The name hovers in the U.S. top 400 now, quietly cool rather than trendy. Two unhurried syllables, the L opening warmly, the A landing soft. Lana reads poised and slightly mysterious, a name that orders red wine and remembers yours.