Message: "what is the meaning/origin of my name?"

what is the meaning/origin of my name?

by Lalena (guest)

7/29/2005, 10:13 AM

It is a female name. I have been told that it is Hawiian, meaning "wild flower" or that it is an actual flower . I also spell it w/ a tilde oven the n. It could be spanish. I've been searching and the only thing solid is that it is the title of a song by Donovan,that came out in the 60's. The song is about a woman named lalena, so that doesn't help much. I pronounce it La-lane-ya.

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- Lumia

7/29/2005, 10:41 AM

With a tilde over the n (ñ)...

In Spanish, "la leña" means "the firewood". It could have sense as a made up name with Spanish words (as Lareina for "la reina"), but it is not a Spanish name.

Lumia
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

7/29/2005, 10:27 AM

With the tilde over the n this would not be a Hawaiian name. If you were named after Donovan's song, the name is one Donovan invented as a tribute to the German actress Lotte Lenya:

http://www.greenmanreview.com/live/live_donovan_072704.html

- ADT

7/29/2005, 10:20 AM

I think that you're getting it mixed up with Leilani - and the name Lalena is definitely not Spanish. It looks to me like the combination of La + Lena - Lena could be a pet name for any name ending in -lena.

This message was edited 7/29/2005, 10:21 AM

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