Laken keeps coming up on haggisbutt. Is it a real name or made up? n/t
Thanks,
Andrea
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It's the name of some soap opera character, which explains its current trendiness, I suppose.
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I've seen this name spelled Lakeen and given to a male not a female. I can't tell you where it came from but I have a friend in San Francisco who's name is Lakeen and he's Asian. So maybe it's a varation?
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RTFM!!!...sorry, just couldnt resist :P
A Google search yielded very few sketchy clues:
1. Laken appears to be more frequent as a surname than as a first name in the Anglosaxon world.
2. According to untrystworthy sites (eg. Kabalarians) Laken is also a boys name.
3. According to a French site, Laken is one of the *least* popular names in France : only 40 people were girls were given the name during the 20th century.
4. *Laken* appears to be a ritzy 'burb of Brussels, where most of the royalty lives.
5. A *Laken* was some sort of military regiment in Imperial Ethiopia (King Selassie rulez!! -- err he did before being slaughtered anyways-- Jah love!).
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Hey! You RTFMed me!!!Thanks for the info. :)
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Typo: "girls" instead of "people were girls"
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Can't made-up names be real?Either way, I've never heard of Laken.
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