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English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane from Middle English Old English lane originally a narrow way between fences or hedges later used to denote any narrow pathway including one between houses in a town. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’ a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’ a byname meaning ‘warrior’ formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb . Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane ). Swedish: probably a habitational name from the district Lane in the province of Bohuslän in western Sweden. Compare Lene . French: variant of Lasne a nickname for a stubborn man or for an owner of a donkey from Old French asne ‘donkey’ with fused definite article l'.7: Americanized form of French Laine
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022