Fun Facts About the Name Lamani
- 81 babies named Lamani: U.S. records list 81 babies given the name Lamani from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Lamani - about 1 boy for every 15 girls.
What Does the Name Lamani Mean?
Lamani has no securely documented meaning as a personal name. Its clearest use is as a name for the Lambani, also written Lambadi, the Banjara community of India. That community name is commonly explained with reference to salt - Banjara groups were salt carriers - and is often linked to Sanskrit lavana, "salt." This is a widely repeated explanation rather than a firmly reconstructed etymology. Outside South Asia the name appears mainly as a family name, and no separate meaning is established for it.
Lamani Name History & Origins
The name is best documented as a community name in India. The Banjara are called Lambani or Lambadi in Karnataka and Maharashtra and Lambada in Andhra Pradesh; British colonial records referred to them as Brinjaries. Their traditional work as long-distance carriers of salt, grain, and other goods underlies the community's own explanation of the name. Because the group name has been recorded in several forms - Banjara, Lambadi, Lambani, Lamani - the exact origin of the word, and the route by which one form came to be used as a personal name, cannot be traced with confidence.
Lamani also occurs as a surname in South Asia and in southeastern Europe. No documented link between these uses has been established, and they may be unrelated.
How Popular is the Name Lamani?
Lamani has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #8,744 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,204 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #14,415 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,744 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #12,983 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #10,739 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #16,454 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,502 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #14,678 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #17,189 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,751 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #13,501 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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