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Lanitra
Pronounced luh-NEE-truh /ləˈniː.trə/Medium
Meaning: Lanitra combines the popular La- prefix with a -nitra ending; it is an invented African American name built from fashionable sound pieces rather than one with a documented inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Lanitra is a coined American girl's name assembled from the La- prefix and a -nitra ending. It stayed rare throughout, touching a small high around 1976.
Given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak, it faded by the late nineteen-nineties. A girl named Lanitra at that high would be in her late forties today. The name reads as a musical, personal choice of its decade.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Lanitra mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the La- prefix with a -nitra ending; it has no single inherited meaning.
How do you pronounce Lanitra?
It is said luh-NEE-truh /ləˈniː.trə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Lanitra a boy or girl name?
Lanitra is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Lanitra?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-seventies.