Worldwide, Лани (Lani 
, Lanny , Lany ) is a common largely girly, but uncommonly masculine first name. The forename Лани is characteristic of Philippines, where it is quite a common principally female, but very infrequently male name, Albania, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Barbados, where it is quite a common female name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Philippines, Indonesia, and the United States. Very seldom, Лани is the last name as well as the forename.
Лани is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lani Sample , the fictional person used by the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division to illustrate an example driver's license, driver's license in the United States; Lani Price , the fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network and Lanny Budd , the character in an Upton Sinclair novel.