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Throughout the world, Laken (Lake , Lak , Lakan ) is a common epicene forename. The forename Laken is characteristic of Guadeloupe, where it is quite a common female name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely male, but seldom girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Ethiopia, India, and the United States. More frequently, Laken is the last name as well as the forename.
Laken is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Laken Lockridge , the soap opera character; Lak Sivrak , the Star Wars character, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; Lake , the fictional character and protagonist of the second book of the Cartoon Network-HBO Max anthology series Infinity Train and Lake , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Gerontophilia ».