Plane

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Plane is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English57%

  Of a surface: flat or level.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  koline

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

• French31%

  feminine singular of plan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Plane is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Chile

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Plané, Planè, Planê

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Plané

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Plane is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, plainly (to the senses or understanding), distinctly, intelligibly

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, definite natural masculine singular of plan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Czech, third-person singular present of planout

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• John M. C. Planeb. 1958GBBritish atmospheric chemist
• Danièle Planemother of Luc Besson
• Mathieu Planeeconomist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Plane mean, and where does it come from?

Of a surface: flat or level. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Plane?

Mondonomo estimates about 759 people named Plane in France, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Plane?

In the United States, the national register counted 387 people named Plane in 2010, about 1 in 860 thousand residents.