Path, roadway, or meadow
Laynie is a modern diminutive of Elaine or Laine. It derives from the Middle English word for a narrow path or the French word for wool, though it is most commonly used today as a playful, phonetic variant of the surname-turned-given-name Lane.
Less common today
Laynie isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,298 in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
American poet and novelist
