Definition of "Lane"

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.  examples

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A female given name.  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. An unincorporated community in Idaho.  examples

2. A city in Kansas.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.  examples

4. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.  examples

5. A town in South Carolina.  examples

6. A town in South Dakota.  examples

A hamlet in Newquay parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).  examples

A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).  examples

(UK, informal, as "the Lane") The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.  quotations  examples