Laenan

Laenan Kite is the protagonist of the 2002 novel Mirror Dreams written by sicence fiction and urban magic writer, Catherine Webb. They likely created the name for the character in keeping with the magical elements on the book, however, it has a contemporary and intriguing sound.

While the exact origins of the Laenan are unknown, it could be based on the name Lane, which may connect it to either the English word for a pathway, the name Elaine meaning "shining light", the Irish surname Lane, meaning "warrior", or to the name Delaney meaning "from the alder grove", "dark champion", or "dark river". Alternatively, it may be borrowed from an Old English and Estonian word meaning "loan", "grant", or "gift", though it could equally be a scrambling of the name Leanna.

Pronounced LAY-nun.