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If you don't mind, I have a theory about the name LANE, which I first encountered in
the name of the women's specialty store Lane Bryant. As an innocent youth, I took the
"Lane" part to be an English surname, Bryant's partner.
Years later I came across a biographical sketch of Lena HIMMELSTEIN (Mrs. David Bryant) in
the "Encyclopaedia Judaica," published in 1972. She's the foundress of the
store.
Now I think that some German feminine names ending with E are variants of familiar names
ending with A. As in Lise = Lisa or Agathe = Agatha or Lane = Lana.
Of course, it's possible that everyone in Europe knows this already and I have been
stating the obvious. Never mind.
Les