Name «Lan»

**Name: Lan**

The name "Lan" may be a shortened variant of the masculine name "Milan" and has its analogues in Bulgarian names "Lano," "Lanyo," and Serbian "Lane" or "Lano." All records of this name date back to the 15th-16th centuries.

Here are some historical mentions:

- In 1404, Lan Krekhovich is mentioned - the city of Halych.
- In 1552, it is recorded: Pavel Porotko, Lanko, his brother - the city of Chornobyl.
- In 1569, Lan Pakhirev and Lan Holdyshov are mentioned in the village of Odrekhova.
- There is also the patronymic "Lanovich" in a record from 1445.

It is also possible that the name "Lan" derives from the name of the animal - the roe deer, which belongs to the deer family.