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Jacob vs Lani - What's the difference?

jacob | lani |

As proper nouns the difference between jacob and lani

is that jacob is (label) , equivalent to english (jacob) while lani is (chiefly|us) (female) borrowed from (etyl).

jacob

English

(wikipedia Jacob)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.
  • *
    • And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents
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  • * 1927 Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises : Chapter III:
    • "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob ." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - -
    Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob ," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."
  • A breed of multihorned sheep.

    • Synonyms

    * (father of the Israelites): Israel

    Derived terms

    * Jacobean * Jacob's ladder * Jacob's membrane * Jacob's staff

    Related terms

    * James and its variants * Jake, Jay, Jacques * feminine: Jacqueline

    lani

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (chiefly, US) (female) borrowed from (etyl).
  • * 1940 Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106
    • Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.
  • * 2002 , What Happened to Lani Garver , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 0152168133, page XI
    • Lani' pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. - - - '''Lonny''' is a boy's name. Who knows what ' Lani is?

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