Lausanne as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lausanne

What is the meaning of the name Lausanne ?

The baby name Lausanne is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /lo.zɑ̃/ (loh-ZAHN); English approximation: /lɔːˈzæn/ (law-ZAN).

Lausanne is in Origin.

Lausanne is a French place-name turned given name, from the Swiss city on Lake Geneva. The city's name descends from the Gaulish toponym Lousonna/Lousanna, recorded in Roman times; the -onna ending is a common Celtic hydronym, pointing to a sense like "by the river/waters." Modern baby-name usage often paraphrases this as "lake-town" or "by the water." A popular but folk etymology connects the first element to Latin laus "praise," yielding "praiseworthy," though scholars favor the Celtic water-name origin.

As a given name, Lausanne is rare but fits the contemporary trend of adopting evocative place names (Paris, Siena, Geneva). It sees occasional use in Francophone and Anglophone communities, typically for girls, pronounced loh-ZAN. International variants reflecting the city's name include Italian Losanna and Spanish/Portuguese Lausana; near-spelling Lozanne also exists in French toponymy. Possible nicknames are Lau, Sanna, Zanna, and Annie.

⚙ Lausanne is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 20 recorded uses across 10 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.