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Laken was originally a surname, a spelling variation of Lakin. Lakin can either be an English surname with the same derivation as Larkin (diminutive of Lawrence), or a Yiddish surname ultimately derived from Leyke, a form of Leah. Though it is a unisex name, it has been predominantly female in the USA ever since the television soap opera Santa Barbara featured a female character called Laken Lockridge between 1984 and 1991:

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