Lavender

See also: lavender

English

Proper noun

Lavender (countable and uncountable, plural Lavenders)

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name from English.
    • 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN:
      She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.
  3. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Georgia, United States, named after a storekeeper.
  4. An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington, United States, named after John Lavender.
  5. A subzone of Kallang, Singapore.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavender is the 4583rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7744 individuals. Lavender is most common among White (69.86%) and Black/African American (23.81%) individuals.

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