Lavender
English
Proper noun
Lavender (plural Lavenders)
- A surname
- A female given name from English.
- 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media (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.
- 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media (2012) (→ISBN)
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.