name
Lansana
lahn-SAH-nah
lɑnˈsɑːnɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Lansana
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mende (Sierra Leone)
- Meaning
- a masculine name from the Mende tradition of Sierra Leone that carries both indigenous Mende roots and the influence of Islamic naming practices that penetrated the region through Mandinka and Fula Muslim traders in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Lansana is associated with steadfastness and the quality of standing firm under pressure, and it is a name borne by several prominent figures in Sierra Leonean political history, including Lansana Conté, the long-serving president of neighbouring Guinea, reflecting the shared naming traditions across the Mende and Susu ethnic communities of the Upper Guinea Coast
- Gender
- male
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