I think it's safe to say Lana was named after her great great grandmother, Alice Elizabeth Woolridge. Imagine if her parents dropped the Woolridge (strange choice imo) and just named her Alice Elizabeth. Kinda funny to think about. Lana suits an Alice, like Alice in Wonderland...
Thought it would be cool to delve into her ancestry a little bit. I'm surprised to find out she has a family member called Violet (do you think that's why she named her poetry book 'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass'?)
Anyways, here's a site that has a lot of info on her ancestry/ethnicity but I'll copy-paste here in case some of ya'll can't reach the site: https://ethnicelebs.com/lana-del-rey
Birth Name: Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 21, 1985
Ethnicity: Scottish, English, some Dutch, Irish, German, and Welsh
Lana Del Rey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, poet, music video director, and model.
Lana has Scottish, English, and some Dutch, Irish, German, and Welsh, ancestry. She has said, “…we have our Scottish crest at home, Grandpa does. Bob, and then there’s Davey and Jimmy and Robbie… The family roots are in Lanarkshire and I will definitely be visiting at some point…”
Lana’s paternal grandfather was Robert England Grant, Sr. (the son of Benjamin William Grant and Violet England Rowell). Robert was born in New York, and was an investment banker and venture capitalist. He worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co., and was a vice president for Plough, Inc and Textron. Benjamin was the son of David Stuart Grant, whose parents were Scottish, and of Mary Jane Nice. Violet was the daughter of Morse Rowell and Belle J. England.
Lana’s paternal grandmother is Cynthia Ann Kirk (the daughter of James Wickersham Kirk and Alice Elizabeth Woolridge/Wooldridge). Cynthia was born in Pennsylvania. James was the son of Albert DeWitt Kirk and Minnie Maude Wickersham. Alice was the daughter of Ashley E. Woolridge and Agnes Goodwin Dale.
Lana’s maternal grandfather was Donald Paul Hill (the son of Frank Hill and Marian/Marion Klepper). Donald was born in New York. Marian was the daughter of Barend Klepper, who was Dutch, and of Sarah Donnelly, who was Scottish.
Lana’s maternal grandmother was Madeline Patricia McClean (the daughter of Joseph McClean and Madeline Montgomery). Lana’s grandmother Madeline was born in New York.
I don't really like Lana's personality all that much and I never really have. Like obviously she's sweet and kind, but she has an airhead quality to her that's hard to ignore.
Her artistic persona is amazing, and her writing and music is top notch which cannot be topped nor compared, but her as a person....eh.