Lanier is a surname, after which various places, schools, etc, are named.
People
Lanier (surname), list of people with the name
Places in the United States
Lanier, Florida
Lanier, Georgia
Lanier County, Georgia
Lake Lanier, an artificial lake on the Chattahoochee River, Georgia
Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana, home of James F. D. Lanier
Schools in the United States
Lanier Middle School (Houston), Houston, Texas
Lanier Middle School (Buford, Georgia), Buford, Georgia
Lanier Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia), Fairfax, Virginia
Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama
Lanier High School (Austin, Texas), Austin, Texas
Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi), Jackson, Mississippi
Lanier High School, Macon, Georgia (now part of Central High School) Lanier University, a short-lived Baptist then KKK-run university in Atlanta, Georgia Lanier Technical College, Gainesville, Georgia
Other uses
Lanier, a brand of printers (subsidiary of Ricoh) USS Lanier (APA-125), a US Navy attack transport ship, of World War II vintage