Leaf
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning a plant part; nature reference.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Leaf by the numbers
Leaf was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leaf. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Leaf
Names that are said the same way as Leaf, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Levheart32 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a plant or herb
Like Leaf, each of these has a plant or herb in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Hadleyheather field2,726 in the US (2017)
- Reedred-haired or one who lives by reeds872 in the US (2017)
- Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)
- Saigewise one; a respelling of Sage508 in the US (2017)
- Rodneyfamous island, clearing with reeds301 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leaf
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