Lean
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 18 babies a year in the US.
Lean by the numbers
Lean was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1985, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Lean
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lean
Names that are said the same way as Lean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leannegraceful meadow; a form of Leann118 in the US (2017)
- Leentender or delicate69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leeannmeadow grace; a form of Lee and Ann59 in the US (2017)
- Leannmeadow; a form of Leanne52 in the US (2017)
- Leeannegraceful; a form of lee and anne combined6 in the US (2017)
- Leane6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lean
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