Leane

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

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

Leane by the numbers

Leane was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Leane

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 Leane. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Leannegraceful meadow; a form of Leann118 in the US (2017)
  • Leanameadow; a form of Leanne or Lea73 in the US (2017)
  • Leannmeadow; a form of Leanne52 in the US (2017)
  • Lianeto bind; from vine or climbing plant
  • Lean18 in the US (2017)
  • Leani13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leane

Names that are said the same way as Leane, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Leentender or delicate69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leeannmeadow grace; a form of Lee and Ann59 in the US (2017)
  • Lenstrong lion; a form of Leonard8 in the US (2017)
  • Leeannegraceful; a form of lee and anne combined6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leane

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