Leelani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Leelani by the numbers
Leelani was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Leelani
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 Leelani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Leylaniheavenly flower; a modern respelling of Leilani140 in the US (2017)
- Lelaniheavenly flowers29 in the US (2017)
- Lehlaniheavenly garland or lei from the heavens16 in the US (2017)
- Laelaniheavenly child or heavenly lei12 in the US (2017)
- Leeani8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leelani
Names that are said the same way as Leelani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leilanyheavenly flower; a modern respelling of Leilani198 in the US (2017)
- Leilanieheavenly flowers; variant of leilani35 in the US (2017)
- Leylaniea form of layla; night20 in the US (2017)
- Leilanniheavenly lei or flower garland17 in the US (2017)
- Leilahniheavenly flower; a form of Leilani11 in the US (2017)
- Leilonilei flower garland heavenly8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leelani
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