Leianna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 43 babies a year in the US.
Leianna by the numbers
Leianna was given to 43 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Leianna
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 Leianna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leannameadow; a form of Lea or Leanne378 in the US (2017)
- Liannato bind or wrap around; a name in its own right207 in the US (2017)
- Leeannameadow grace; a form of Leanna and Ann combined47 in the US (2017)
- Lexiannadefender of mankind; a form of Alexandria5 in the US (2017)
- Leiana63 in the US (2017)
- Leyanna17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leianna
Names that are said the same way as Leianna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Leianna
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