Leidy
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Leidy by the numbers
Leidy was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Leidy
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 Leidy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Leidy
Names that are said the same way as Leidy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leydilady; a phonetic spelling of lady18 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leidy
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