Leighana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leighana by the numbers

Leighana was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Leighana

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

  • Leighannmeadow; a form of Leah with Ann22 in the US (2017)
  • Leighanna34 in the US (2017)
  • Leighna6 in the US (2017)
  • Leighameadow or field; a modern respelling of Leigh137 in the US (2017)
  • Leilanaheavenly flower; a respelling of Leilani40 in the US (2017)
  • Leiana63 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leighana

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

  • Leonalioness; feminine form of Leo555 in the US (2017)
  • Leonnalioness; a form of Leona or Leonie37 in the US (2017)
  • Leahannaweary; a blended form of Leah and Anna8 in the US (2017)
  • Leonahlion; a form of Leona6 in the US (2017)
  • Leianna43 in the US (2017)
  • Leyanna17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leighana

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