Leighanne
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Leighanne by the numbers
Leighanne was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Leighanne
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 Leighanne. 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)
- Leighana15 in the US (2017)
- Leightonmeadow settlement or leek garden900 in the US (2017)
- Lilyannelily flower and grace; a compound of Lily and Anne70 in the US (2017)
- Leilanieheavenly flowers; variant of leilani35 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leighanne
Names that are said the same way as Leighanne, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leyan3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Leighanne
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