Leilan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leilan by the numbers

Leilan was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Leilan

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

  • Leilandmeadow land; variant of leland26 in the US (2017)
  • Leelan34 in the US (2017)
  • Lelan17 in the US (2017)
  • Lelandmeadow land or fallow land819 in the US (2017)
  • Leelandmeadow land or fallow land; variant of Leland122 in the US (2017)
  • Leolalion; a form of Leola or Leonie25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leilan

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

  • Leelynmeadow; a form of lea with -lyn suffix9 in the US (2017)
  • Leelynn17 in the US (2017)
  • Leelin9 in the US (2017)
  • Leelen7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leilan

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