Leilanis
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Leilanis by the numbers
Leilanis was given to 5 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 Leilanis
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 Leilanis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Leilanieheavenly flowers; variant of leilani35 in the US (2017)
- Leilaniiheavenly lei or garland; modern elaboration of Leilani9 in the US (2017)
- Leilanyheavenly flower; a modern respelling of Leilani198 in the US (2017)
- Leylaniheavenly flower; a modern respelling of Leilani140 in the US (2017)
- Lailaninight beauty; heavenly night121 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leilanis
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