Lelan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lelan by the numbers

Lelan was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Lelan

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

  • Lelandmeadow land or fallow land819 in the US (2017)
  • Leelan34 in the US (2017)
  • Lean18 in the US (2017)
  • Leilan14 in the US (2017)
  • Lehan5 in the US (2017)
  • Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lelan

Names that are said the same way as Lelan, 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 Lelan

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