Lelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Lelia by the numbers
Lelia was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 316 babies in 1919, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Lelia
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 Lelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leiaweary; a form of leah1,151 in the US (2017)
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Laeliatalkative; from the roman gens Laelia16 in the US (2017)
- Lexiadefender of men; a form of Alexandra11 in the US (2017)
- Leviajoined or attached; feminine form of Levi10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lelia
Names that are said the same way as Lelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leolalion; a form of Leola or Leonie25 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lelia
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