Leyana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
16
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1809
16 babies

Leyana by the numbers

In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Leyana. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Leyana

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

  • Leanameadow; a form of Leanne or Lea73 in the US (2017)
  • Levanato rise or lift up13 in the US (2017)
  • Liyana425 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Layana13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leiana63 in the US (2017)
  • Leyna10 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Leyana

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

  • Leonalioness; feminine form of Leo555 in the US (2017)
  • Leonnalioness; a form of Leona or Leonie37 in the US (2017)
  • Leahannaweary; a blended form of Leah and Anna8 in the US (2017)
  • Leonahlion; a form of Leona6 in the US (2017)
  • Leianna43 in the US (2017)
  • Leighanna34 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leyana

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