Leyden
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement on clay soil.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Leyden by the numbers
Leyden was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leyden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Layden58 in the US (2017)
- Landenlong hill or open grassy hill; a spelling variant of Landon755 in the US (2017)
- Lindenlinden tree; associated with lime trees181 in the US (2017)
- Leytonsettlement on a meadow21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lyndenlinden tree valley; a form of Lyndon75 in the US (2017)
- Lodencoarse woolen cloth; a surname8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Leyden, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leyden
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