Leanna

Meaning: One who lived near a meadow
Origin: English surname — From Lee, the first part of this double name

Meaning: Grace, favor
Origin: Hebrew — From Anna, the second part of this double name

Girl's name · #890 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Leanna reached its best rank, #384, in 1989 and ranked #890 in 2025. About 26,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#653 in Canada (2025) · #1,381 in France (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,639 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,088 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,221 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,826 in Austria (2025) · #15,292 in Italy (2024) · #495 in Ireland (2023) · #630 in Scotland (2023) · #850 in Poland (2023) · #281 in N. Ireland (2020) and 1 more.

Famous Leannas

Leanna Creel — American former actress, film producer (born 1970)
Leanna Crawford — American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Leanna Chea — French actress (born 1982)
Leanna Brown — American politician (1935–2016)
Leanna Keyes — American playwright, theatre producer, manager, and director

In stories & tradition

Leanna Love — Fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
Leanna Cavanagh — Fictional character from Emmerdale

What Leannas become

Among 31 notable people named Leanna:

Entertainers appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leanna Creel, American former actress, film producer (born 1970).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Leana (#2424), Leanna would rank around #733 with about 370 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Leanna and Leana.

Similar names: Lina · Janae · Leanne · Selina · Brenna · Cienna

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