Given name
Leafie
“woman of the forest”
Leafie is a variant of Leaf. One American interpretation is “woman of the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leafie is a variant of Leaf. One American interpretation is “woman of the forest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leafie is a variant of Leaf. An origin associated with Leaf is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leafie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 0 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1917.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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