Given name & surname
Leaman
“a powerful man”
Leaman is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leaman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 135 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 13 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 boys is 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 101 as a first name in 2020; 2,137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leaman’s family of names
Leaman has a related form in Leamon. Leaman has a related form in Leeman. Leaman has a related form in Leamand.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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