Given name & surname
Leanza
“resembling a lioness”
Leanza is a variant of Leandra. In Greek use, Leandra carries the interpretation “resembling a lioness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leanza is a variant of Leandra. In Greek use, Leandra carries the interpretation “resembling a lioness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leanza connects to the Leander name family through Leandra. An origin associated with Leander is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Sicilian Liganza, from Sicilian liganza (“loyalty”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leanza connects to the Leander name family through Leandra. The history of Leander gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Leander is associated with Hero's lover. Leander’s historical associations include a 6th-century saint, the brother of Sts Fulgentius, Isidore, and Florentina.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Leanza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 0 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 17 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 as a first name in 2020; 391 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.
Leanza’s family of names
Leanza has a related form in Leandra. In Italian usage, Leanza as a surname has a related form in Leganza.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Leanza
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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