Given name
Leeanne
“the shining light”
Leeanne is a variant of Leanna. In Gaelic use, Leanna carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leeanne is a variant of Leanna. In Gaelic use, Leanna carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leeanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,148
- 0 boys · 3,148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,821 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,821 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 85 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,279 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leeanne’s family of names
Leeanne has a related form in Leanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leeanne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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