Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Leen isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,765
- 0 boys · 1,765 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 114 babies
- 2025
- 108
- #1,852 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 108 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,852 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,422 as a first name in 2020; 950 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.
Leen’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Leen has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hélène.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leen
- Leen VenteDutch footballer (1911-1989)
- Leen van der WaalDutch engineer and politician (1928–2020)
- Leendert van der MeulenDutch cyclist (1937-2015)
- Leen van SteenselDutch footballerborn 1984
- Leen VerbeekKing's Commissioner of Flevolandborn 1954
- Leen LooijenDutch football managerborn 1949
- Leen BuisDutch road cyclist (1906-1986)
- Leen JansenDutch boxer1930–2014
- Leen BarthDutch footballerborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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