Given name
Leighland
“from the meadow land”
Leighland is a variant of Leland. One English interpretation is “from the meadow land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leighland is a variant of Leland. One English interpretation is “from the meadow land.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leighland is a variant of Leland. An origin associated with Leland is Middle English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leighland is a variant of Leland. The history of Leland gives this family its wider story. Leland’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Leighland through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 10 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leighland’s family of names
Leighland has a related form in Leland.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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