Given name & surname

Lelea

Lelea is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lelea 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 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lelea through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1902
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520192019401960198020002025Highest share 19020.0
Lelea in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1902–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1902. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 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.

Similar names

If you love Lelea, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Lepha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Lerah

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>99% girls

 

Edia

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>99% girls

 

Elthea

“one who heals others”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Leolar

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Leanner

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Leathia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Leavie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lelea’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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