Given name & surname
Leman
“man of the meadow”
Leman is a variant of Leyman. One English interpretation is “man of the meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leman is a variant of Leyman. One English interpretation is “man of the meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leman is a variant of Leyman. An origin associated with Leyman is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle English Leman, from Old English Leofmann.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 625
- 625 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 23 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 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 357 as a first name in 2020; 1,606 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.
Leman’s family of names
Leman has a related form in Leyman. In English usage, Leman as a surname has a related form in Lemon. In English usage, Leman as a surname has a related form in Leeman.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Leman has relatives in 3 languages.
13 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lemonvariant · English
- Limonvariant · English
- Leemonvariant · English
- Lemmonvariant · English
- Leamanvariant · English
- Leemanvariant · English
- Lemansvariant · English
- Leamenvariant · English
Show 4 moreShow fewer
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Leman
- Leman Altınçekiçfirst female jet pilot in Turkey1932–2001
- Leman TomsuTurkish architect (1913–1988)
- Leman SamTurkish singer (born 1951)
- Leman ÇıdamlıTurkish actor (1932–2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Leman, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mervyn
“a friend of the sea”
>99% boys
Lindburg
“from the linden tree hill”
>99% boys
Dahl
“from the valley; resembling the flower”
>99% boys
Amarante
“a flower that never fades”
>99% boys
Glade
“from the meadow in the C woods” · “from the clearing in the woods”
>99% boys
Fairley
“from the far meadow”
>99% boys
Merel
“of the shining sea”
85% boys · 15% girls
Forester
“a woodland dweller” · “from the woodland”
>99% boys