Given name & surname
Lether
“as tough as hide”
Lether is a variant of Leather. One American interpretation is “as tough as hide.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lether is a variant of Leather. One American interpretation is “as tough as hide.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lether is a variant of Leather. An origin associated with Leather is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lether through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 246
- 5 boys · 241 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 113 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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