Leana

Where Leana comes from

The dictionaries list Leana as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #738 among girls with 6 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1983
    Leana Wen born
    American physician, academic, author and journalist
  4. 2007
    Leana Grozer born
    German volleyball player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Leana Wen · American physician, academic, author and journalist, born 1983
  • Leana Grozer · German volleyball player, born 2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.