Leanne

Where Leanne comes from

The dictionaries list Leanne as a given name — a female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Lee Ann — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #3,682 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Peak, #320
    765 babies named Leanne — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    Leanne Wood born
    Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
  4. 1984
    Leanne Li born
    Canadian Hong Kong-based actress born in China
  5. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #655.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Lee Ann.
Namesakes
  • Leanne Wood · Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, born 1971
  • Leanne Li · Canadian Hong Kong-based actress born in China, born 1984
  • Leanne Smith · American alpine skier, born 1987
  • Leanne Wong · American artistic gymnast, born 2003
  • Leanne Liu · actress, born 1959

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.