Leland

Where Leland comes from

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".
— Wiktionary's entry for Leland
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1824
    Leland Stanford born
    American politician and railroad tycoon
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1921
    Peak, #171
    866 babies named Leland — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #381.
  5. 1964
    Leland D. Melvin born
    NASA astronaut and engineer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Leland Stanford · American politician and railroad tycoon, 1824–1893
  • Leland D. Melvin · NASA astronaut and engineer, born 1964
  • Leland Orser · American actor, born 1960
  • Leland Sklar · American bassist and session musician, born 1947
  • Leland Merrill · Olympic wrestler, 1920–2009

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.