Legynd
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEJ-und
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Legynd is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “legend”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Legynd mean?
English: creative spelling of Legend
“legend”
From the English word legend, from Latin legenda 'things to be read', originally stories of saints' lives.
Is Legynd a girl's or a boy's name?
Legynd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Legynd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Legynd, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
2025 had fewer boys named Legynd than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Legynd in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,896 boys in the US were given Legynd or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #211, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Legynd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
Names like Legynd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sevyn Ledger Shepherd Cassian Deacon Kyaire Caspian Rhodes Ocean Brixton Callan Brewer
Other spellings of Legynd
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Legynd: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/legynd, updated 20 October 2026.