Leiland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-lund
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Leiland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fallow land”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Leiland mean?
English: variant of Leland, an English surname
“fallow land”
Variant of Leland; John Leland was a 16th-century English antiquary who toured and described Tudor England.
Is Leiland a girl's or a boy's name?
Leiland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leiland in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Leiland in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leiland in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 2 | #6,166 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Leiland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Leiland, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer boys named Leiland than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Leiland in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 720 boys in the US were given Leiland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #446, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Leiland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Nicknames for Leiland
- Lee 30 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leiland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Lochlan Finley Oakley Hudson Luca Jaxon Marley Huxley Kayden Rowan
Other spellings of Leiland
Names related to Leiland
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Leiland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leiland, updated 20 October 2026.