Lee-Ann
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɫiæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lee-Ann is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 17K
- BRBrazil1 in 2.1Kas Rian
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lee-Ann itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 406 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
99,610 named Rian, 2022
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Leeann in US United States, PH Philippines, NZ New Zealand and 1 more and Rian in BR Brazil, NL Netherlands.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lee-Ann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 99,610as Rian | 1 in 2.1K | 100K | Rian | 107 |
| US United States | — | 19,154 | 1 in 17K | 19K | Leeann | 406 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 6,209as Lian | 1 in 2.7K | 6.2K | — | 3 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 31K | listed | Leeann | 33 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Lee-Ann | 60 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 1,129as Liane | 1 in 15K | 1.1K | Rian | 9 |
| AL Albania | — | 468as Rian | 1 in 6.6K | 468 | Leeann | 3 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 411as Lian | 1 in 5.1K | 441 | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | #637 | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 17 | Leeann | 55 |
99,610 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INEC — civil registry names; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jodie Sweetinb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and television personality
- Lee-Ann Persseb. 1988ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African rower
- Lee-Ann Currenb. 1989FRnot in their usual nameFrench surfer
- Lee-Ann de Wetb. 1995ZAnot in their usual namebadminton player
- Lee-Ann H Allenb. 2000USnot in their usual nameresearcher
- Lee-Ann Colemanb. 2000not in their usual nameresearcher
- Lee-Ann C. HayekUSnot in their usual nameAmerican mathematical statistician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 56 | #7,872 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 25 | #17,304 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1966 | 25 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1967 | 24 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1974 | 14 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Lee-Ann?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫiæn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Lee-Ann a male or female name?
- Lee-Ann is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Lee-Ann have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 100 thousand people named Rian, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Lee-Ann?
- In the United States, the national register counted 19,154 people named Lee-Ann in 2020, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Lee-Ann compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Lee-Ann is the 637th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lee-Ann?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lee-annThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lee-Ann” — the 637th most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.