Leelan
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɫiɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Leelan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GYGuyana1 in 188K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 696K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 808K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- 1 in 188K (inferred from the name graph)
478 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Leelan 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 478 | 1 in 696K | 449 | Leelan | 74 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 808K | — | Leelan | 5 |
| PH Philippines | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 7.1M | — | Leelan | 5 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Leelan | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 9.9M | listed | Leelan | 8 |
| IE Ireland | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Leelan | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 4 | 1 in 188K | 4 | — | 1 |
478 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
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 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 449 | #21,290 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 44 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 43 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 30 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 29 | #21,290 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 26 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Leelan?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫiɫən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Leelan a male or female name?
- Leelan 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 Leelan have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 478 people named Leelan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leelan.
- Where is Leelan most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Leelan is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 188 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Leelan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 478 people named Leelan in 2020, about 1 in 696 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Leelan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/leelanThe 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, “Leelan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.