Family name Leighten (Leighten 
) , throughout the world, is an extremely rare surname. The surname Leighten is habitual in Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is an extremely rare surname. Likewise, Leighten is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Leighten | South Africa, United States |
| patricia leighten American art historian, US (b. 1946) |
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