girl's name
Léana
lay-AH-nah
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 27,593
France
#188
2025 births
Léana is a girl's name with no single source, a modern French formation read variously as a blend of Léa and Ana or as a form of Helen. It ranks 188th in France and is stable in our data.
- Léana is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2018, when 1,430 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,933 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1980.
Léana over time
Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 20 |
| 1990s | 915 |
| 2000s | 4,735 |
| 2010s | 12,435 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,370 |
What Léana means
Léana has no settled meaning. Read as Léa plus Ana it inherits both — Leah's unresolved sense and Anne's favor. Read as a form of Helena it takes that name's equally unresolved brightness.
Where Léana comes from
Léana is a recent French formation and the etymologies attached to it are borrowed. The likeliest account is the plainest: it is Léa extended with the -na ending that has been productive in French naming for thirty years, alongside Maëva, Leyna and Nayla. Léa itself is the French Leah, from the Hebrew Le'ah, whose derivation has never been settled — weary is traditional, with Akkadian words for a cow and for a mistress also proposed. A second reading treats Léana as a short form of Helena, which would give brightness, and a third connects it to the Hawaiian Leilani, which is unsupported. Our records carry it only from 1980, which is not how an inherited name behaves.
Léana in use
Léana ranks 188th in France with about 340 births in 2025 and is stable in our data with a peak in 2018. Our records carry it from 1980. It is rare elsewhere at 2,436th in the United States and 3,315th in England and Wales. Leana, Liana and Léa are counted separately in French records, which spreads the sound across four entries.
How popular is Léana?
In 2025, Léana was given to 305 babies in France, ranking #188 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Léana is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Léana is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Leana | Leana is a spelling of Léana, used in the United States, where it ranks #2,436. | 8,725 |
| Lëana | Lëana is a rare spelling of Léana, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 70 times, mostly in France. | 70 |
| Lèana | Lèana is a rare spelling of Léana, written with a grave accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. | 20 |
Names that peaked alongside Léana
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Léana also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Léana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Léana in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Léana
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Léana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Léana
What does the name Léana mean?
There is no settled answer. It is most likely Léa extended with a modern French ending, so it inherits Leah's unresolved sense.
Is Léana a traditional name?
No — our records carry it only from 1980, which is not how an inherited name behaves.
Is Léana related to Helena?
That is one of the readings offered, but it is not demonstrated.
How popular is Léana?
188th in France.
Is Léana a girl's or a boy's name?
Léana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Léana a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Léana currently ranks #188 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.