girl's name
Leyna
LAY-nah
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 9,200
France
#131
2025 births
Leyna is a girl's name with no single source, read as a form of Lena, of the Arabic Lina, or as a modern coinage. It ranks 131st in France, is rising, and our records carry it only from 1992.
- Leyna is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2024, when 485 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,492 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1992.
Leyna over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 55 |
| 2000s | 700 |
| 2010s | 3,385 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,600 |
What Leyna means
Leyna has no settled meaning. Read as Lena it inherits Helen's brightness or Magdalene's place name; read as the Arabic Lina it means tender or a young palm tree; read as a modern coinage it has no meaning at all.
Where Leyna comes from
Leyna sits at the meeting point of three separate lines. Lena is a short form used across Europe for Helena, Magdalena and Elena, so its sense depends on which parent is meant. The Arabic Lina comes from a word for a young palm tree and carries a sense of tenderness or softness; it is named in the Quran in sura 59. And Leyna itself, with the y, follows a French spelling habit that has produced Maëlys, Kylian and Mylan, in which the y marks a name as modern rather than pointing at any source. Reference sites often assign it a confident Greek or Arabic origin and a single meaning; the honest position is that the spelling is French and the source depends on the family. It is unrelated to the Russian river Lena.
Leyna in use
Leyna ranks 131st in France with about 425 births in 2025 and is rising in our data, with its peak in our records in 2024. Our records carry it only from 1992. It is rare elsewhere — 2,725th in England and Wales, 3,194th in the United States — and French registers hold Leyna, Leïna, Layna and Lena separately, which spreads the demand across four entries.
How popular is Leyna?
In 2025, Leyna was given to 395 babies in France, ranking #131 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Leyna 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 Leyna is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Léyna | Léyna is a rare spelling of Leyna, written with an acute accent and recorded about 240 times, mostly in France. | 240 |
| Lëyna | Lëyna is a rare spelling of Leyna, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 70 times, mostly in France. | 70 |
| Leÿna | Leÿna is a variant spelling of Leyna, recorded in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Leyna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Leyna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Leyna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Leyna 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 Leyna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Leyna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Leyna
What does the name Leyna mean?
There is no single answer. As Lena it inherits Helena's or Magdalena's sense; as the Arabic Lina it means tender or young palm tree.
Is Leyna an Arabic name?
It can be read as a spelling of the Arabic Lina, but the y is a French orthographic habit rather than an Arabic one.
Is Leyna the same as Lena?
They are used interchangeably, though our records count them separately.
How popular is Leyna?
131st in France, where it is rising.
Is Leyna a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Leyna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Leyna currently ranks #131 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.