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Leeland

Boy name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Leeland: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 3 births in 2012.

From its Old English roots, Leeland means “meadow land,” a combination of *lēah* (clearing or meadow) and *land* – a gentle, pastoral name that evokes open countryside. The best-known bearer is arguably the American musician Leeland Mooring, frontman of the Christian rock band Leeland, while the variant spelling Leland belongs to the 19th-century railroad magnate Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University. Place names sharing the same origin include Leyland in Lancashire, England, and several American towns like Leland, Michigan, originally named for a railway official. Though less common than Leland, Leeland has appeared sporadically on Scottish birth registers since the 1970s, sometimes chosen as a distinctive alternative to the more traditional Lee or Landon.