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 [ syll. lea-(n)ne, le-a-nne ] The girl name Leanne is pronounced LiyAEN- KEY. Leanne has its origins in the English and French languages. It is used largely in the English language. The name was coined recently as a combination of Lee and Anne. Variants of Leanne include Leana (English), Leanna (English), Leanza (English), and Lehanne (English). In addition, Leanne is an English variant of Liana (English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese). Other forms of Leanne include the pet form Leannie (English), and the variant spellings Lean (English), Leane (English), Leann (English), Leean (English), Leeann (English), Leeanne (English), Leiane (English), Leianne (English), Leighan (English), Leighann (English), and Leighanne (English). See also the related forms, Anne (English, French, and German) and Lee (English). Leanne is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1969, 0.045% of baby girls were given the name Leanne. It had a ranking of #321 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only irregular use now. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Leanne, Anne (English, French, and German) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Leanne include Leann (English), Leeann (English), Leeanne (English), Leighann (English), Leighanne (English), Liane (English, French, and German), Lianne (English), Laana (English), Laima (Lithuanian), Laina (Finnish), Lainey (English), Lama (Arabic), Lami (Hausa), Lana (English, Greek, and Russian), Lanae (English), Laney (English), Lani (Hawaiian and English), Lanna (English), Lannie (English), and Lanny (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Leanne: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
