Leland

English

"meadow land"

Leland Origin and Meaning

The name Leland is a boy's name of English origin meaning "meadow land".

A somewhat stiff and serious turn-of-the-last-century name that seems to be coming back to life.

Brendan Fraser chose it for his son in the mid-2000s. Leland Stanford was the founder of Stanford University and one-time Governor of California.

Leland Rank in US Top 1000

# 499 in the US

Leland Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 598 on Nameberry

Leland Popularity

• 499 US 2022
• 598 Nameberry 2024
• 443 Future 2028
• 987 England 2017

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Famous People Named Leland

• (Amasa) Leland Stanford American industrialist and politician
• Leland Bruce "Lee" Sklar American musician
• Leland Blaine Chapman American bounty hunter, son of bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman
• Leland Austin aka Yung L.A. American rapper
• Leland Jones Orser American actor
• Leland Harrison Hartwell American biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize
• Leland Hayward American film producer
• (Leland) Milo Hamilton American sportscaster
• Leland Francis Fraser (b. 2006) son of actor Brendan Fraser

Leland in Pop Culture

• Leland P. Fitzgerald main character in 2003 movie "The United States of Leland"
• Leland Palmer character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
• Leland Stottlemeyer character on TV's "Monk"
• Leland McCauley III and IV characters in DC Comics
• Leland Fontaine character in Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress"
• Leland character in podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
• Leland Wickstaff character in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
• General Leland Zevo character from 1992 film "Toys"
• Captain Leland Gallo character from The CW TV Show "Valor"
• Leland "Lee" Coulter character in the Hallmark TV series "When Calls the Heart"