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Leland

Heart
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.

# 499 in the US

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# 609 on Nameberry

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Famous People Named Leland

  • (Amasa) Leland StanfordAmerican industrialist and politician
  • Leland Bruce "Lee" SklarAmerican musician
  • Leland Blaine ChapmanAmerican bounty hunter, son of bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman
  • Leland Austin aka Yung L.A.American rapper
  • Leland Jones OrserAmerican actor
  • Leland Harrison HartwellAmerican biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize
  • Leland HaywardAmerican film producer
  • (Leland) Milo HamiltonAmerican sportscaster
  • Leland Francis Fraser (b. 2006)son of actor Brendan Fraser

Leland in Pop Culture

  • Leland P. Fitzgeraldmain character in 2003 movie "The United States of Leland"
  • Leland Palmercharacter on TV's "Twin Peaks"
  • Leland Stottlemeyercharacter on TV's "Monk"
  • Leland McCauley III and IVcharacters in DC Comics
  • Leland Fontainecharacter in Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress"
  • Lelandcharacter in podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
  • Leland Wickstaffcharacter in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
  • General Leland Zevocharacter from 1992 film "Toys"
  • Captain Leland Gallocharacter from The CW TV Show "Valor"
  • Leland "Lee" Coultercharacter in the Hallmark TV series "When Calls the Heart"