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Leilene
How to Pronounce Leilene
Pronounced lay-LEE-nee /leɪˈliː.ni/Medium
Meaning: Leilene is a recent American coinage that echoes Leilani, from Hawaiian lei ('flower garland') and lani ('heaven, sky'), softened with the familiar -ene ending of Arlene and Jolene. It has no separate historical etymology; the meaning it borrows is the 'heavenly flowers' sense of its Leilani parent-sound.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Leilene is a contemporary blend rather than an inherited name: it wraps the -ene ending of Arlene and Jolene around the Hawaiian sound of Leilani, lei ('garland of flowers') plus lani ('heaven'). Names of this shape rose as American parents mixed familiar endings onto tropical-sounding stems.
Its whole American run is short — it appeared only in the two-thousands and peaked around 2007 at roughly eighty girls a year before fading almost as quickly. A Leilene is a child of the twenty-first century, and the name has stayed a rarity rather than joining any revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Leilene mean?
Leilene is a modern coined name echoing Leilani, borrowing its Hawaiian 'heavenly flowers' sense; it has no older root of its own.
How do you pronounce Leilene?
It's said lay-LEE-nee /leɪˈliː.ni/ — three syllables, stress on the middle.
Is Leilene a boy or girl name?
Leilene is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Leilene?
Leilene is a very rare, recently coined name that surfaced only in the two-thousands and never became common.