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Leiden

LY-den

Rare & Uncommon → Stable

✦ Meaning

“Dutch city name turned personal name, meaning 'to lead' in Old Dutch. A geographic reference evoking Renaissance scholarship and intellectual tradition.”

Popularity Over Time

Leiden US popularity rank over timeRank 13109 in 2011 to rank 7261 in 2014. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#7261#10185#1310920102021

Leiden is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

DutchOld Dutch

Syllables

2

Nicknames

LeiDenLeid

Style

ModernMinimalBold

Collections

Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Two Syllables →

Similar Names

Leiden

Dutch Rare & Uncommon

Leighton

Old English Rare & Uncommon

Leland

Old English Beautiful But Not Top 100

Levi

Hebrew Top 50

Sibling Name Ideas

Asher

Hebrew Top 50

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Dutch heritage, works across English-speaking contexts

People Also Ask

Dutch city name turned personal name, meaning 'to lead' in Old Dutch. A geographic reference evoking Renaissance scholarship and intellectual tradition.

Leiden is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. Usage has stayed pretty consistent over the past decade.

Popular nicknames for Leiden include Lei, Den, Leid.

Names that pair beautifully with Leiden include Asher.