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Leen

Leen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“soft; tender”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
LEEN · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls

Leen is an Arabic name meaning 'soft' or 'tender'. It is also used as a transliterated variant of Lin or Lean in different languages, but Arabic is the clearest established source for this spelling as a given name.

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How popular is Leen?

202434.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Leen in 2024114

2024 rank#1,768 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,657

Leen is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Leen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Leen questions

What does the name Leen mean?

Leen means "soft; tender". It comes from Arabic. Leen is an Arabic name meaning 'soft' or 'tender'. It is also used as a transliterated variant of Lin or Lean in different languages, but Arabic is the clearest established source for this spelling as a given name.

Is Leen a boy or girl name?

Leen is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Leen?

114 US babies were named Leen in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Leen?

Leen is usually pronounced LEEN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.