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Leena

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Meaning

Woman from Magdala in the Magdalene-family route; a shining-root proposal in the Helena route.

Magdaleena and Matleena belong to the place-derived Magdalene family. Helena belongs to a different Greek name family whose older root remains a proposal. These are separate accounts, not meanings assigned to every bearer.

Origin

Finnish and Estonian familiar-form traditions, including Magdaleena; Finnish also records Matleena and Helena.

These documented traditions are distinct from an earlier licensed Irish label that remains independently unverified.

English pronunciation

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Published name usage

Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.

Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
PlaceYearRecorded usagePublished birthsRankNotes
Canada2025Girls53 · preliminary5672025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France2025Girls20 (rounded to 5)1686Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales2025Girls80502Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland2025Girls4632Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Ireland2024Girls3898Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States2025Girls2121113Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.

Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.

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Language of use: Estonian

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The exact language section records a female given name, separately from the river-name sense. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Language of use: Finnish

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The exact language section records a female given name, separately from the river-name sense. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Meaning: Woman from Magdala in the Magdalene-family route; a shining-root proposal in the Helena route.

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Magdaleena and Matleena belong to the place-derived Magdalene family. Helena belongs to a different Greek name family whose older root remains a proposal. These are separate accounts, not meanings assigned to every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Magdaleena&oldid=92143610; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Matleena&oldid=92188451; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Magdalene&oldid=93472123; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Helena&oldid=93515540; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E1%BC%99%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7&oldid=93426926. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Pronunciation in the source language: /ˈleːnɑ/ (Finnish)

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Finnish IPA from the personal-name section; this is not an English pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Short form of: Helena

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A documented Finnish familiar-form relationship; Estonian specifically records the Magdaleena route. These names retain separate statistics. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Short form of: Magdaleena

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A documented Finnish familiar-form relationship; Estonian specifically records the Magdaleena route. These names retain separate statistics. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Short form of: Matleena

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A documented Finnish familiar-form relationship; Estonian specifically records the Magdaleena route. These names retain separate statistics. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Origin: Finnish and Estonian familiar-form traditions, including Magdaleena; Finnish also records Matleena and Helena.

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These documented traditions are distinct from an earlier licensed Irish label that remains independently unverified. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

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Supporting evidence: Earlier licensed Irish wet-meadow account remains unverified

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The original licensed label is preserved for further review. The checked dictionary establishes separate Finnish and Estonian name-family traditions; it does not verify that Irish derivation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leena&oldid=92134860. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the exact name evidence and retained its language or individual-use scope. No source prose, roster, images or audio reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.

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License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

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U.S. Social Security Administration

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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

License: Statistics Canada Open Licence

Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

License: CC BY 4.0

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.

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Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.

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