Little lioness or graceful meadow
Leanette is a rare diminutive likely formed by combining the name Lea with the French suffix -ette. It draws from the Hebrew 'Leah', meaning weary or meadow, or the Latin 'Leo', meaning lion, resulting in a name that suggests both grace and quiet strength.
Less common today
Leanette isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #13,202 in 2015.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
