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Lean

+ 20% this year
Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Lean

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).
  • Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).
  • Reduced form of Scottish McLean.

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