Details for the forename Leanne

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Leanne (female)


Diminutive for:	Éliane (F)
Derivative of:	Anne (F) Lea (F) Leah (F) Lee (F)
Can be spelt:	Leighanne (F) Liane (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	1. A modern English composite name from Lea/Leah or Lee + Anne [q.v.]. 2. English spelling variant of Liane, French and English diminutive of the French name Éliane, from Greek "the sun".