Leuna
Leuna is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, on the river Saale.
Meaning & Origin of Leuna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leuna is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, on the river Saale.
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The Story of Leuna
The earliest SSA record of Leuna as a baby girl name dates back to 1919, when 5 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Leuna — #4,376 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Leuna on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Leuna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1939, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Leuna
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- Christian August Crusius (1715–1775), philosopher and evangelical theologian
- Wolfram Adolphi (born 1951), journalist and political scientist
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Names that sound like Leuna
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About the name Leuna
Leuna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Leuna's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #4,376. Use the chart and map above to compare Leuna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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