Leidy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Leídy in DO Dominican Republic, GT Guatemala.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Leidy is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name67K records spelled Leidy13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Ecuador, United States, Costa Rica

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Leídy, Lëïdÿ, Léïdy, Lëidÿ, Leîdy

• a separate given name3.8K records spelled Leidy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, Peru, United Kingdom

  Also written Leídy

• Polish given name927 records spelled Leidy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Spain, United States

  Also written Lëïdy

• Arabic given name798 records spelled Leidy5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Spain, United States, Egypt

  Also written Leídy, Lëidÿ, Lëïdy

• Russian given name582 records spelled Leidy7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Лейди, Леиди, Leídy

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Leidy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, An American surname from German, variant of Swiss German Leidig.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 69 years between 1942–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Leidy Araujob. 1981DODominican athletics competitor
• Leidy Natalia Muñoz Ruizb. 1985COColombian cyclist
• Leidy Tovarb. 1990VEbadminton player
• Leidy Asprillab. 1997COColombian football player (1997-2019)
• Leidy Paola Torresb. 2000COColombian cyclist
• Leidy MurilhoBRBrazilian gospel singer and songwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 360 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Leidy?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Leidy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Leidy have the most bearers?

Leidy is most frequently recorded in Colombia, where it is most often spelled leidy.

How common is Leidy compared with other names?

In Colombia, Leidy is the 48th most common given name of 99,385 given names recorded there.

Is Leidy a male or female name?

Leidy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Leidy mean?

Recorded meaning: Americanized spelling of Swiss German Leidig.