Dutch use
Source-reporteda diminutive of the female given names Helena and Lena
Source for this definition
- Leentje — Dutch definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Leentje is a feminine given name documented in Dutch.
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a diminutive of the female given names Helena and Lena
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
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2017–2023 Spelling: Leentje
Recorded category girls
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Source: BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | 2 | 1,007 | observed |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | 4 | 654 | observed |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Leentje” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-3.0-DE
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Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Leentje— “of Magdala”
_Leentje_, _f._ _Dutch_, Heb. of Magdala, 31
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
