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A given name in Norwegian
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01 / Meaning & origin
Leikny is a feminine given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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Norway, 1970: 4 girls (rank 566). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Leikny
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 6 | 341 | observed |
| 1947 | 9 | 285 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 6 | 329 | observed |
| 1950 | 7 | 311 | observed |
| 1951 | 8 | 296 | observed |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | 6 | 358 | observed |
| 1954 | 5 | 381 | observed |
| 1955 | 4 | 415 | observed |
| 1956 | 8 | 316 | observed |
| 1957 | 5 | 403 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 4 | 456 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 5 | 433 | observed |
| 1963 | 5 | 446 | observed |
| 1964 | 6 | 419 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 6 | 439 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | 4 | 566 | observed |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Leikny” 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-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
LEIKNY— “fresh sport”
Hyge was the Low German form, and Hygelac is the sea-king of the Geats, the friend and lord in the poem of _Beowulf_. The latter syllable _lac_ is the northern _leik_, and Gothic _laiks_, signifying both reward and sport, the same word that in some parts of England has become _lake_, meaning to play or to be idle, and in slang, to _lark_. It is rather a favourite termination, but only a commencement in the Norse feminine Leikny, fresh sport.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter III (Names From Objects Connected With Mythology), Section XII (Thought) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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