Leeland is a phonetic spelling of Leland, an English surname and place name meaning "fallow land" or "meadow land", from the Old English laege and land. Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, is its best-known American bearer. The double-e spelling climbed from almost nothing in 2000 to a peak of number 1047 in 2012 and ranks number 1740 among boys' names in 2025.