Landri
Feminine · “ruler of the land”
Landri is given to both — 1,073 girls and 37 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Landri is a short form of Landry, which is a genuinely old Germanic name — land and ruler joined together, borne by a seventh-century bishop of Paris. The i ending is American.
How old is the name Landri?
Landri first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Landri is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Landri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Landri most popular?
Landri peaked in 2014, reaching #2648 nationally. Today it ranks #3296, 648 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Landric to Landri
The story of Landri
Landric was a Frankish name and Saint Landry, bishop of Paris in the seventh century, kept it in French use. It became a French surname and reached Louisiana with Acadian settlement, where Landry is one of the most common family names in the state. Its move into given names is recent and American, and the Landri spelling belongs to the same fashion that gives Emri, Kensi and Brinly their endings.
Meaningscholars disagree
ruler of the land
Landry is from Germanic Landric, joining land to ric, a ruler — the same second element that closes Frederick and Roderick. The modern American name may descend from that surname or may simply be built from the -ri ending fashionable in current girls' naming; the older line is well documented.
How the name formed
- Landric
- Landry
- Landri
Related forms: Landry · Landerich
Pronouncing Landri
LAN-dree
Two syllables, first stressed. French says lahn-DREE, with the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Landri
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 201466 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2648reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +62.1%47 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Landri in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Landry in French — spelling variant
- Landerich in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma.
Landris among us
people named Landri are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was named Landri
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Landri
- #3296
- Landri on the 2025 chart
- #650
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Landri went to 47 girls in 2025, but Landry is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 326, which makes it the 650th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,646 places above the chart.
- Landry279
- Landri47
About 1 girl in 4,930 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,197 for Landri itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tenia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Landri's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tenia climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tenia's path sketches the road Landri is walking now.
Landri sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Landri is headed
Landri is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Landri beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Landri in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Germanic meaning behind a very current sound.
- Two syllables and six letters, easy to write early.
- Strong Louisiana family history sits behind the surname.
- Landry is the standard spelling and will be written for her regularly.
- It reads as a surname to people meeting it in front of another one.
- In English it is close to the word laundry, and children will find that.
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Frequently asked
- How many Landris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Landri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Landri?
- Landri is one of 2 recorded spellings. Landry is the more common one — 279 births in 2025 against 47 for Landri.
- How popular is the name Landri in 2025?
- Landri ranks #3296 among US girl names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Landri?
- About 1 in every 34,197 US girls born in 2025 was named Landri — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Landri with classmates?
- Landri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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