Leah

See also: leah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːə/

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Leah

1. The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 29:16-17::

     And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.

2. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 2010, Cavn Wright, Bedtime Tales, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:

     "I'm Leah Brennan. How can I help you...Gideon?" He gave a short laugh. "Leah! Nice name. Between the two of us, we sound like the Old Testament, don't we?"

3. A surname.

Translations

elder daughter of Laban

• Arabic: لَيْئَة f (layʔa)
• Danish: Lea
• Estonian: Lea
• Finnish: Lea (fi)
• French: Léa (fr)
• German: Lea (de), Lia
• Greek: Λεία (el) f (Leía)

  Ancient: Λεία f (Leía)

• Hawaiian: Lea
• Hebrew: לֵאָה (he)
• Italian: Lia (it); Lea (it) (older versions)
• Latin: Lia f
• Norwegian: Lea (no)
• Portuguese: Léia, Lia (pt)
• Russian: Ли́я (ru) f (Líja)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lèah f
• Sicilian: Lia, Lea
• Slovak: Lea f
• Spanish: Lea (es), Lía (es)
• Swedish: Lea (sv)
• Yiddish: לאה f (leye)

given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利婭／利娅 (Lìyà)

• French: Léa (fr) f
• Hebrew: לֵאָה (he)
• Sicilian: Lia, Lea
• Slovak: Lea f
• Spanish: Lía (es) f, Lea (es) f
• Yiddish: לאה f (leye)

Anagrams

• Aleh, Hale, Heal, Hela, hale, heal

Norwegian

Etymology

From English Leah, in regular use since the 1990s. Used as a modern spelling variant of the Norwegian biblical name Lea.

Proper noun

Leah

1. a female given name

References

• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1711 females with the given name Leah, compared to 1274 named Lea, living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.

Romanian

Etymology

From leah.

Proper noun

Leah m (genitive/dative lui Leah)

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym