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. Elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 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 (layʾa)
• 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)
• Sicilian: Lia, Lea
• Slovak: Lea f
• Spanish: Lea (es), Lía (es)
• Swedish: Lea (sv)
• Yiddish: לאה‎ f (leye)

given name

• French: Léa (fr) f
• Hebrew: לֵאָה‎ (he)

• Sicilian: Lia, Lea
• Slovak: Lea f
• Yiddish: לאה‎ f (leye)

Anagrams

• Aleh, Hale, Heal, Hela, hale, heal

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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.