Leah

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English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Leah

  1. (biblical) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
  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.

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Norwegian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Leah

  1. a female given name

References

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  • [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

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Etymology

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From leah.

Proper noun

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Leah m (genitive/dative lui Leah)

  1. a surname originating as an ethnonym