Forename Leah

Globally, Leah (Leah , לאה , ليا , among others...) is a widespread female first name. The first name Leah is characteristic of Israel, where it is a widespread girly name, Tanzania, where it is a common girly name, and Philippines, where it is quite a common female name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Philippines, and Tanzania. Much less frequently, Leah is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Leah is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Leah

name Appley, name Hadley, name Kenley, name リー, name 丽雅, name লিয়া, name لیه, name Berkeley, name Леах, name Yardley, name Lehliu, name Abberley, name Леа, Лиа, Лея, name Lea, name リア, name Лиа, name レア, name Leya, name 利娅, name לאה, name Léa, name 李雅, name Leáh, name Bickel, name レイア, name Kinsley, name Леа, name Лях, name Morley, name Bramley, name Blakeley, name Leia, name Bratley, name Kimberley, name Liahu, name Mosley, name Everleigh, name Leasow, name Barley, name Lëah, name Leàh, name Blakely, name Léah, name Leahu, name Lèah, name ليا, name Лія, name Bentley, name لياه, name 利亚, name Лия, name Leah, name Лея, name Lease, name 利亞, name Lêah

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Leah	Tanzania, Philippines, Kenya, United States, Israel
לאה	Israel
ليا	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria
Леа	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
リア	Japan
利亞	China

First names said to be same

Abberley, Appley, Barley, Bentley, Berkeley, Bickel, Blakeley, Blakely, Bramley, Bratley, Everleigh, Hadley, Kenley, Kimberley, Kinsley, Lea, Leahu, Lease, Leasow, Lehliu, Leia, Leya, Leàh, Leáh, Liahu, Lèah, Léa, Léah, Lêah, Lëah, Morley, Mosley, Yardley, Леа, Лиа, Лея, Леах, Лея, Лиа, Лия, Лях, Лія, لياه, لیه, লিয়া, リー, レア, レイア, 丽雅, 利亚, 利娅, 李雅,

First name Leah in the context

Leah is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leah , the Biblical matriarch, Genesis 35; Leah Clearwater , character in Twilight; Leah Estrogen , the secondary character of the 2001 film Osmosis Jones; Leo McGarry , the character in The West Wing and Leah Patterson-Baker , the fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	leah fisher 1656 - 1720 (b. 1656)
	leah cornelia dubois 16 Oct 1687 New Paltz, New York - 1758 Lancaster, Pennsylvania (b. 1687)
	leah horowitz Polish writer, UA (b. 1715)
	leah debonnaire (1723-1749) (b. 1723)
	leah armstrong fillmore (b. 1727)
	leah jessop (1767-1845) (b. 1767)
	leah masterson (born 1774) (b. 1774)
	leah teackle bowdoin (1780-1852) (b. 1780)
	leah wolff 1802 - 24 Jan 1867 (b. 1802)
	leah blackman (b. 1817)
	leah rosenthal Australian nurse, AU (b. 1879)
	leah hirsig Swiss-American occultist, CH (b. 1883)
	leah baird American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971), US (b. 1883)
	leah manning British politician, humanitarian, social activist (1886-1977), GB (b. 1886)
	leah gubbay (b. 1829)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Carter, Parker, Garcia, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Nelson, Harris, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Stewart, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Mitchell, Anderson, Campbell, Phillips, Robinson, Murphy, Miller, Morgan, Morris, King, Levy, Hall, Hill, Moore, Scott, Smith, Allen, Adams, Cohen, Thompson, Clark, Brown, Kelly, Davis, Green, Lewis, Jones, Evans, White, Young, Martin, Baker, and Williams