“lea”*the female first name*

“ALTERNATE SPELLINGS” –>

*LEA*

*the female equivalent of the masculine ‘leo’)

(both words have ‘2 syllables’ / ‘3 letters’)

(the first 2 letters are both ‘LE’)

(and the first syllable is ”stressed’ in both cases)

(unless you are committed to ‘montone’)

(“ALL SYLLABLES MATTER”)

(now THAT right there would make for a TERRIFIC ‘sesame street’ episode theme!)

(when did it air on our TV screens?)

(only on weekday mornings?)

(what time did ‘sesame street’ start?)

(aired by ‘PBS’)

(“and what became of ‘PBS’?)

(channel #13)

(replace ‘long o’ with ‘short A; on the last ‘syllable’)

*LEAH*

*LÉA*

(french spelling)

(the meaning of the name leah is different in several languages, countries and cultures and has more than one possibly same or different meanings available).

American meaning: Tired or weary

Celtic-Gaelic meaning: The light of the sun

Hebrew meaning: Tired or weary

Irish meaning: The light of the sun

Assyrian meaning: Mistress, ruler

Greek meaning: Glad tidings

The name is likely to have Hebrew origins from Biblical times. It has the meaning of “wearied” or “grieved”. Many speculate that this meaning has to do with the circumstance of the most commonly know woman named Leah in the Old Testament. She was the first wife of Jacob and the older sister of Rachel, but because he was tricked into marrying her she was unloved her whole life despite the fact that she gave birth to 7 sons and a daughter for him. Leah was called one of the four arch-mothers of the country of Israel.

Variants include:

Lea – Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish, Polish, Yoruba

Léa – French

Leah – English, Hebrew

Leia – Koine Greek

Lėja – Lithuanian

Lia – Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian

Lía – Galician

Lya

Λεία (Lia) – Greek

Liia – Estonian

Lija – Latvian

Since 1880, the name Leah has never been outside of the top 500 baby girl name in the US. Its peak usage in the US was reached in 2010 when the name was ranked as the 24th most popular name for baby girls. Elsewhere it became a more popular name within the late 1990s and early 2000s. In the UK it was a top 50 name from 1996 until 2011, in Ireland it was a top 25 name from 2002 until 2014, and in Norway it was a top 100 name from 2003 through 2014. In 2014 the name ranked at 35th most popular in the US, 78th most popular in the UK, 27th most popular in Ireland, and 19th most popular in Norway.^[2]

Royalty[edit]

Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

Public figures[edit]

Leah Manning (1886–1977), British activist and politician
Leah Mosher, pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force
Leah Rabin (1928–2000), wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Leah Rosenthal (1879 – 1930), Australian nurse who served in World War I
Leah Ward Sears (born 1955), American judge

Arts and sports[edit]

Leah Applebaum, American voice actress
Leah Ayres (born 1957), American actress
Leah Baird (1883–1971), American actress
Leah Betts (1977–1995), British water intoxication / ecstasy victim
Leah Bracknell (born 1964), British actress
Leah Cairns (born 1974), Canadian actress
Leah Chase (1923–2019), American chef
Leah Clark, (born 1979), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
Leah Dizon (born 1986), American-born Japanese model and singer
Leah Fortune (born 1990), Brazilian-American football (soccer) player
Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), Israeli writer
Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Israeli cyclist
Lea Gottlieb (born 1918), Israeli fashion designer
Leah Haywood (born 1976), Australian singer
Leah Horowitz (born 1933), Israeli Olympic hurdler
Leah Kaslar (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
Leah Krinsky, American comedy writer
Leah Laiman (born 1946), American writer
Leah Miller (born 1981), Canadian actress
Leah Moore (born 1978), British comic book writer
Leah Neuberger (1915–1993), American table tennis player
Leah Pells (born 1964), Canadian track and field athlete
Leah Pinsent (born 1968), Canadian actress
Leah Pipes (born 1988), American actress
Leah Purcell (born 1970), Australian actress
Leah Remini (born 1970), American actress
Leah Rhodes (1902–1986), American costume designer
Léa Seydoux, (born 1985), French actress
Leah Song, American musician and activist
Leah Van Dale (born 1987), American professional wrestler better known as Carmella
Leah Williamson (born 1997), English footballer

Fictional characters[edit]

Leah, in the radio series The Space Gypsy Adventures
Leah, in the animated television series Shimmer and Shine
Leye (ashkenazic pronunciation), in the play The Dybbuk
Leia Organa, from the Star Wars Saga
Leah Brahms, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Leah Cain, niece of Deckard Cain, a character in Diablo III, who assists and accompanies players.
Leah Clearwater, in the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer
Leah Estrogen, in the 2001 film Osmosis Jones
Leah Mordecai, title character of the 1856 novel by Belle K. Abbott
Leah Patterson-Baker, in the Australian television series Home and Away
Leah Rose, in the Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins