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Leigha

Leigha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“meadow”
Origin
English
Say it
LEE-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Modern variant spelling of Leah or Lea/Lee-influenced forms; in baby-name use it is usually treated as a spelling variant of Leigh. Leigh comes from an English surname and place name meaning meadow or clearing.

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How popular is Leigha?

20249.6 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Leigha in 202432

2024 rank#4,387 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 18806,556

Leigha is fading: recent use is about 27% of its level ten years before.

Names like Leigha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Leahweary; uncertain · Hebrew
  • Liaweary · Hebrew
  • Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
  • Leameadow · English
  • Liahweary; or God is my Lord · Hebrew
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English

Leigha questions

What does the name Leigha mean?

Leigha means "meadow". It comes from English. Modern variant spelling of Leah or Lea/Lee-influenced forms; in baby-name use it is usually treated as a spelling variant of Leigh. Leigh comes from an English surname and place name meaning meadow or clearing.

Is Leigha a boy or girl name?

Leigha is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Leigha?

32 US babies were named Leigha in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Leigha?

Leigha is usually pronounced LEE-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.