Lea (given name)
Lea is a feminine given name. In French the name Léa is from the biblical name Leah. In Spanish the same name is Lía, and in Italian Lia. In English it is an alternative spelling of Lee, meaning pasture or meadow.
Notable people with the given name Lea include:
People
- Saint Lea, third-century Catholic saint
- Lea Antonoplis (born 1959), American tennis player
- Lea Bošković (born 1999), Croatian tennis player
- Lea Cohen (born 1942), Bulgarian author and diplomat
- Lea DeLaria (born 1958), American comedian, actress and jazz musician
- Lea Gottlieb (1918–2012), Hungarian-born Israeli fashion designer
- Lea Hernandez (born 1964), American comic book and webcomic artist
- Lea Hopkins (born 1944), an American LGBT rights activist from Missouri
- Lea Horowitz (1933–1956), Israeli Olympic hurdler
- Lea Massari (born 1933), Italian actress
- Lea Maurer (born 1971), American swimmer and coach
- Lea Melandri (born 1941), Italian feminist scholar, journalist and writer
- Lea Michele (born 1986), American actress and singer
- Lea Niako (1908–?), German dancer and actress
- Lea Padovani (1920–1991), Italian actress
- Lea Pericoli (born 1935), Italian tennis player
- Lea Piltti (1904–1982), Finnish opera singer
- Lea Salonga (born 1971), Filipina singer, actress, and columnist
- Lea Sölkner (born 1958), Austrian retired alpine skier
- Lea Stevens (born 1947), Australian politician
- Lea Thompson (born 1961), American actress
Fictional characters
- Lea, the main protagonist of the video game CrossCode
- Lea, the original human form of Axel from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
- Lea Clark, American Girl character
- Lea Dilallo, the wife of Dr Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor
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