Leah

See also: leah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה‎ (Le'a)

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Leah

  1. Elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 29:16-17:
      And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.
  2. A female given name.
    • 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?"

Translations

Anagrams

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Leah

  1. A female given name.

References
  • 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.
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