Leah Name Meaning

Gender :

Feminine

Meaning of Leah :

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian , British , Chinese , Danish , English , German , Greek , Hawaiian , Hebrew , Indonesian , Jamaican , Jewish

Variant Names of Leah:

Lea, Lee, Leia, Leigh, Lea, Lee, Leia And Leigh.,  Lea,  Lee,  Leia,  Leigh and Lia

Rhyming Names of Leah: 

Names Similar to Leah :

Leah; Leigh, Leah; Leigh, Leaha, Leahana, Leahanda, Leahann, Leahanna, Leahannah, Leahanne, Leahe

Popularity Rank :

Leah name was top ranked at 377 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 36 position in American during year 2015

Name Leah has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 339 position. 210756 numbers of people were named Leah so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :

The feminine name Leah is taken from the Hebrew name Le’ah that is most likely derived from the Hebrew word le’ah, which means “weary”. While others believe that it was derived from a Chaldean name that means “ruler” or “mistress” in Akkadian.

 

The name became popular after Leah from the Old Testament, who was the first wife of Jacob and the mother of his children. The name was commonly used in the Middle Ages by Jews but did not become a typical English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation.

Leah Numerology :

Personality No. 11. People with name Leah tend to be charismatic, cooperative, intuitive, and have a pleasing personality with a gentle manner. Person with Leah having 11 as Personality number work hard to gain confidence and overcome in-born shyness. As a child, and into your early twenties, nervous energy may have caused you to bite your nails or express your nervousness in other ways. You are extremely sensitive and intuitive. More Numerology