Name: Leah
Gender: Female
Usage: Leah, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Leah are in general originating from Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Leah across the world, see Lee, Léah.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Leah is: Weary.
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Numerology of the first name Leah: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Leah is ranked on the 399th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1635400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.023% of the population. The name Leah has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Leah for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Leah is 22 March.
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History and Origin
Leah is a female given name which has likely derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary". Alternatively, it might derive from a Chaldean name meaning "mistress" or "ruler" in Akkadian.
Variants include:
- Léa French
- Lea Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish, Polish
- Leah English, Hebrew
- Leia Koine Greek
- Λεία (Lia) Greek
- Lía Galician
- Lia Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, Portuguese
- Lėja Lithuanian
Nicknames
- Lee
- Lee-lee
Biblical name (meaning ‘languid’ in Hebrew) borne by the elder sister of Rachel (Genesis 29: 23). Jacob served her father Laban for seven years in return for the hand of Rachel, but was deceived into marrying Leah first. He was then given Rachel as well, but had to labour seven more years afterwards. The name is common mainly among Jews, although it also enjoyed some popularity among the Puritans in the 17th century.
Variant: Lea. See also Lia.
Cognate: French: Léa.
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