Leah is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Leah is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #38 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Leah, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 236,787 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Leah. That is 0.07 % of all living Americans.
For the name Leah different derivations come into question. On the one hand there would be the meaning ‘wild cow’ after the Hebrew word ‘le’ah’, on the other hand there would be the Assyrian meaning ‘mistress’ and ‘ruler’. Partly the name is regarded as female form of the name Leo, with what it could be understood as ‘lioness’.
Leah Maree Purcell (*1970)
Leah Maree Purcell is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, starring in Paul Fenech's 'Somewhere in the Darkness.', She is also known for her roles in films, such as, 'Lantana' (2001), 'Somersault' (2004), 'The Proposition' (2005) and 'Jindabyne' (2006). Besides, she has been recognized for contributions to the Australian performing arts community.
Leah Remini (*1970)
Leah Marie Remini is an American actress. Her most prominent role so far was probably that of Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom 'The King of Queens' (1998–2007). She also achieved recognition for her performance as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom 'Kevin Can Wait' (2017–2018), both alongside Kevin James. Remini coproduced and hosted the A&E documentary series 'Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath' (2016–2019). It investigates the Church of Scientology through her own experiences and other former members. In addition, she cohosted the daytime talk show 'The Talk' (2010–2011).
Leah Clearwater
Leah Clearwater is a character in the 'Twilight' novel series (2005 – 2020) by Stephenie Meyer. She is a member of the Quileute tribe and is also a werewolf. Leah is the only daughter of Harry Clearwater and the older sister of Seth Clearwater. She is best friends with Jacob Black and becomes romantically involved with him. In the series, Leah is depicted as being bitter and angry, especially towards the Cullens, but eventually learns to forgive and moves on.
Leah Ward Sears (*1955)
Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former judge. She served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and was the first African-American female to hold this position. Sears has also served as a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Fulton County Superior Court. She is recognized for her contributions to the American legal system, and is known for her commitment to justice, fairness, and equality. She was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller.
When you hear the name Leah, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Leah? Are you also called Leah? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
you can find Leah Peak. It is a 9,190 ft mountain on the east shore of Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park.
in Blaine County, Idaho bears the name Leah Lake. It is located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
of Athos Range, Antarctica, is called Leah Ridge. It was intersected by an ANARE survey party in November 1966.
there is a village called Leah. It is located in Gilan Province and has a population of 144, in 40 families.
If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few girls' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 432 girls' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Leah is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Leah has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2010, the name even made it to rank #23 of the most popular girls' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Leah was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
...because: In 2022, 4,169 girls were born and given the name Leah by their parents. That puts Leah at #50 on our list of most popular girls' names. It was much less popular in 1946 - only 324 parents chose this name for their newborn daughter and it ranked 412 on the popularity scale of all girls' names.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Leah. Because: There are women and girls named Leah in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Leah is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular female first names, for example in Nevada, where Leah ranks on place 93. The greatest chance of meeting Leah, however, is in Alaska, where one in 361 girls and women bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 651 women and girls and in Mississippi, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 1,188 women and girls for their name before you once get Leah as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names – 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A and S.
With four letters, the name Leah is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with an L, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which girls' name with L is the most common... the answer is Linda.
If your name is Leah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Leah, you can simply say:
Lion
Elephant
Apple
Hat
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Leah
Leah
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
L
E
A
H
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
L
E
A
H
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Leah sounds like this:
