Leah

From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːə/

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Leah

1. The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 from Hebrew.
   • 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?"

3. A surname.

• Aleh, Hale, Heal, Hela, hale, heal

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

Leah

1. a female given name

• 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.

From leah.

Leah m (genitive/dative lui Leah)

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym