Leigh - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Leigh \le(i)-gh\, also used as boy's name Leigh, is a variant of Leah (Hebrew) and Lee (Old English), and the meaning of Leigh is "delicate; weary; meadow or pasture".

The baby name Leigh sounds like Leia, Lois, Lia, Lea, Leya, Liya and Leeya. Other similar baby names are Leith, Lenah, Leisha, Ledah, Leisa, Leida, Leila, Lelah, Leilah, Leithe, Leina and Leitha.

Leigh is a very common first name for women (#439 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#3435 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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