Lea - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Lea \lea\, also used as girl's name Lea, is a variant of Lee (Old English), and the meaning of Lea is "pasture or meadow".

The baby name Lea sounds like Le-, Leo, Le and Lew. Other similar baby names are Lem, Len, Lev and Les.

Lea is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#3529 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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