Leigh

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Leigh meaning and name origin

Leigh \

le(i)-gh\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Leigh), is a variant of Farley (Old English), Finlay (Irish, Gaelic), Hadley (Old English) and Lee (Old English), and the meaning of Leigh is "meadow of the sheep; meadow of the bulls; fair-haired courageous one; heather meadow; pasture or meadow".

The baby name Leigh sounds like Le-, Leo, Lea, Le and Lew. Other similar baby names are Leith and Reigh.

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Popularity of Leigh

Leigh is a somewhat popular first name for men (#1127 out of 1220) and an even more popular surname or last name for all people (#3435 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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