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♀ Leigh (girl)
What does Leigh mean?
Leigh 
▼ as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Leigh) is of Hebrew and Old English origin, and the meaning of the name Leigh is "delicate; weary; meadow or pasture". Leigh is a version of Leah (Hebrew). Biblical: Jacob's first wife. Leigh is also a derivative of Lee (Old English).
STARTS WITH Le-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, delicate (gentle), meadow
Variations
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Ligh, ..
(male) Leily, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leigh Annistyn (L.A.), ..
How popular is Leigh?
Leigh is a very prominent first name for females (#439 out of 4276, Top 10%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#3350 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Leigh was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its top position of #234 in the U.S. during the years 1970-1979, but is not ranked currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Lea (#708 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Leah (#41), Lee, Leia (#296) and Lia (#246) are the prominent varying forms of Leigh. Usage of these forms of Leigh reached its most widespread in the year 2011 (ADOPTION OF 0.5%) and has remained as widespread to this day (ADOPTION 0.5%, 1% MORE), but with versions such as Leigh becoming less fashionable. Lea, Leah, Leia and Lia are four of the more chic baby names among these.
Similar Names
Leigh▼ is pronounced similarly to Leeya, Leya and Liya. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Breigh, Ledah, Leida, Leila▲, Leilah▲, Leina, Leisa▼, Leisha, Leith, Leitha, Leithe, Lelah▼, Lenah and Lezith. These names tend to be less frequently used than Leigh.
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