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♂ Lea (boy)
What does Lea mean?
Lea 
as a boys' name (also used more widely as girls' name Lea) is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Lea is "pasture or meadow". Lea is an alternate spelling of Lee (Old English): place name.
STARTS WITH Le-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow
Variations
VARIANT Leigh
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lea Gael (L.G.), ..
How popular is Lea?
Lea is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#3414 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lea was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its apex rank of #1286 in the U.S. in the 1890s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Lea ranked in the Top 2000 are Lee (#689 IN RECENT RANKINGS) and Leigh. Adoption of these relations of Lea reached its most widespread in the 1890s (USAGE OF 0.4%) and is now much reduced.
Similar Names
Lea is pronounced similarly to La-, Le, Le-, Leo▲, Lew▼, Lleu, Loew, Loewe, Loewy, Lou▼, Lowe, Loy and Lugh. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Lem▼, Len, Les, Lev▲ and Lex. These names tend to be more commonly used than Lea.
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