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Leigh (boy)

What does Leigh mean?

Leigh Pronunciation of Leigh as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Leigh) is of Old English derivation, and the name Leigh means "fern wood; fair, white warrior; heather meadow; pasture or meadow". Leigh is a version of Farley (Old English): from fearn leah. Leigh is also a form of Finlay (Scottish, Gaelic). Leigh is also used as a variant of Hadley (Old English), and a variant of Lee (Old English).

STARTS WITH Le-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, fern (tree), fair (white), warrior, heather (flower), meadow

Variations

VARIANT Lea

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Legh, ..

(female) Leilu, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leigh Jeffrey (L.J.), ..

How popular is Leigh?

Leigh is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#1127 out of 1220, Top 92%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#3350 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Leigh reached its highest rank of #729 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Leigh name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Leigh outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Leigh are Farley, Finlay, Hadley, Lea and Lee (#689 LAST YEAR). Usage of these forms of Leigh was at its most widespread 128 years ago (AVERAGE #1381) and has become much less since (#1781, 95%), with the version Lee becoming less fashionable.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Leigh, Farley, Hadley, Lea, Lee in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Finlay, Lee outside U.S.

Similar Names

Leigh is alike in pronunciation to Le, Le-, Leo, Lew and Lugh. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bergh, Bligh, Lech, Leif, Leith, Lige, Luigi and Reigh. These names tend to be less frequently used than Leigh.

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