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Leah (given name)

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Leah is a female given name which has likely derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary". Alternatively, it might derive from a Chaldean name meaning "mistress" or "ruler" in Akkadian.

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Variants include:

  • Lea – Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish, Polish
  • Léa – French
  • Leah – English, Hebrew
  • Leia – Koine Greek
  • Lėja – Lithuanian
  • Lia – Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
  • Lía – Galician
  • Λεία (Lia) – Greek
  • Liia – Estonian

    • Royalty

  • Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

    • Public figures

  • Leah Manning (1886–1977), British activist and politician
  • Leah Rabin (1928–2000), wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
  • Leah Ward Sears (born 1955), American judge

    • Arts and sports

  • Leah Applebaum, American voice actress
  • Leah Ayres (born 1957), American actress
  • Leah Baird (1883–1971), American actress
  • Leah Betts (1977–1995), British water intoxication / ecstasy victim
  • Leah Bracknell (born 1964), British actress
  • Leah Cairns (born 1974), Canadian actress
  • Leah Chase (born 1923), American chef
  • Leah Clark, (born 1979), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
  • Leah Dizon (born 1986), American-born Japanese model and singer
  • Leah Fortune (born 1990), Brazilian-American football (soccer) player
  • Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), Israeli writer
  • Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Israeli cyclist
  • Lea Gottlieb (born 1918), Israeli fashion designer
  • Leah Haywood (born 1976), Australian singer
  • Leah Horowitz (born 1933), Israeli Olympic hurdler
  • Leah Krinsky, American comedy writer
  • Leah Laiman (born 1946), American writer
  • Leah Miller (born 1981), Canadian actress
  • Leah Moore (born 1978), British comic book writer
  • Leah Neuberger (1915–1993), American table tennis player
  • Leah Pells (born 1964), Canadian track and field athlete
  • Leah Pinsent (born 1968), Canadian actress
  • Leah Pipes (born 1988), American actress
  • Leah Purcell (born 1970), Australian actress
  • Leah Remini (born 1970), American actress
  • Leah Rhodes (1902–1986), American costume designer
  • Leah Song, American musician and activist
  • Leah Williamson (born 1997), English footballer

    • Fictional characters

  • Leah, in the radio series The Space Gypsy Adventures
  • Leye (ashkenazic pronunciation), in the play The Dybbuk
  • Leah Brahms, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Leah Cain, niece of Deckard Cain, a character in Diablo III, who assists and accompanies players.
  • Leah Clearwater, in the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer
  • Leah Estrogen, in the 2001 film Osmosis Jones
  • Leah Mordecai, title character of the 1856 novel by Belle K. Abbott
  • Leah Patterson-Baker, in the Australian television series Home and Away
  • Leah Rose, in the Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins

    • References

    Leah (given name) Wikipedia
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