Leah Forename
1,790th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 556,651 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel
Leah Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘languid’, ‘weary', the name of the sister of Rachel and 1st wife of Jacob. It was first used as a christian name in England by 17th-C Puritans.
Read More About This ForenameLeah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 142,491 | 1:2,544 | 463 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 100,298 | 1:526 | 95 |
| Philippines | 99% | 86,510 | 1:1,225 | 251 |
| Kenya | 100% | 62,466 | 1:741 | 145 |
| Israel | 100% | 33,061 | 1:254 | 26 |
| Malawi | 100% | 19,291 | 1:887 | 192 |
| Canada | 100% | 16,832 | 1:1,968 | 409 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,720 | 1:3,262 | 613 |
| England | 100% | 15,155 | 1:3,669 | 466 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10,984 | 1:16,166 | 1,800 |
| Australia | - | 10,838 | 1:1,260 | 266 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8,612 | 1:4,756 | 570 |
| Zambia | - | 6,629 | 1:2,392 | 426 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,389 | 1:2,862 | 514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 4,784 | 1:1,704 | 201 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,748 | 1:17,627 | 2,361 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,567 | 1:1,975 | 367 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,523 | 1:2,978 | 516 |
| Scotland | 100% | 909 | 1:5,886 | 523 |
| Thailand | 99% | 748 | 1:93,671 | 8,101 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 690 | 1:1,973 | 385 |
| Jamaica | - | 572 | 1:5,041 | 800 |
| Vanuatu | - | 557 | 1:470 | 104 |
| Ireland | 99% | 527 | 1:8,811 | 675 |
| Qatar | 100% | 486 | 1:4,876 | 789 |
| Botswana | 100% | 438 | 1:4,987 | 840 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 426 | 1:39,676 | 2,954 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 336 | 1:1,729 | 314 |
| China | - | 324 | 1:4,216,222 | 53,299 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 316 | 1:75,221 | 9,886 |
| Spain | 100% | 286 | 1:162,692 | 3,677 |
| Liberia | 94% | 278 | 1:15,871 | 1,189 |
| India | 100% | 241 | 1:5,040,987 | 192,226 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 221 | 1:8,340 | 709 |
| Germany | 100% | 219 | 1:441,451 | 4,920 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 199 | 1:153,015 | 9,545 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Brazil | 100% | 176 | 1:1,217,251 | 30,016 |
| Indonesia | - | 167 | 1:1,544,693 | 85,092 |
| France | 100% | 164 | 1:405,307 | 4,839 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 157 | 1:470,240 | 16,785 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Guyana | 100% | 139 | 1:5,491 | 979 |
| Sweden | 100% | 130 | 1:75,830 | 3,530 |
| Singapore | 100% | 126 | 1:49,897 | 6,691 |
| Denmark | - | 121 | 1:46,690 | 1,840 |
| Egypt | 75% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 108 | 1:1,646 | 298 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 102 | 1:20,000 | 2,533 |
| Guam | - | 98 | 1:1,639 | 371 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 76 | 1:284,349 | 10,881 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Mexico | 100% | 72 | 1:1,724,228 | 10,921 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 62 | 1:132,476 | 3,695 |
| Norway | 100% | 58 | 1:88,488 | 3,003 |
| Afghanistan | 89% | 56 | 1:582,563 | 9,071 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 54 | 1:2,032 | 416 |
| Namibia | - | 48 | 1:50,087 | 3,122 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Grenada | 100% | 42 | 1:2,574 | 517 |
| Belgium | 100% | 41 | 1:280,245 | 5,847 |
| South Korea | - | 40 | 1:138,611 | 6,160 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Cambodia | 95% | 33 | 1:493,131 | 10,612 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| Italy | 100% | 32 | 1:1,908,190 | 13,475 |
| Panama | 100% | 31 | 1:126,018 | 5,723 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Belize | 100% | 27 | 1:13,123 | 1,763 |
| Ecuador | - | 25 | 1:709,077 | 6,440 |
| Finland | 88% | 25 | 1:219,327 | 3,602 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Japan | - | 25 | 1:5,119,442 | 27,833 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 24 | 1:4,649 | 822 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Russia | 100% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 12 | 1:397,329 | 6,631 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Peru | 100% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Micronesia | - | 8 | 1:13,312 | 575 |
| Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:124,439 | 3,136 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Benin | 100% | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Léah (52) & Leáh (1) are calculated separately.
Leah (7,680) may also be a surname.
Leah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘languid’, ‘weary', the name of the sister of Rachel and 1st wife of Jacob. It was first used as a christian name in England by 17th-C Puritans.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘wearied;’ see also Levi. As Helena Swan, with unexpected tartness, remarks, ‘This was the name of Laban’s elder daughter, whom he palmed off on Jacob after Jacob’s first seven years of service.’ ‘Dante,’ says Charlotte Yonge, ‘makes her the emblem of active and fruitful, as is her sister (Rachel) of meditative, love.’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew לֵאָה, Leáh, signifying ‘wearied.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Le'-ah, painful, wearied. The wife of Jacob, and eldest daughter of Laban. See Gen. xxix. 23 26.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: weary.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Weary: wild cow.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Leija (Leah, Leya) means 'kite' in Finnish.
- drake1Leah Forename Popularity
Leah Demographics
Average Leah Salary in
United States
$43,012 USD
Per year
Rank:
210,638 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0353707
Rank: 479 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.81%
Sample size: 67,790 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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