Leah

Where Leah comes from

From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).
— Wiktionary's entry for Leah
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #208 among girls — 54 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1911
    Leah Goldberg born
    Israeli poet
  3. 1970
    Leah Remini born
    American actress
  4. 2010
    Peak, #24
    6,545 babies named Leah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Leah Goldberg · Israeli poet, 1911–1970
  • Leah Remini · American actress, born 1970
  • Leah Williamson · English footballer, born 1997
  • Leah Pipes · American actress, born 1983
  • Leah Lewis · American actress, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.