Leah
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -iːə
Proper noun
Leah
- (biblical) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 29:16-17::
- And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 2010, Cavn Wright, Bedtime Tales, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
- "I'm Leah Brennan. How can I help you...Gideon?" He gave a short laugh. "Leah! Nice name. Between the two of us, we sound like the Old Testament, don't we?"
- A surname.
Translations
elder daughter of Laban
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given name
Anagrams
Norwegian
Etymology
From English Leah, in regular use since the 1990s. Used as a modern spelling variant of the Norwegian biblical name Lea.
Proper noun
Leah
- a female given name
References
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1711 females with the given name Leah, compared to 1274 named Lea, living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.
Romanian
Etymology
From leah.
Proper noun
Leah m (genitive/dative lui Leah)
- a surname originating as an ethnonym