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[ 1 syll. lea, le-a ] The girl name Lea is pronounced as LIY †. Lea is used predominantly in the English, German, Italian, Dutch, and French languages. Its origin is Hebrew and Old English. Lea is a variant spelling (English, German, and Italian) of the name Leah (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish). Lea is also a variant (Dutch, English, French, and Italian) of the name Lee (English).
Lea is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity jumped from the 1920s up to the 1970s. At the height of its usage in 1970, 0.032% of baby girls were given the name Lea. It was #396 in rank then. The baby name has seen a fall in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.023% and its ranking #639. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Lea, Leah was the most widely used. In 2008, it was 12 times more widely used than Lea. Baby names that sound like Lea include Lee (English), Leigh (English), Léa (French), Li (Chinese and English), Llee (English), Laela, Lai (Chinese), Laleh, Le (Vietnamese), Lei (Hawaiian), Lil (English), Líle (Irish), Lo (English), Lou (Breton, French, and English), Loulou, Lu (English), Lue (English), Laia (Catalan), Laila (Arabic, English, German, and Iranian), and Lailah.
† Pronunciation for Lea: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
