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[ syll. le-ia, lei-a ] The girl name Leia is pronounced L-AYah †. Leia is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in the English language. Leia is a variant spelling of Leah (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish). Leia is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.014% of baby girls being given the name Leia. It ranked at #934 then. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Leia, Leah was the most widely used in 2008. It was used 19 times more than Leia in that year. Baby names that sound like Leia include Leiah (English), Laia (Catalan), Laila (Arabic, English, German, and Iranian), Lailah, Laily, Lala (Czech), Lallie, Lally, Lalo, Laloe, Laloh, Laya, Layla (Arabic and English), Laylah, Leah (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish), Leela (English and Indian), Leelah, Leelee (English), Lehua (Hawaiian), and Leila (Arabic, English, German, and Iranian).
† approx pronunciation for Leia: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
