English

Proper noun

Leah

1. Elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 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.

2. A female given name.
   • 2010 Cavn Wright, Bedtime Tales, Strategic Book Publishing, ISBN 1609111249, 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?"

Translations

Anagrams

• hale, Hale
• heal

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

1. 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.

Old English

Noun

lēah m, f

1. woodland
2. a woodland glade
3. a clearing (especially one used for farming)
4. a meadow

References

• Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, ISBN 0-7134-3248-9