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Leah
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leah
English
Etymology
From en he Hebr לֵאה לֵאָה Le'a.
Pronunciation
en /ˈliːə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Leah.wav Southern England
en iːə 2
Proper noun
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en Q128847en biblical character The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
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.
en female Hebrew.
en 2010 Cavn Wright Bedtime Tales Strategic Book Publishing 1609111249 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?"
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Translations
elder daughter of Laban
Arabic: ar لَيْئَة f
Bulgarian: bg Ли́я f
Danish: da Lea
Estonian: et Lea
Finnish: fi Lea
French: fr Léa
German: de Lea, de Lia
Greek: el Λεία f
Ancient Greek: grc Λεία f
Gujarati: gu લેઆહ f leāh
Hawaiian: haw Lea
Hebrew: he לֵאָה Le'a
Hindi: hi लिआ f
Italian: it Lia; it Lea (older versions)
Japanese: ja レア Rea
Kazakh: kk Лия
Korean: ko ^레아
Latin: la Lia f
Lithuanian: lt Lėja f
Malay: ms Lea
Norwegian: no Lea
Portuguese: pt Léia, pt Lia
Russian: ru Ли́я f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lèah f
Sicilian: scn Lia, scn Lea
Slovak: sk Lea f
Spanish: es Lea, es Lía
Swedish: sv Lea
Yiddish: yi לאה f leye
given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利婭 Lìyà
French: fr Léa f
Hebrew: he לֵאָה Le'a
Hindi: hi लिया f
Lithuanian: lt Lėja f
Sicilian: scn Lia, scn Lea
Slovak: sk Lea f
Spanish: es Lía f, es Lea f
Yiddish: yi לאה f leye
Anagrams
en aehl Aleh Hale Heal Hela hale heal
Norwegian
Etymology
From no en Leah, in regular use since the 1990s. Used as a modern spelling variant of the Norwegian biblical name no Lea.
Proper noun
no female
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 ro leah.
Proper noun
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