Leigh

leigh léigh lèigh English Alternative forms surname given name en Lee Etymology From the nominative case of en ang lēah wood, meadow, 'dweller by the wood or clearing'. Pronunciation en /liː/ /laɪ/ some placenames en iː 1 en lea Lee leigh li en aɪ 2 en lai lie lye Proper noun ~ en Middle English, variant of Lee. en unisex surnames. en UK en female, en Lee. en number of places cc/England: en town metbor/Wigan co/Greater Manchester OS grid ref SD6500. en village/and/cpar in co/Dorset OS grid ref ST6108. Parish map (Dorset) The Leigh, en a hamlet/and/cpar in bor/Tewkesbury co/Gloucestershire OS grid ref SO8626. Parish map (Gloucestershire) en village/and/cpar in dist/Sevenoaks co/Kent OS grid ref TQ5446. Former spelling: en Lyghe. Parish map (Kent) en cpar in dist/East Staffordshire co/Staffordshire which includes vill/Church Leigh vill/Lower Leigh and vill/Upper Leigh. Parish map (Staffordshire) en village/and/cpar in dist/Mole Valley co/Surrey OS grid ref TQ2246. Parish map (Surrey) en village/and/cpar in north co/Wiltshire OS grid ref SU0692. Parish map (Wiltshire) en small village/and/cpar (served by Leigh and Bransford Parish Council) in dist/Malvern Hills co/Worcestershire OS grid ref SO7853. Parish map (Worcestershire) Usage notes In the UK, Leigh is occasionally seen as the feminine form of the male name Lee. Derived terms en Abbileigh Leigh Creek Leigh Delamere Leigh disease Leigh-on-Sea South Leigh See also en Lea Leah Lee Leh Lei Ley Li Ly References en calculator words