Leah
See also: leah
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Leah
- The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 2010, Cavn Wright, Bedtime Tales, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, 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?"
- A surname.
Translations edit
elder daughter of Laban
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given name
Anagrams edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From English Leah, in regular use since the 1990s. Used as a modern spelling variant of the Norwegian biblical name Lea.
Proper noun edit
Leah
- a female given name
References edit
- [1] 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 edit
Etymology edit
From leah.
Proper noun edit
Leah m (genitive/dative lui Leah)
- a surname originating as an ethnonym