Lea

LEE, LEE-ah, LAY-ah
Variation of Lee or Leah
"meadow; weary"

Lea Origin and Meaning

The name Lea is a girl's name of English origin meaning "meadow; weary".

While traditionally pronounced as a homonym for Lee, Glee actress Lea Michele pronounces her name like Leah, and it may also rhyme with Freya. Regardless of your preferred pronunciation, it's interesting to note that Lea has always charted in the US Top 1000, despite coming close to the bottom a few times, making it one of the girl names starting with L that both fits in and stands out.

# 801 in the US

Lea Rank in US Top 1000

# 1287 on Nameberry

Lea Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lea Popularity

Famous People Named Lea

  • Saint Lea
    3rd century Roman noblewoman
  • Lea Michele (Sarfati)
    American actress and singer
  • Lea Kathleen Thompson
    American actress
  • (Maria) Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga
    Filipina actress and voice actress
  • Léa Hélène Seydoux
    French model and actress
  • Lea DeLaria
    American comedienne, actress and musician
  • Lea Antonoplis
    American tennis player
  • Lea Gottlieb (born Leah Lenke Roth)
    Israeli swimwear designer
  • Lea Hernandez
    American comic artist
  • Lea Massari (born Anna Maria Massetani)
    Italian actress
  • Lea Padovani
    Italian actress
  • Lea Sunshine (born Lea Quezada)
    American R&B singer
  • Lea Loveless Maurer
    American Olympic swimmer
  • Lea
    Lorién Karima Alomar, American singer,songwriter
  • Helena "Lea" Nordheim
    Dutch Jewish Olympic gymnast and Holocaust victim
  • Lea Pericoli
    Italian tennis player
  • Lea Pool
    Swiss,Canadian filmmaker
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield
    American singer,songwriter
  • Lea Nikki Bacharach (b. 1996)
    daughter of actress Angie Dickinson and composer Burt Bacharach
  • Lea Drexler (b. 2011)
    daughter of singers Leonor Watling and Jorge Drexler
  • Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper (b. 2017)
    daughter of actor Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk
  • Lea Tkaltschewitsch
    German rhythmic gymnast
  • Lea Sirk
    Slovenian singer: represented Slovenia in Eurovision 2018

Lea in Pop Culture

  • Lea Clark
    American Girl of the Year doll 2016
  • Lea & Perrin's
    Worcestershire sauce brand