Leigh

English variation of Lee

"pasture, meadow"

Leigh Origin and Meaning

The name Leigh is a girl's name of English origin meaning "pasture, meadow".

This spelling adds a little more femininity to the neutral Lee. Leigh and sister Lee were quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s among the first cool wave of unisex names for girls, but now have vanished from the Top 1000. The Biblical Leah is preferred.

Leigh Rank in US Top 1000

# 899 in the US

Leigh Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1279 on Nameberry

Leigh Popularity

• 1279 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Leigh

• Leigh Brackett author and screenwriter most famous for The Empire Strikes Back.
• Leigh Bingham Nash lead singer of American band Sixpence None the Richer
• Leigh Taylor Young, American actress
• Leigh Allyn Baker, American actress
• Leigh Bardugo American novelist
• Leigh Anne Pinnock, singer of British girl group Little Mix
• Leigh Lezark American DJ of group The Misshapes
• Leigh Ann Brown American soccer player
• Leigh Ann Larkin American actress and singer
• Leigh Ann Orsi American dancer and actress
• Leigh Anne Thompson, American tennis player
• Leigh Ann Naidoo, South African beach volleyball player
• Leigh Ann Fetter American swimmer
• Leigh Anne Csuhany, second wife of actor Kelsey Grammer
• Leighann Lord American comedienne and podcaster
• Rachael Leigh Cook American actress
• Dorothy Leigh Sayers British novelist and theologian
• Janet Leigh American actress
• Vivien Leigh British actress

Leigh in Pop Culture

• Brenda Leigh Johnson character on TV's "The Closer"
• Leigh Peterson character in 2009 movie "Mississippi Damned"
• Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore character in the TV series "Gilmore Girls"