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.

Lea Rank in US Top 1000

# 801 in the US

Lea Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 850 on Nameberry

Lea Popularity

• 801 US 2023
• 850 Nameberry 2024
• 58 Canada 2023
• 867 Future 2028
• 574 England 2021
• 12 Germany 2023
• 43 Denmark 2023
• 93 Belgium 2023
• 15 Switzerland 2023
• 9 Austria 2023
• 92 Poland 2023
• 75 Estonia 2023
• 54 Slovenia 2023
• 93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 25 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Lea

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Lea.

• Lia
• Léa
• Lexie
• Lacey
• Lou
• Elisa
• Ana
• Sofia
• Ari
• Clea
• Elina
• Paula
• Nea
• Leah
• Maelle
• Jayde
• Leia
• Lana
• Jada
• Dana

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