Leah
/ˈliːə/proper noun
Leah is spelled L-E-A-H: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a proper noun, Leah means “The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Leah?
| Letters | 4: L-E-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Leah?
Leah appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Leah?
- /ˈliːə/
Leah has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Leah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does Leah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
proper noun
- 1
The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
- 2
A female given name from Hebrew.
- 3
A surname.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Leah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense elder daughter of Laban:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Leah come from?
From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).