Are some Leah's pronounced Lee?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, back in our day that was the case where I lived, too. Maybe it was regional? I'm from New England.

Now I always assume Leah is "lee-ya."

No “ya” anywhere at any time in any form.

They meant Lee—AH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard that. All the Leah's I've known have been pronounced Lee-uh.

Really? Every Leah I know pronounces it Lee...and gets really upset if someone says Lee-uh. We had a new staff member completely flip out one year during our new year's All-Staff when the SMT Head mispronounced her name. It was really awkward all the way around.

It is so hard to get names right. I want to call everyone by the name they preferred. I almost wish people put the phonetic spelling in parens after their names so I could get it right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard that. All the Leah's I've known have been pronounced Lee-uh.

Same.

[Anonymous]

Yes, taught one this year

[Anonymous]

I know a Lea pronounced Lee

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Penna and Ohio and Leigh= Lee.

Leah = Lee-ah or Lay-ya

[Anonymous]

I know one person who pronounced it Lee and their non-binary.

Most pronounced Lee-Uh and some pronounced Lay-Uh (like Princess Leia. Very Jewish pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe as a nickname? Leigh ("lee") was also pretty common.

+1
Leigh=Lee and Leah=Lee-ah or Lay-ah

Except my middle name of Leigh is pronounced Lay. Like I always said when I had to correct people, you don't pronounce Weigh "Wee".

OMG - are you me? I always said the same thing? I can’t believe I’m meeting another person with the same middle name/pronunciation!

[Anonymous]

My middle name is Leah pronounced Lee.....was told it was Celtic.....

[Anonymous]

My name is spelt Leah but pronounced Lee!

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Leah is always Lee-yah
But
Lea is sometimes Lee.

[Anonymous]

I am mid-30s and grew up in nova. Growing up, almost every Leah I knew was pronounced "Lee" though there were a couple of "Lay-uh"s. I've started encountering "Lee-uh"s as an adult, but don't think I had even heard of Lee-uh as a name until then.

[Anonymous]

Any Sarahs pronounced Sar?

[Anonymous]

My 90 yr old grandma is Leah pronounced Lee uh (and so are 3 generations of Leah after her)