Are some Leah's pronounced Lee?

[Anonymous]

I went to college with a Leah who said it "Lee."

[Anonymous]

Isn't Lea the female version of Lee? My extended family all has Leigh/Lea/Lee middle names and only the males get Lee.

[Anonymous]

My name is leah pronounced Lee

[Anonymous]

If it’s pronounced Lee, why would you spell it Leah? This is ridiculous

[Anonymous]

I'm from New England too, and every Leah I met growing up (maybe 5?) has been a "lee".

[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".

But you're not telling anyone that Leigh pronounced "Lee" is somehow wrong, I hope? English is notorious for words that have spellings that don't logically look like how the words are pronounced so "weigh" isn't necessarily an argument for "lay" being a hard and fast rule for this name. And if you go to audio dictionaries you'll find that "Lee" is the common English language pronunciation. Common doesn't mean mandatory, though. In French the name can be "lay" too, I believe. I'm a Leigh as in "Lee" and I'd correct you if you said my name like "weigh" but wouldn't tell you you were wrong to say your name that way! French ancestors, maybe?

An aside: If you were in England, you'd see "Leigh" everywhere as its a very common part of place names like Butterleigh, Buckfastleigh and the delightfully named Lustleigh. All "Lee."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Lea the female version of Lee? My extended family all has Leigh/Lea/Lee middle names and only the males get Lee.

Yes I’m a Lea pronounced Lee

[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".

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[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Yes my middle name is Leah pronounced Lee.. l have met several others I read somewhere that it gealic for meadow while the more common Leah is hebrew for cow.

[Anonymous]

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."

I'm from MA and our close friend from there was named Leah - pronounced Leah. She was born in the mid 70's.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Yes, i know a Leah pronounced Lee here in the southeast.
Tip: Dont do this.

[Anonymous]

I'm Leah, LAY-uh. But when I come across the name at random, I always assume they are LEE-uh, until I have a chance to clarify.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, i know a Leah pronounced Lee here in the southeast.
Tip: Dont do this.

OP presumably named her child years ago, so no worries.