Are some Leah's pronounced Lee?

[Anonymous]

My cousin Leah, who I don’t know well, pronounces her name Lee. It always seemed weird to me. She is Jewish, if it makes a difference.

I had no idea until now that Lea was pronounced Lee, though.

[Anonymous]

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

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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."

Buckfastleigh is more delightful than Lustleigh, but to each their own.