Lea is pronounced Lee. A lea is a meadow.

When I named DD Lee-uh/Leah I never knew people would pronounce it a different way. I thought it was pretty self explanatory, Biblical and all. I would have picked a different name or spelled it like a Chinese friend of mine- Liya.

I work with a Leah and no one ever guesses lee it’s always lee uh or lay uh

Lea? My family are all Leas and we are pronounced Lee and not Leah. It’s either a middle name or a first name for so many of us. I was 20+ before I realized most people said Leah instead of Lee when pronouncing Lea

I’ve always been confused by Leigh = Lee. Where did that come from?
Also Sean = Shawn.

Lea is pronounced Lee

+1 for Lea pronounced Lee. The H matters, unlike for Sara/Sarah

I just met a Lenah who pronounced her name Lee.

She's from the UK and told me that Lee wasn't a nickname but how Lenah was actually pronounced where she's from.

i know someone who spells their name "Lea" and it is pronounced "Lee". But I feel that Leah should be pronounced Lee-ah.

Anonymous wrote:If the person is Jewish then leee-uh. If. It Jewish, Lee. Most of the time at least.

lay-uh def Jewish
Lee-ya maybe, maybe not
Lee definitely not

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

NP. Me too! And it’s been driving me crazy because lately every Leah I meet is pronounced Lee-Ah and I never know what to call them. I read Leah as Lee.

Leah just sounds like a fat name to me.

If the person is Jewish then leee-uh. If. It Jewish, Lee. Most of the time at least.

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

That's the way I've always pronounced it. However, I once had a coworker who pronounced Leah as Lee. She was pretty strident in correcting people about it and would frequently berate people "everyone knows that L-E-A-H is pronounced 'Lee'." It was a little off-putting.

My mom’s name is Lea and she says it like Lee