BabyNameScore

Lea

Hebrew

Lea feels distinctive without creating everyday friction in daily use.

92/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

  1. Pronunciation & Spelling

    Effortless

    A documented English pronunciation is on file.

    91/100

  2. Everyday Use

    Low risk

    95/100

  3. Growing Up

    Strong lifetime fit

    Short enough to work in every register without a nickname.

    86/100

  4. International Use

    Broad international fit

    Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.

    85/100

NAME DETAILS

DOCUMENTED USE
Feminine
CLOSE SPELLINGS
Leah
ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

  1. Hebrew. In the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament (Genesis), Leah was the first wife of Jacob and mother of seven of his children; she was less favored by Jacob than her sister Rachel, whom he preferred.
POPULARITY

Lea over time

United States
#848RANK

Rank #848 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Uncommon in current U.S. usage. Ranked #848 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

CLOSE SPELLINGS
  • Leah
OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS
  • Léa (with acute accent) is the standard French form.

Names around it

Leah
EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Lea is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

A documented English pronunciation is on file. Short enough to work in every register without a nickname.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK

See how it works with a surname.

Lea