Leigh

English variation of Lee
"pasture, meadow"

Leigh Origin and Meaning

The name Leigh is a girl's name of English origin meaning "pasture, meadow".

This spelling adds a little more femininity to the neutral Lee. Leigh and sister Lee were quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s among the first cool wave of unisex names for girls, but now have vanished from the Top 1000. The Biblical Leah is preferred.

# 899 in the US

Leigh Rank in US Top 1000

# 1043 on Nameberry

Leigh Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Leigh Popularity

Famous People Named Leigh

  • Leigh Brackett
    author and screenwriter most famous for The Empire Strikes Back.
  • Leigh Bingham Nash
    lead singer of American band Sixpence None the Richer
  • Leigh Taylor
    Young, American actress
  • Leigh
    Allyn Baker, American actress
  • Leigh Bardugo
    American novelist
  • Leigh
    Anne Pinnock, singer of British girl group Little Mix
  • Leigh Lezark
    American DJ of group The Misshapes
  • Leigh Ann Brown
    American soccer player
  • Leigh Ann Larkin
    American actress and singer
  • Leigh Ann Orsi
    American dancer and actress
  • Leigh
    Anne Thompson, American tennis player
  • Leigh
    Ann Naidoo, South African beach volleyball player
  • Leigh Ann Fetter
    American swimmer
  • Leigh
    Anne Csuhany, second wife of actor Kelsey Grammer
  • Leighann Lord
    American comedienne and podcaster
  • Rachael Leigh Cook
    American actress
  • Dorothy Leigh Sayers
    British novelist and theologian
  • Janet Leigh
    American actress
  • Vivien Leigh
    British actress

Leigh in Pop Culture

  • Brenda Leigh Johnson
    character on TV's "The Closer"
  • Leigh Peterson
    character in 2009 movie "Mississippi Damned"
  • Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore
    character in the TV series "Gilmore Girls"