Layah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning weary; a variant spelling of Leah.
Layah by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Layah. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 92 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Leah
Like Layah, each of these traces back to Leah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Liaweary; a form of Leah948 in the US (2017)
- Leaweary; form of Leah63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liahweary; a form of Leah153 in the US (2017)
- Liyaweary; a form of Leah64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Analeegrace and God; a blend of Anna and Leah82 in the US (2017)
- Leiahweary; variant of Leah56 in the US (2017)
- Leeahweary; a spelling variant of Leah36 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Layah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laylahnight; a form of Layla388 in the US (2017)
- Layansoft; delicate163 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liyahweary; a form of Leah87 in the US (2017)
- Leyahweary; a variant spelling of Leah54 in the US (2017)
- Layalnights19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larahlaurel tree; honor and victory; a form of Laura4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Layah
Names that are said the same way as Layah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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