Leatha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Leatha by the numbers

Its American peak was 138 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.

What we can tell you about Leatha

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leatha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Letha
  • Leannameadow; a form of Lea or Leanne378 in the US (2017)
  • Leighameadow or field; a modern respelling of Leigh137 in the US (2017)
  • Leanameadow; a form of Leanne or Lea73 in the US (2017)
  • Leahnaweary; a form of Leah with -na suffix10 in the US (2017)
  • Lealaloyal, faithful8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leatha

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