Leighlah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leighlah by the numbers

Leighlah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Leighlah

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 Leighlah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Leighla54 in the US (2017)
  • Leilahnight; a form of Layla204 in the US (2017)
  • Leighameadow or field; a modern respelling of Leigh137 in the US (2017)
  • Leighlani7 in the US (2017)
  • Leighna6 in the US (2017)
  • Leightonmeadow settlement or leek garden900 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leighlah

Names that are said the same way as Leighlah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
  • Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leeladivine play, cosmic play51 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
  • Leylahnight; a form of Layla58 in the US (2017)
  • Leelahweary; a form of Leela or Lilah29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leighlah

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