Lea f

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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Lea m for the male version of this name.

Usage

Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'ah) = 'languid, weary, tired' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Hebrew 'wild cow'

3) Female form of Leo ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Lea	♀
Leah	♀
Leea	♀
Leia	♀
Leiah	♀
Leija	♀
Leja	♀
Lejá	♀
Lessu	♀
Leya	♀

Name Days

Finland

5 January

Norway

28 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

5 January

Sweden

26 June

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Lea
Accusative:	Leu
Dative:	Leu
Genitive:	Leu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Lea
Accusative:	Leu
Dative:	Leu
Genitive:	Leu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1777 ^[2]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Lea was the wife of Jakob and the mother of Ruben.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		5069	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		1804	2613	1	3
Norway[5]		692	1274	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	18754	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][3][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi