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Female Name
Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Creative spelling (English) of Lea [1] [2]
Related Names
See Lea
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Leah
|
Genitive: |
Leahs
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Leah
|
Genitive: |
Leahin
|
Partitive: |
Leahia
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Leah
|
Genitive: |
Leahs
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Leah
|
Genitive: |
Leahs
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Iceland:
- Officially rejected as a given name on 4 November 2009
- Officially rejected as a given name on 16 October 2018 [3]
- Officially rejected as a given name on 19 January 2021 [3]
- Officially rejected as a given name on 6 December 2023 [3]
Strongest Period of Usage
Namesakes
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[5] |
|
3160 |
3694 |
3160 |
3694 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[6] |
|
728 |
n.a. |
728 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
241 |
n.a. |
241 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[8] |
|
6 |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
|
5 |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[4] |
|
3998 |
n.a. |
3998 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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
Sources: [5][6][4][7]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [10]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables