Leah

American

[lee-uh] / ˈli ə /

noun

Also Lia (in the Bible) the first wife of Jacob.
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “weary.”

Leah British

/ ˈlɪə /

noun

Old Testament the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (Genesis 29)

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Renegade female entrepreneurs such as Kimora Lee Simmons and Leah McSweeney, who respectively founded Baby Phat and Married to the Mob, are sidelined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“The defining story of this Saturday’s mobilization is not just how many people are protesting — but where they are protesting,” Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, said during the press briefing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Leah and her partner Anthony had gone for a walk with her family's dogs last autumn in Waterfall Country - somewhere they had visited before but on a different route.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Robin Bidgood, member of the Welsh Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team, told Leah he was "amazed" that she was alive and in front of him talking.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Leah reduced their public hours to ease their workload, 3–5 p.m. and 8–10 p.m. only.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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