Leigh Definition
lē
noun
A masculine and feminine name; var. Lee.
Webster's New World
A meadow.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- vivien leigh
pronoun
A male given name, transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary
A female given name, transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary
Origin of Leigh
-
From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground") from Old English lÄ“ah (“clearing in a forest") from Proto-Germanic *lauhō (“meadow"), from Proto-Indo-European *louk- (“field, meadow"). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow"), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove") (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket"); Dutch -lo (“used in placenames")), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes"), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow"). More at Waterloo.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to Leigh using the buttons below.