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Our niece Leah (born 1980) is often asked if she was named after the Star Wars character Princess Leia.

I'm a Leah in her 20's, and throughout my school-years my name was often mispronounced by teachers. They usually tried to pronounce it "Lay-ah". But, I've always loved my name and the fact that I am usually the only "Leah" in the school or social setting.

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Lee, Leelee

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Famous real-life people named Leah: | Edit

Leah Applebaum, American actress
Leah Ayres, American actress
Leah Bracknell, British actress
Leah Hackett, British actress
Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
Leah Cutter, American author
Leah Miller, Canadian actress
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
Leah Pipes, American actress
Leah Purcell, Australian actress
Leah Remini, American actress
Leah Ryan, American author
Leah Maher, American actress
Leah Dizon, American model and singer
Leah Haywood, Australian singer
Leah Krinsky, American comedy writer
Leah Pells, Canadian track and field athlete

Leah in song, story & screen: | Edit

Roy Orbison's song "Leah"
Donnie Iris had a hit song "Ah! Leah!" in 1980.
Another Hit Song "Leah" by Stereo Skyline
Leah Brahms, fictional character from Star Trek
Leah Mordecai, title character of the 1856 novel by Belle K. Abbott
Leah Patterson-Baker, fictional character in Australian soap opera Home and Away
Leah Rose, fictional character in the Left Behind series
Leah Clearwater, fictional character in the "Twilight Series" by Stephenie Meyer