Meaning and background
The story behind Leah
Leah is an ancient biblical personal name written לֵאָה in Hebrew. In the book of Genesis she is Jacob’s first wife and Rachel’s sister. The Hebrew derivation is disputed: one explanation connects it with a word for being weary, another with an Akkadian word for a cow. Neither should be printed as a certain literal translation. English speakers generally pronounce the name LEE-uh.
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About Leah
Recorded as a dog’s name
Leah appears in 17 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/liə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/liə/ · primary stress on syllable 1L IY1 AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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