Leigh

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Thoughts on Leigh for a little girl please?

I have, but most words that begin with Eigh are pronounced AY. Neigh 🐴 or Neighbour or Eight or Sleigh or Weigh. Hence Leigh being pronounced Lay!

It doesn't start with %eigh though. You could say the same about words starting with Ley.

I wouldn't. Leigh reminds me of Leigh Francis aka Keith Lemon who must have some serious dirt on a tv executive to still ever be on anything- he is probably the second least funny so-called comedian after Brendan O'Connell.

I know two Leigh's both males and in their 50's

I know a woman called Leigh. She’s lovely.

Leigh does start with the vowels -eigh in the first syllable.

Just like Neigh, Weigh, Sleigh etc, hence why I assumed it’s pronounced Leigh or Lay.

@Lemonlimonade , plough, rough, tough, through, slough, although, thought, ought, dough,....

Those are all -ough and not -eigh sounds

I’m not a huge fan, but it’s ok as a nn for Leona / Leonie etc

I don’t like Leigh.
The following names could all be shortened to Lee and all really pretty though:
Leah
Leonie
Lila (pronounced leela)
Liana (pronounced lee-ah-na)

Leigh is the common spelling for females. I know a 30 year old Leigh. It’s ok.

It's not unpleasant but personally I'd much prefer it for a boy. Why not Leah, which is short and sweet.

I’ve only ever known men and boys with that name. I don’t mind it, but would probably go for Ashleigh or Kayleigh for a girl and use Leigh for short.

I know a woman called Leigh, (pronounced Lee), in her fifties. I like it, but it is very unusual for a little one. It has a sweet simplicity though.

I don’t really like it but it’s not terrible either (also not that keen on Lee for a boy)

Leah or Leia is nicer for a girl

I think it works for a girl, with that spelling. It's kind of cute. In the US it would be quite a classy name

I'm not keen but I love Leah

I would choose a name with the phonetic sound Lee in it. There is a town up North called Leigh. I wouldn’t spell my child's name Leigh the same as this town.

I quite like it, has a nice sound and quite retro.

Can also be spelt Lea which is pretty (though that can also be pronounced like Leah)

Lila would be said as Lye-la, Liana is a jungle plant.

Leigh and Lee are often registered as the second part of hyphenated first names. There were 4 girls registered as Harper-Lee and 3 registered as Heaven-Leigh in 2024.

Mm, I don't think it would be seen as very classy in the UK. Like Kayleigh, it's a bit 80s and not a typically solid middle class name if that matters to you.

On sea

Not keen. It’s very dated. I know a few Leighs and they don’t tend to like their name.

I much prefer Leah or Leia - Leigh sounds a bit old fashioned to me.