Leigh

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Thoughts on Leigh for a little girl please?

Leigh on Sea

My brothers name

my parents went for names that could be used by either sex…..back in the 60’s/70’s so it didn’t matter if we were male or female, we would have had the same name 😀

Awful and a bit chavvy where i live.

Leigh is a really pretty and unique name - I’m surprised as some of these comments

I know both a male and female Leigh. I love the name.

How many female Leighs do you know?

I love Leigh and Lee for a girl. Simple, strong, elegant. Jackie Kennedy’s sister was a Lee.

Not keen, it was popular in the 80s Leigh and Leigh-Ann sometimes instead of Leanne, I think there is much nicer names

I have only ever thought of it as a boy’s name - I know two men of 50-ish of that name and spelling. Vivien Leigh took her husband’s middle name Leigh as her stage surname.

I love it too.

It’s not ugly or anything but I would pronounce it to rhyme with sleigh unless told otherwise and think it was a male name.

I find it a bit of a filler name, like may/ae/ai, a bit meh.

I can't believe that posters are unfamiliar with the name and how to say it.

I knew a lovely girl called Lee, so love it.
Knew a horrible one called Leigh so.. 😁
I do like it in general though.

It is totally disingenuous sneering. Like posters on another thread claiming they don’t know what ‘bailed on me’ means.

Beautiful

This is actually my least favourite name in the whole world. But you don’t need to please me because we may never meet.

Lee and Leigh only ok if surnames. Detest as first names. But I think it’s all about associations isn’t it? I’m from the 70s. The Lee’s I knew were not nice.

if I met your little Leigh I might end up loving the name

That was my immediate thought, as in “ Let’s go to Leigh”

Not being disingenuous or sneery 🤨 Sleigh is pronounced slay and Leigh is exactly the same spelling without the S.

I don’t mind Leigh, I haven’t seen it for a first name in a long time, but do often see Macey- Leigh, Katie - Leigh etc, much prefer it as a stand alone name. Also think Leah is a pretty name.

It's very 80s

Leah is nicer imo

I find it difficult to believe that any adult posting on Mumsnet has never come across an Ashleigh or Kayleigh or Leigh-Ann and has also never heard of Leigh on Sea.

Do you pronounce height hayt?

Eurrghh. Sorry but no! It’s a tragedeigh!

Exactly!

I assumed it is pronounced exactly like Sleigh, Weigh, Neigh or Weigh.

I’m genuinely curious and definitely not sneery or disingenuous!

But Leigh (Greater Manchester), Leigh-on-Sea, Janet Leigh, Vivien Leigh, Leigh Francis, Ashleigh, Kayleigh etc are all 'Lee'

Some supermarket doesn't seem to be able to spell Sleigh.
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