Lea (given name)

Female given name

Lea is a feminine given name. In French, the name Léa is from the biblical name Leah. In Spanish, the same name is Lía, and in Italian, Lia. In English, it is a name for the word 'lea', pronounced [liː], meaning pasture or meadow.

Notable people with the given name Lea include:

People

Saint Lea, third-century Catholic saint
Lea Antonoplis (born 1959), American tennis player
Lea Bošković (born 1999), Croatian tennis player
Lea Cohen (born 1942), Bulgarian author and diplomat
Lea Dabič (born 1981), Slovenian alpine skier
Lea DeLaria (born 1958), American comedian, actress and jazz musician
Léa Koyassoum Doumta (born 1956), Central African politician and teacher
Léa Drucker (born 1972), French actress
Lea Gottlieb (1918–2012), Hungarian-born Israeli fashion designer
Lea Hernandez (born 1964), American comic book and webcomic artist
Lea Hopkins (born 1944), an American LGBT rights activist from Missouri
Lea Horowitz (1933–1956), Israeli Olympic hurdler
Lea Massari (born 1933), Italian actress
Lea Maurer (born 1971), American swimmer and coach
Lea Melandri (born 1941), Italian feminist scholar, journalist and writer
Lea Michele (born 1986), American actress and singer
Lea Niako (1908–?), German dancer and actress
Lea Padovani (1920–1991), Italian actress
Lea Pericoli (born 1935), Italian tennis player
Lea Polonsky (born 2002), Israeli swimmer
Lea Piltti (1904–1982), Finnish opera singer
Lea Salonga (born 1971), Filipina singer, actress, and columnist
Léa Seydoux (born 1985), French actress
Lea Sölkner (born 1958), Austrian retired alpine skier
Lea Stevens (born 1947), Australian politician
Lea Thompson (born 1961), American actress

Fictional characters

Lea, the main protagonist of the video game CrossCode
Lea, the original human form of Axel from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
Lea Clark, American Girl character
Lea Dilallo, the wife of Dr Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor