Leia
Leia (also: Leya, Leja ; læjɑ) is a female given name . The name day is March 25th.
The name has u. a. by the Star Wars series, in which one of the main characters is Princess Leia , as a first name increased in popularity.
Origin and meaning
The name Leia can be derived from the Spanish ley and Portuguese lei (cf. the Latin lex 'law') with the meaning "law" or in the figurative sense "faithful to the law" or "faithful to the law". The origin can u. a. can be traced back to the Greek, ancient Greek and Jewish circles. Leia can also be found in the Septuagint in the form of Lea "The Wild Cow".
In the German-speaking world was also a historic, especially Rhenish short Lei, the female first names Adelheid (to Old High German adal "noble, noble" and uniform "shape, being kind") prove. Adding the feminine ending -a results in a feminine first name Leia.
variants
- Leya
- Leja
- Lea
- Léa
- Lêa
- Liah
- Leah
Nicknames
- lee
- Laia
- Ley
- Li
distribution
In the Anglo-American region, the name Leia occurs in this and in the form Leya. In the German-speaking area, the name Leia has been entered as a female first name in this and the spelling Leja several times in recent years.
The first known entry is from 1992 in the Münster registry office. Further entries are u. a. 1998 in Wiesbaden, 1999 in Freiburg / Breisgau and Hagen, 2000 in Berlin-Reinickendorf and Düsseldorf.
Well-known namesake
- Leia Holtwick (* 2002) actress and model
Fictional people
- Leia Organa (character from "Star Wars")
- Leia Rolando (character from the game "Tales of Xillia")
- Leia (character from the game "Harvest Moon DS")
- Leia (character from the series "Lost and Found Music Studios")
Others
A high pressure area was previously named Leia on March 27, 2005 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b First name Leia - meaning and origin - Baby-Vornamen.de. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
- ↑ a b First name Leia - origin and meaning - firstname.de. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .