Leigh (name)
Leigh is an English family name and given name derived from it .
Origin and meaning
Leigh is an originally local English family name as a variant of Lee , which denoted someone who lived near a forest or forest clearing ( Old English leah ), as well as a male and female first name derived from this.
Name bearer
Male first name
- Leigh Adams (* 1971), Australian speedway driver
- Leigh Bowery (1961–1994), Australian performance artist and model
- Leigh Broxham (* 1988), Australian soccer player
- Leigh Canham (* 1958), British scientist and university professor
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), British writer and agent
- Leigh Griffiths (born 1990), Scottish football player
- Leigh Halfpenny (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
- Leigh Harline (1907–1969), American film composer
- Leigh Howard (* 1989), Australian cyclist
- Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), English writer
- Leigh Ledare (* 1976), American photographer and video artist
- Leigh McCloskey (born 1955), American actor
- Leigh Scott (* 1972), American film director and screenwriter
- Leigh Turner (* 1958), British diplomat
- Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828–1913), British polar explorer
- Leigh Van Valen (1935-2010), American biologist
- Leigh Whannell (* 1977), Australian screenwriter and actor
- Leigh Whipper (1876–1975), African-American actor
Female first name
- Leigh-Allyn Baker (born 1972), American actress
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978), American writer and screenwriter
- Rachael Leigh Cook (* 1979), American actress and model
- Tricia Leigh Fisher (* 1968), American actress and singer
- Leigh Harris (≈ 1954–2019), American jazz singer
- Leigh Kennedy (* 1951), American writer
- Leigh-Ann Naidoo (* 1976), South African beach volleyball player
- Leigh Taylor-Young (born 1945), American actress
- Alicia Leigh Willis (* 1978), American actress
family name
- Augusta Leigh (1783-1851), British aristocrat, half-sister of Lord Byron
- Barbara Leigh (born 1946), American actress
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (born 1935), British actress
- Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827–1891), educator, artist, feminist and women's rights activist
- Benjamin W. Leigh (1781–1849), American politician
- Carol Leigh (* 1951), American filmmaker
- Charlie Leigh (1945-2006), American football player
- Cherami Leigh (* 1988), American actress and voice actress
- Chyler Leigh (* 1982), American actress
- David Leigh (journalist) (* 1946), British journalist, publicist and university lecturer
- David Leigh (swimmer) (born 1956), British swimmer
- David A. Leigh (* 1963), British chemist and nanoscientist
- Dorian Leigh (1917–2008), American model and actress
- Edward Leigh (born 1950), British politician (Conservative Party), member of the House of Commons
- Egerton Boughton-Leigh (1897–1960), British soldier and alpine ski racer
- Elizabeth Medora Leigh (1814–1849), British adventurer, probably the illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron
- Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester (1598–1653), British peer and politician
- Greg Leigh (* 1994), English soccer player
- Gustavo Leigh (1920–1999), Chilean lieutenant general
- Heather Leigh (* 1979), American improvisation musician and songwriter
- Howard Leigh (presenter) (born 1940), Australian journalist and presenter
- Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley (* 1959), British economic manager and politician
- Janet Leigh (1927-2004), American actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962), American actress
- John Leigh (actor, 1689) (1689–1726) Irish actor and playwright
- John Leigh (actor, 1965) (born 1965), New Zealand actor and voice actor
- John Leigh (* 1985), British mixed media artist and graphic designer, see Karborn
- Julia Leigh (* 1970), Australian writer and director
- Kassum Leigh (1948–2014), Gambian politician
- Katie Leigh (born 1958), American voice actress
- Leila Leigh (* 1975), American actress
- Lewis Leigh Fermor (1880–1954), English geologist
- Lyane Leigh (* 1969) stage name of the German singer Liane Hegemann
- Mike Leigh (born 1943), British director, screenwriter, actor and set designer
- Mitch Leigh (1928–2014), American composer and theater producer
- Monroe Leigh (1919-2001), American lawyer
- Nikki Leigh (* 1988), American actress
- Rachael Leigh Cook (* 1979), American actress and model
- Ralph Leigh (1915–1987), British literary scholar
- Richard Leigh (1943–2007), American author
- Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (1927-2013), British banker
- Roberta Leigh († 2014), British writer, children's book author and television producer
- Roger Leigh-Wood (1906–1987), British athlete
- Ronald Leigh-Hunt (1920–2005), British actor
- Sam Leigh-Brown (born 1969), British singer
- Stephen Leigh (* 1951), American science fiction author
- Suzanna Leigh (1945-2017), British actress
- Tom Leigh (1875-1914), English football player
- Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892-1944), British air marshal
- Vera Leigh (1903-1944), British agent
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), British actress
- Walter Leigh (1905–1942), British composer
- Wendy Leigh (1950–2016), British society journalist and book author