Name meaning & stats
Leia
Leia means “weary (debated)” (Hebrew origin). 18,778 US babies since 1940, peak 2023.
What it means
“weary (debated)”
HebrewForm of Leah
In US birth records
Peak year: 2023
18,778 US babies were named Leia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Leia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 3 Lias spell it Leia
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2023)