Lea (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 (1935–2024), 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

See also

• LEA (disambiguation), also covers Lea
• LEAS (disambiguation)
• Leah (given name)
• Lia