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All around the world, Leigh (Leigh
, 李
, لي
, among others...) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The first name Leigh is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a common unisex name, the United Kingdom, and Reunion, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much more frequently, Leigh is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
---|---|
Leigh | China, Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa, United States |
李 | Japan, United States, China |
لي | Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iraq, Egypt |
リー | Japan |
Ли | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Uzbekistan |
לי | Israel |
리 | South Korea |
Leigh is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheldon Cooper , the Fictional character in The Big Bang Theory; Leigh Teabing , the fictional character, The Da Vinci Code; Rory Gilmore , the fictional character from the television series Gilmore Girls; Leigh Ostin , character in The L Word and Leigh Barham , the character in BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers, and in many other works.