Leigh (Name)
Leigh is an English surname and first name derived from this.
Origin and Meaning
Leigh is a variant of Lee was originally a place-based English surname which denoted someone who lived near a grove or forest clearing (Old English leah ) and one derived from that of male and female first name.
Bearers of the name
Male first name
- Leigh Adams (born 1971 ), Australian speedway rider
- Leigh Bowery (1961-1994), Australian performance artist and model
- Leigh Broxham (* 1988), Australian football player
- Leigh Canham (born 1958 ), British scientist and university teacher
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), British writer and agent
- Leigh Griffiths ( * 1990), Scottish football player
- Leigh Halfpenny (* 1988), Welsh rugby union player
- Leigh Harline (1907-1969), American film composer
- Leigh Howard ( * 1989), Australian cyclist
- Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), English writer
- Ledare Leigh (born 1976 ), American photographer and video artist
- Leigh McCloskey ( born 1955 ), American actor
- Leigh Scott (born 1972 ), American film director and screenwriter
- Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913), British polar explorer
- Leigh Van Valen (1935-2010), American biologist
- Leigh Whannell ( born 1977 ), Australian actor and screenwriter
- Leigh Whipper (1876-1975), African- American actor
Female first name
- Leigh- Allyn Baker (born 1972 ), American actress
- Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), American author and screenwriter
- Rachael Leigh Cook ( born 1979 ), American actress and model
- Tricia Leigh Fisher ( born 1968 ), American actress and singer
- Leigh Kennedy ( b. 1951 ), American writer
- Leigh -Ann Naidoo (born 1976 ), South African beach volleyball player
- Leigh Taylor - Young ( born 1945 ), American actress
- Alicia Leigh Willis (born 1978 ), American actress
Family name
- Augusta Leigh (1783-1851), British aristocrat and half-sister of the poet Lord Byron
- Barbara Leigh- Hunt ( born 1935 ), British theater, television and film actress
- Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), American politician
- Carol Leigh ( born 1951 ), American filmmaker and activist for the rights of prostitutes
- Cherami Leigh (* 1988), American actress and voice actress
- Chyler Leigh ( b. 1982 ), American actress
- David Leigh (journalist ) ( born 1946 ), British journalist, writer and university teacher
- David Leigh ( swimmer ) ( born 1956 ), British swimmer
- David A. Leigh ( born 1963 ), British chemist and nano scientists
- Dorian Leigh (1917-2008), American fashion model, actress
- Elizabeth Medora Leigh (1814-1849), British adventurer; probably illegitimate daughter of the poet Lord Byron
- Howard Leigh, Leigh, Baron of Hurley ( born 1959 ), British business manager, businessman and politician of the Conservative Party
- Janet Leigh (1927-2004), American actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962 ), American actress
- John Leigh (born 1965 ), New Zealand actor and voice actor
- Julia Leigh (born 1970 ), Australian writer and film director
- Kassum Leigh (1948-2014), Gambian politician
- Katie Leigh (born 1958 ), American voice actress
- Lewis Leigh Fermor (1880-1954), English geologist
- Mike Leigh ( born 1943 ), British theater and film director, drama and screenwriter, actor and stage designer
- Mitch Leigh (1928-2014), American composer and theatrical producer
- Monroe Leigh (1919-2001), American lawyer, president of the American Society for International Law
- Rachael Leigh Cook ( born 1979 ), American actress and model
- Robert Leigh- Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (1927-2013), British banker
- Ronald Leigh- Hunt (1916-2005), British actor
- Sam Leigh -Brown (born 1969 ), British singer
- Suzanna Leigh ( born 1945 ), British actress
- Tom Leigh ( 1875-19 **), English footballer
- Trafford Leigh- Mallory (1892-1944), British air marshal
- Vera Leigh (1903-1944), British Agent
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), British film and stage actress
- Walter Leigh (1905-1942), British composer