Baby name
RISING
🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Leia
/LAY · ah/
Meaning
“Weary or cow”
Popularized globally by Star Wars' Princess Leia (1977), the name may derive from the Hebrew Leah meaning 'weary' or 'cow', or Hawaiian meaning 'child of heaven'.
Nicknames
lea · lei
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Permanently associated with Star Wars; ages surprisingly well as the franchise becomes multigenerational.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US, UK, Germany and Brazil since 2015, fueled by Star Wars sequel trilogy releases.