Leah was the less-loved of Jacob's two wives, and the Bible does not hide her ache — the LORD saw that Leah was hated. Yet God saw her, and in her sons the covenant line advanced. Her heart's journey shows in their names, culminating in the fourth: now will I praise the LORD, and she called his name Judah.
From that son, born of the overlooked wife, came King David and, in time, the Messiah. Leah's story is a quiet triumph of the unnoticed and the faithful.
Leah is a soft, popular classic — gentle in sound and rich in story.
Variants & nicknames
Lia, Lea, Leia
Leah in the Bible
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.