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 (born 1935), 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