Leka (name)

Leka is an Albanian male name and surname. In the Balkans, it has spread in the forms Lecca (Romanian), Lekkas (Greek), Lekić (Serbo-Croatian).

As toponym

 * Lekaj is a village and a former municipality situated in the central plains of Albania's Western Lowlands region. It is part of Tirana County.
 * Lekaj (Hysgjokaj) is a village in the commune of Hysgjokaj in the district of Lushnja in Albania.
 * Lekas is a village in Dardhas commune in Pogradec district in Albania.
 * Lekas another village in Lekas commune in Korça district in Albania
 * Λέκα Σάμου is a village of Samos, built at the northeastern foot of Mount Kerkis, near the town of Karlovasi, which might be derived from Albanian
 * Lekël is a village in Gjirokastër County

Given name

 * Leka (Paulician leader) a Byzantine Paulician, possibly of Albanian birth
 * Lekë Dukagjini Albanian Nobleman who canonized the doke
 * Lekë Matrënga 1567 – 6 May 1619) was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily.
 * Leca of Cătun was probably a Wallachian political figure of Albanian origin, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu Mihnea.
 * Lekë Zaharia an Arbëresh writer.
 * Lekë Dushmani one of the founders of League of Lezhë
 * Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1939) only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania.
 * Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1982) the claimant to the defunct throne of Albania and the head of the House of Zogu.
 * Leka Bungo is an Albanian director, actor, and screenwriter. born 1944.
 * Leka Gjiknuri (1942 -1998) born in Kudhës, Himara, was a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in New York and Paris
 * Leka Ndoja (born in Tirana, 1962) is a researcher of literature and history and an Albanian translator.