leigh does make sense to be pronounced as lee in Irish. Your name is not Irish, but presumably your parents thought it would be cool to give you a unique spelling using a structure that they …

May 8, 2024 · Just curious about how the general population would pronounce Leigh at first glance, and if perhaps that varies by generation or region? Side note, both my mom and MIL …

Jun 14, 2017 · Is Leigh ever pronounced "Lay", or is it always "Lee"? Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

Feb 4, 2023 · Leighton is the only name I've seen it pronounced as lay. I say Lay-ton as well, and that is how the name is pronounced. I've only ever seen Leigh pronounced as Lee when used …

Town called Leigh near Wigan in the UK pronounces that way and also Leigh Francis who does Keith Lemon pronounces it as Lee. Even in names like Amberleigh I still pronounce amber-Lee..

Leigh comes from traditional English, sleigh comes from American English. Part of the reason English behaves stupidly is because we have massive groups separated by time and giant …

Jul 28, 2023 · -leigh .vs. -ly I've noticed a lot of names ending in -leigh as though it is a substitute for -ly. For example: Emily/Emmaleigh My question for the name needs, do you pronounce …

Jan 14, 2023 · Everly. Edited to add: You asked why. I pronounce Leigh as the Leigh in Leighton. So your kid would be Ever-lay to me if you spelled it that way. It seems like a lot of extra letters …

Leigh for girl, definitely. My middle name is Leigh, and I can only think of like one or two times it was mispronounced as "lay". With the name trend we have going right now where people are …

Oct 25, 2020 · Does anyone else pronounce leigh names like the word sleight in their head? When I here a name with that I just can’t pronounce it in my head I always read it as the leigh …