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All around the world, Leigh (Leigh
, 李
, لي
, among others...) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The first name Leigh is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a common unisex name, the United Kingdom, and Reunion, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much more frequently, Leigh is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Leigh | Australia, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, China |
| 李 | Japan, China, United States |
| لي | Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan |
| リー | Japan |
| Ли | Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan |
| לי | Israel |
| 리 | South Korea |
Leigh is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheldon Cooper , the Fictional character in The Big Bang Theory; Leigh Teabing , the fictional character, The Da Vinci Code; Rory Gilmore , the fictional character from the television series Gilmore Girls; Leigh Ostin , character in The L Word and Leigh Barham , the character in BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers, and in many other works.