Female first name (English): Leigh, Old English (Surname as first name); leah = the wood, the meadow, the clearing, is based on a family name that ends in a common place name back again, both male and female to use Male first name ( English): Leigh, Old English (as first name surname), leah = the wood, the meadow, the clearing, is based on a family name that goes back again to a common place name, both male and female in use