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I've never thought much about Leigh, but I rather like it. I can think of 3 girls named Leigh (actually, one has the double name Leigh-Taylor). I think it has a sort of preppy vibe, and I can see it fitting with both Taylor and Elizabeth. Leigh and Taylor or Leigh and Elizabeth could be sets of sisters.

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I could see your name being Leigh.

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I hate when it's the end of a name, though (Ansleigh, Harleigh, etc.).

The only Leigh I know must be in her middle to late 60s, so more Elizabeth than Taylor! (Lovely way to date names - thank you.) She's a quiet, low-key person, lovely singing voice, easy to like. At least one of her sisters had Leigh as a mn, so it must have been in the family.

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Thanks to her, I like it on a girl and could face Lee on a boy. Not the other way around, though.

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I read somewhere - Leslie Dunkling, I think - that in the UK it was Lee for boys and Leigh for girls, and the opposite in the USA. Is that right, in your experience? I've got a step-nephew Lee who was born in the UK; not sure if he proves anything, though.

I prefer Leah. Leigh sounds a tad too unfeminine for my tastes.

It's funny, while I like Lee for a boy I'm not a fan of Leigh for a girl. I think it's all those extra letters and the unintuitive pronunciation (likewise I dislike Ashleigh and other names using this spelling).

I went to college with a girl called Leigh who complained on multiple occasions about having a boys name. Personally I think Leigh looks too feminine to work on a boy. But when I hear "Lee" (regardless of spelling) I always think boy.

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I think Leigh has more in common with Taylor then Elizabeth.

Leigh is all right as a mn, I guess. As a first name it's very bland and seems like half or less of a name. I see nothing at all in common between Leigh and Taylor. Leigh seems dated to the sixties or thereabouts, Taylor to the nineties and beyond.

Leigh recently made my list. I like it a lot because I find it's short and simple yet effective and strong. However when said aloud I am more inclined to think of Lee (the male name) rather than Leigh which stops me from losing my heart to it.
I'd like to meet a girl with the name Leigh.

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I agree that if Leigh is just on its own it's quite nice. Not "harmful" at all. :)

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Not sure I'd really put Leigh in a category with Elizabeth or Taylor. Somewhere in between, I guess

I think it's fine. The Leigh spelling is more elegant looking than Lee. It also makes me think of breathiness (the gh "feels" like it's almost there) and looks more pretentious than Lee, and it's a little dated, about like Holly. But it's not bad. I'd even rather Leigh than Madison, Ashley, Jordan, or Morgan, names which IMO seem basically nice. It doesn't strike me as traditional or conservative - it's a trendy romantic-ish name picking up a conventional, sophisticated vibe from being short and surnamey and vaguely masculine, like Brooke.

This message was edited 7/8/2013, 10:01 AM

I like it; I pronounced it LAY, rather than LEE, which I would spell phonetically.