Gender: Feminine
Origin: Italian/Galician/German
(LEE-ah)

The name could either be from the Italian and Galician form of Leah or it could be a German contraction of Rosalia or Julia or any name that ends in -lia.

Currently, it is the 34th most popular female name in Germany, (2011). Her rankings in other countries are as follows:

• #18 (German-speaking Switzerland, 2010)
• #59 (Slovenia, 2010)
• #299 (France, 2009)
• # 356 (United States, 2010)

The name is borne by German Opera Soprano, Lia Hanus.