Leigh

Alternative forms

• lea, ley
• in personal and place names -leigh, -ley, -ly

Origin

From Middle English legh, lege, lei ("clearing, open ground") from Old English lēah ("clearing in a forest") from Proto-Germanic *lauhō ("meadow"), from Proto-Indo-European *louk- ("field, meadow"). Akin to Old Frisian lāch ("meadow"), Old Saxon lōh ("forest, grove") (Middle Dutch loo ("forest, thicket"); Dutch -lo ("used in placenames")), Old High German lōh ("covered clearing, low bushes"), Old Norse lō ("clearing, meadow"). More at Waterloo.

Full definition of leigh

Noun

1. A meadow.----