How do you pronounce "Leigh"?

ebl2 · June 2014

I've seen it a few times now where people thought "Leigh" was pronounced "Lay." I've always pronounced it "Lee." So now I'm curious, how do you pronounce it?

LNic5 · June 2014

I've never heard or thought to pronounce it Lay...I've always said Lee. My sisters name is Ashley but spelt Ashleigh, so it's said as Lee too

LNic5 · June 2014

I guess the only time Leigh would be pronounced as Lay is if the name was Leighton

oliversbear · June 2014

LNic5 said:

I guess the only time Leigh would be pronounced as Lay is if the name was Leighton

This exactly.

ebl2 · June 2014

oliversbear said:

LNic5 said:

I guess the only time Leigh would be pronounced as Lay is if the name was Leighton

This exactly.

Interesting. I would never have known there was a difference.

Spin313 · June 2014

Lay = beginning of word (Leighton)
Lee = end of the word (Ashleigh)

macchiatto · June 2014

LNic5 said:

I guess the only time Leigh would be pronounced as Lay is if the name was Leighton

Yep (or in other words like sleigh). The name Leigh I've always heard pronounced like "Lee."

ashie624 · June 2014

Definitely Lee.

stahlop · June 2014

It should be pronounced like lay, but for some reason it's pronounced like lee, I don't know why.

MrsLele · July 2014

Leeroy80 said:
This is my name. It gets mispronounced all.the.time.

Yep! It's my name, too, and people almost never pronounce it correctly if they are reading it. I get Lay and Leah quite a bit. And if I just say my name (like at sbux for example) it is always misspelled "Lee" which is my biggest pet peeve.

Beevol · July 2014

Leigh should follow the "I before E except after C or when making the sound of an A as in neighbor or weigh" rule, so when I see it I see 'Lay' but I know a lot of people who spell names like Ashley as Ashleigh so I always end up asking which way they want the name pronounced. I have a coworker whose last name is Leigh and she pronounces Lee and a coworker whose last name is Leighton who pronounces it Layton, so... it's one of those things that don't seem to have an agreed upon pronunciation.

saham07 · July 2014

I didn't vote because I have seen both.....no bubble for both!

velvethearts · July 2014

I grew up with a girl named Leigh (pron. Lee) and for the most part people pronounced it correctly, but sometimes someone would ask her how she pronounced it if they just saw it on paper and weren't sure. No big deal - I think it's legit.