Leah is a Hebrew name usually explained as "weary" or "delicate", though some scholars connect it to an Akkadian word for "cow" in the sense of a gentle, fertile woman. In Genesis Leah is the first wife of Jacob and the mother of six of the twelve tribes of Israel. Leah has been in the top 100 in the United States throughout this century, from number 97 in 2000 to a peak at number 24 in 2010; it ranks number 58 among girls in 2025.