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Allea
How to Pronounce Allea
Pronounced uh-LEE-uh /ΙΛliΛΙ/Low
Meaning: Allea is a modern respelling that sits between two families: Aleah and Leah, from the Hebrew Le'ah, usually glossed 'weary,' and Alia or Aliyah, from the Arabic for 'exalted, sublime, high.' Because the spelling points to both, the route is genuinely uncertain, which we note.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Allea is a streamlined modern spelling whose sound points in two directions at once: toward Aleah and Leah, from the Hebrew Le'ah, and toward Alia and Aliyah, from the Arabic for 'exalted.' The route a given family had in mind is impossible to pin down, so we note both honestly rather than claim one.
As a birth name Allea stayed rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak around the turn of the millennium and to barely more than a hundred in total. A girl named Allea then is in her mid-twenties now, part of the broad taste for airy, vowel-rich names that also lifted Aaliyah and Aleah.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Allea mean?
It reads as a variant of Aleah or Alia, tied to Hebrew Leah, 'weary,' or Arabic Aliyah, 'exalted'; the route is uncertain, which we note.
How do you pronounce Allea?
It is said uh-LEE-uh /ΙΛliΛΙ/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Allea a boy or girl name?
Allea is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Allea?
It was always rare, with a small peak around the turn of the millennium.