overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

Leith.

A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/liːθ/
  1. A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.

  2. A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.

  3. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.

  4. A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.

  5. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

Leith has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

Leith studioLeith workshello, Leith

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.