"Form of Maleah"
The name Maleigha is commonly a female name from the "Polynesian" origin.
Maleigha is a modern American respelling that substitutes the -eigh letter sequence, as seen in Kayleigh and Ryleigh, for the -ea- of Maleah and the -ia- of Malia. The spelling changes how the name is written, not where it comes from; it belongs to that established name group rather than carrying a separate etymology of its own.
Maleah means "Bitter".
The pronunciation of Maleigha is muh-LEE-uh.
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