Legh: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Records tie Legh closely to Leigh. The family name meaning is “Woodland clearing, meadow”, the same as for Leigh.

Legh is listed among the recognised spellings of Leigh. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Legh, so the heraldry linked to Leigh is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Legh report, with a museum-style coat of arms.