FromOld Englishlēa, the dative case oflēah(“meadow”), originally to denote someone who lived near a meadow.
Lee (countable anduncountable,pluralLees)
- An Englishtopographicsurname from Middle English for someone who lived near ameadow (theAnglo-Saxon for meadow beingley orleag).
2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, inCNN[1]:Finally, there’s a StanLee fly, in honor of the late Marvel Comics visionary.
- A unisexgiven name.
- A malegiven name derived from the surname,masculine ofLeigh
2017, Theodore Dalrymple,The Knife Went In:There was certainly an excess of young men in prison with non-traditional names such asLee or Dwayne. Indeed, there were so many of the former that I once mooted that allLees should be arrested at birth and kept in preventative detention.
2021 September 24, Tom Gogola, “Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss”, inThe Nation[2], retrieved1 June 2022:She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-snifferLee Zeldin[…]
- A femalegiven name popular in conjoined names such asLee Ann orMary Lee.
2016, Ruth Ware,In a Dark, Dark Wood, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN, page21:“Nora?” She frowned, puzzled.
“My name's Leonora,” I said. “At school I wasLee, but now I prefer Nora. I did mention it in the e-mail.”
I'd always hated beingLee. It was a boy's name, a name that lent itself to teasing and rhyme.
- Aplacename, for example:
- A number of places inEngland:
- Ahamlet inBerrynarbor parish,North Devon district,Devon(OS grid ref SS5546).
- A smallvillage inIlfracombe parish,North Devon district,Devon(OS grid ref SS4846).
- Asuburb in the borough ofLewisham,Greater London(OS grid ref TQ3974).
- Ahamlet inRomsey parish,Test Valley district,Hampshire, previously inRomsey Extra parish(OS grid ref SU3617).
- Ahamlet inHexhamshire parish,Northumberland(OS grid ref NY9459).[1]
- Ahamlet inEllesmere Rural parish,Shropshire(OS grid ref SJ4032).
- Avillage inBuckinghamshire, commonly known asThe Lee.
- Alternative spelling ofLea, theRiver Lea in eastern England.
- A smallsettlement on theRoss of Mull, isle ofMull,Argyll and Bute council area,Scotland(OS grid ref NM4021).
- Ariver inCountyCork,Ireland, that passes through the city of Cork toCork Harbour.
1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, inRailway Magazine, page301:The RiverLee is an important feature of the City of Cork, and on the other side of it is the Albert Quay terminus of the former Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway.
- A number of places in theUnited States:
- A formersettlement inInyo County,California.
- Atown inMadison County,Florida.
- Avillage inDeKalb County andLee County,Illinois.
- Anunincorporated community inMonon Township,White County,Indiana.
- Atown inPenobscot County,Maine.
- Atown inBerkshire County,Massachusetts.
- Anunincorporated community inElko County,Nevada.
- Atown inStrafford County,New Hampshire.
- Atown andvillage inOneida County,New York.
- A number oftownships in theUnited States, listed underLee Township.
FromIrishLaoi, perhaps from an ancient personal name.
Lee
- Ariver inCountyCork,Ireland.
FromChinese:
Lee (pluralLees)
- Asurname from Chinese.
2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, inBBC[3]:RobertLee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.
- Asurname from Cantonese.
- Asurname from Hokkien.
- Asurname from Teochew.
- Asurname from Mandarin.
- Asurname from Hakka.
Transcription ofKorean이(李)(I) and리(李)(Ri).
Lee (pluralLees)
- Asurname from Korean;alternative form ofRhee.
A diminutive.
Lee (pluralLees)
- A malegiven name.
- Anickname for various given names with the first syllable asLee;Clipping ofLeo,Leroy.
- According to the 2010 United States Census,Lee is the 21st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 702,625 individuals.Lee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.4%), White (36.0%) and Black/African American (16.3%) individuals.
Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanlē, fromOld Saxonhlēo. Cognate withDutchlij,Englishlee.
Lee f (genitiveLee,no plural)
- leewardside of aship(the side away from the wind direction)
- Antonym:Luv
- tosende See an Luv undLee ―raging sea on the windward andleeward sides
Declension ofLee [sg-only, feminine]
- “Lee” inDuden online
- “Lee” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- IPA(key): [ˈliː]
- Hyphenation:Lee
Lee
- Lee
FromMiddle High Germanleie. Cognate withGermanLei,Dutchlei.
Lee f (pluralLeeën)
- (countable)slate, plate of slate (for roofing or writing)
- (uncountable, dated)slate as a material
- Synonym:Schifer
Lee (Baybayin spellingᜎᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipinosurname from Hokkien
- a Chinese Filipinosurname from Cantonese
- asurname from Korean
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014,Lee is the 309th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,098 individuals.
List of United Kingdom locations: Lea-Lei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia