Lee Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which originally meant ‘wood' or ‘glade'.
English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English leah ‘wood', ‘glade', as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach', a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem', ‘song' (originally a byname for a poet).
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.
Chinese : variant of Li 1.
Chinese : variant of Li 2.
Chinese : variant of Li 3.
Korean: variant of Yi.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which originally meant ‘wood' or ‘glade'.
English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English leah ‘wood', ‘glade', as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach', a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem', ‘song' (originally a byname for a poet).
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.
Chinese : variant of Li 1.
Chinese : variant of Li 2.
Chinese : variant of Li 3.
Korean: variant of Yi.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
Lee Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which originally meant ‘wood' or ‘glade'.
English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English leah ‘wood', ‘glade', as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach', a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem', ‘song' (originally a byname for a poet).
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.
Chinese : variant of Li 1.
Chinese : variant of Li 2.
Chinese : variant of Li 3.
Korean: variant of Yi.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which originally meant ‘wood' or ‘glade'.
English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English leah ‘wood', ‘glade', as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach', a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem', ‘song' (originally a byname for a poet).
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.
Chinese : variant of Li 1.
Chinese : variant of Li 2.
Chinese : variant of Li 3.
Korean: variant of Yi.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
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