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Lee

in Illinois

There are 15,487 people with the last name "Lee" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Lee 21
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  1. is 17th most common Martinez
  2. is 18th most common White
  3. is 19th most common Martin
  4. is 20th most common Hernandez
  5. is 21st most common Lee
  6. is 22nd most common Thompson
  7. is 23rd most common Robinson
  8. is 24th most common Gonzalez
  9. is 25th most common Lopez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Le, Lea, Leo, Lew, Ley, Lei, Loe, Leu, Lie, Lue

Most Common First Names for Lee

John, Robert, James, David, Michael, Young, William, Sang, Richard, Charles

Meaning & History

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Lee

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood’ or ‘glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English lēah ‘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 李: variant of Li 1.

Chinese 黎: variant of Li 2.

Chinese 利: variant of Li 3.

Korean: variant of Yi.

FOREBEARS Lee is a prominent VA family name brought over in 1641 by Richard Lee (d. 1664), a VA planter and legislator. His great-grandsons included the brothers Arthur, Francis L., Richard Henry, and William Lee, all prominent American Revolution legislators and diplomats. The Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee was the son of Henry ‘Lighthorse Harry’ Lee (1756–1818), another revolutionary war hero.

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