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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of numerous places so called from Old English lēah ‘wood, clearing’. In the United States, it is sometimes chosen in honour of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee (1807–70). As a girl's name it is commonly used in compounds such as Casey-Lee and Jamie-Lee.
| 170th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’, ‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
| 14th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Leo, Leah, Lea, Le, Lew, Lei, Leia, Lewie, Leya, Leea
Morrow, Mohr, Moorman, Moorehead, Moorer, Moorhead, Moores, Moor, Mowry, Moorefield
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