LEE

in South Dakota

There are 833 people with the last name "LEE" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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LEE 29
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  1. is 25th most common Hofer
  2. is 26th most common Fischer
  3. is 27th most common Thomas
  4. is 28th most common Clark
  5. is 29th most common Lee
  6. is 30th most common Martin
  7. is 31st most common White
  8. is 32nd most common Wagner
  9. is 33rd most common Taylor

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for LEE

Robert, James, John, Mary, David, Michael, Norman, Richard, Ronald, Sharon



Meaning & History

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 (17561818), another revolutionary war hero.


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