LEE

in Utah

There are 3,239 people with the last name "LEE" in Utah.

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Ranking in Utah

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LEE 36
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  1. is 32nd most common Robinson
  2. is 33rd most common Walker
  3. is 34th most common Hall
  4. is 35th most common Roberts
  5. is 36th most common Lee
  6. is 37th most common Jackson
  7. is 38th most common Hill
  8. is 39th most common Lewis
  9. is 40th most common Cook

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for LEE

Robert, Michael, David, Richard, John, James, Jason, Gary, Kevin, Christopher



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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