as a Last Name
- 565,902
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lee
Meaning & Origins
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’.
| 20th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 565,902
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Lee per capita
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