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Lee

in the US

There are 510,385 people with the last name "Lee" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Lee 19
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  1. is 15th most common Thompson
  2. is 16th most common Rodriguez
  3. is 17th most common White
  4. is 18th most common Jackson
  5. is 19th most common Lee
  6. is 20th most common Martinez
  7. is 21st most common Harris
  8. is 22nd most common Clark
  9. is 23rd most common Hernandez

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lee

Robert, James, John, David, Michael, Mary, William, Richard, Young, Linda

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Meaning & History

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Lee

1. 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’.

2. 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.

3. Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach’, a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem’, ‘song’ (originally a byname for a poet).

4. Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.

5. Chinese 李: variant of Li 1.

6. Chinese 黎: variant of Li 2.

7. Chinese 利: variant of Li 3.

8. 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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