Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>L>Lee-Lees>Lees in the US

Lees

in the US

There are 4,823 people with the last name "Lees" in the United States.

Add to web page

Ranking in the US

NameRank
Lees 5,633
close
  1. is 5,629th most common Coward
  2. is 5,630th most common Salvatore
  3. is 5,631st most common Magill
  4. is 5,632nd most common Bodnar
  5. is 5,633rd most common Lees
  6. is 5,634th most common Serra
  7. is 5,635th most common Koerner
  8. is 5,636th most common Reavis
  9. is 5,637th most common Carder

Similar Names and Nicknames

Leeson, Leese, Leos, Lease, Leis, Loesch, Lieske, Lies, Leas, Less

Most Common First Names for Lees

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

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).

English: habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.

English: variant spelling of Leece 1.

Scottish: reduced form of Gillies.

Scottish and Irish: reduced and altered form of McLeish.

Dutch: variant of Leys.

Recent Searches for "Lees" in the US

Since June 2009
1,701

Most Popular Search

Robert Lees (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv1)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement