Lee

See also: lee, leé, l'ee, and le'e

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?]

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lee

  1. An English topographic surname​ for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
  2. A male given name derived from the surname
  3. A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
    • 2016, Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 21:
      “Nora?” She frowned, puzzled.
      “My name's Leonora,” I said. “At school I was Lee, but now I prefer Nora. I did mention it in the e-mail.”
      I'd always hated being Lee. It was a boy's name, a name that lent itself to teasing and rhyme.
  4. A placename
    1. Any of various place names
    2. a river in England
    3. a suburb of London, in the Borough of Lewisham
    4. a river in Co. Cork, Ireland
    5. an unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, Indiana, USA
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from East Asia

Proper noun

Lee

  1. A surname​ of Chinese origin. Alternative form of Li, a transcription of 李 (Lǐ) and other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)
  2. A surname​ of Korean origin. Alternative form of Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)

Etymology 3

A diminutive

Proper noun

Lee

  1. A male nickname for names such as Leo and Leroy

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lee is the 21st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 702,625 individuals. Lee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.4%), White (36.0%) and Black/African American (16.3%) individuals.

See also

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lē, from Old Saxon hlēo. Cognate with Dutch lij, English lee.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Lee f (genitive Lee, no plural)

  1. leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)
    tosende See an Luv und Lee — “raging sea on the windward and leeward sides”

Antonyms
  • leewärts
  • Leeseite

See also

Further reading
  • Lee in Duden online

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈliː]
  • Hyphenation: Lee

Noun

Lee (plural Leek)

  1. Lee

Declension
Inflection of Lee
singular plural
nominative Lee Leek
accusative Leet Leeket
dative Leenek Leeknek
instrumental Leevel Leekkel
causal-final Leeért Leekért
translative Leevé Leekké
terminative Leeig Leekig
essive-formal Leeként Leekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Leeben Leekben
superessive Leen Leeken
adessive Leenél Leeknél
illative Leebe Leekbe
sublative Leere Leekre
allative Leehez Leekhez
elative Leeből Leekből
delative Leeről Leekről
ablative Leetől Leektől
Possessive forms of Lee
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Leem Leeim
2nd person sing. Leed Leeid
3rd person sing. Leeje Leei
1st person plural Leenk Leeink
2nd person plural Leetek Leeitek
3rd person plural Leejük Leeik

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch lei.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leː/
    • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Lee f (plural Leeën)

  1. slate
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