Meaning of name lee and popularity around the world + anagrams
| Source | Meaning of lee | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20000 Names | English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the Old English word leah, meaning "meadow." | Feminine | |
| Aboutnames | meadow; from a family name deriving from a frequent place name meaning 'meadow' | Old English | male |
| Ancestry | English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which originally meant ‘wood’ or ‘glade’.English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English leah ‘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 : variant of Li 1.Chinese : variant of Li 2.Chinese : variant of Li 3.Korean: variant of Yi. | - | N/A |
| Baby Name Guide | Dweller near the wood or clearing | Old English | Boy |
| Baby Names | meadow | ||
| Baby Names Country | The English name Lee means - A short form of Farley. Actor Lee Marvin led The Dirty Dozen | English | - |
| Baby Names World | Clearing, meadow | English | unisex |
| Baby Zone | Meadow; an adapted surname now used as a given name for girls and boys. | - | - |
| Behind the Name | From a surname which was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing". The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In his honour, it has been commonly used as a given name in the American South. | - | Masculine & Feminine |
| Behind the Surname | - | - | N/A |
| Dictionary | protective shelter: The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm. | - | - |
| Hamari Web | A short form of farley. | English | Boy |
| My Baby Name | Healer. | Celtic | - |
| Namespedia | not a Faget | - | - |
| Search for Ancestors | A pasture, meadow, lands not plowed, a common, a sheltered place; Lee, a river, a stream, from Lli, Welsh, a stream. | - | N/A |
| Zelo | Field Meadow | English | Unisex |
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Anagrams for name lee: Eel - Lee
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