Lee
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lee"
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English [Term?].
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Proper noun edit
Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)
- An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
- A unisex given name
- A male given name derived from the surname, masculine of Leigh
- 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.
- A placename, for example:
- A number of places in England:
- A neighbourhood near the village of Berrynarbor, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5546).
- A small village in Ilfracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4846). [1]
- A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London.
- A village in Buckinghamshire, commonly known as The Lee.
- Alternative spelling of Lea, the River Lea in eastern England.
- A river in County Cork, Ireland.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former settlement in Inyo County, California.
- A town in Madison County, Florida.
- A village in DeKalb County and Lee County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, Indiana.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada.
- A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
- A town and village in Oneida County, New York.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lee Township.
- A number of places in England:
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Etymology 2 edit
From Chinese:
- Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ), and other less common surnames such as 黎 (Lí).
- Cantonese: 李 (lei5), and other less common surnames such as 利 (lei6).
- Hokkien: 李 (Lí), Teochew: 李 (li2).
- Hakka: 李 (Lí).
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Lee (plural Lees)
- A surname from Chinese.
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Etymology 3 edit
Transcription of Korean 리(李) (Ri), 리(理) (Ri).
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Proper noun edit
Lee (plural Lees)
Etymology 4 edit
A diminutive
Proper noun edit
Lee (plural Lees)
- A male given name
Statistics edit
- 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.
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German lē, from Old Saxon hlēo. Cognate with Dutch lij, English lee.
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Noun edit
Lee f (genitive Lee, no plural)
- leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)
- Antonym: Luv
- tosende See an Luv und Lee ― raging sea on the windward and leeward sides
Declension edit
Declension of Lee [sg-only, feminine]
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Lee
Declension edit
Inflection of Lee | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Leeé | Leeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Leeéi | Leekéi |
Possessive forms of Lee | ||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German leie. Cognate with German Lei, Dutch lei.
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Noun edit
Lee f (plural Leeën)
- (countable) slate, plate of slate (for roofing or writing)
- (uncountable, dated) slate as a material
- Synonym: Schifer
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Tagalog edit
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Etymology edit
- (Chinese surname): From Hokkien 李 (Lí) & Cantonese 李 (Lei5), via English Lee.
- (Korean surname): From Korean 리(李) (Ri), via English Lee.
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Lee (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese
- a surname from Korean, most notably borne by:
- Grace Lee, film distributor, businesswoman, former tv host and former radio DJ.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lee is the 309th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,098 individuals.