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Lee (given Name)
Lee is a given name derived from the Lee (English surname), English surname Lee (which is ultimately from a placename derived from Old English '':wikt:leah, leah'' "clearing; meadow"). According to the Social Security Administration's popular baby name database, its popularity peaked in the United States in 1900 at rank 39 as a masculine name, and in 1955 at rank 182 as a feminine name. The name's popularity declined steadily in the second half of the 20th century, falling below rank 1000 by 1991 as a feminine name, and to 698 as of 2021 as a masculine name. In the later 20th century, it also gained some popularity in the United Kingdom, peaking among the 20 most popular boys' names during the 1970s to 1980s, but it had fallen out of the top 100 by 2001. Lee is also a hypocorism, hypocoristic form of the given names Ashley (given name), Ashley, Beverly (name), Beverly, Kimberly (given name), Kimberley, Leona, and Leslie (name), Leslie (all of which are also derived from English pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee (English Surname)
Lee is a common surname in English-speaking countries. In the United States during the year 2000 census, "Lee" was the 22nd-most-common surname.United States Census Bureau.Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000". 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. Origins China Lee is a common romanization of the Chinese surname 李, alternatively romanized as ''Li.'' in mandarin. England There are several distinct origins of the Lee surname. The most common is derived from Old English ''lēah'', meaning a meadow or forest clearing. This developed variously into the surnames Lee, Lea, and Leigh. Ireland The name in Ireland has several diverse origins, resulting in widely dispersed clusters of the name in South Western, Western (Galway) and North Eastern Counties.Michael C. O'Laughlin The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small – 2002 reprinted from Michael C. O'Laughlin Families of County Galway, Ireland – 1998 – Page 125 " Lea, Maclee, Macalea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |