Lee may refer to:

Name

Given name

Lee (given name) Lee is a given name derived from the English surname Lee (which is ultimately from a placename derived from Old English ''leah'' "clearing; meadow"). According to the Social Security Administration's popular baby name database, its popularity pe ...

, a given name in English

Surname

* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: **

Li (surname 李) Li or Lee (; ) is a common Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, and more than 100 ...

or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname **

Li (surname 利) Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is pronounced Lei in Cantonese, and often spelled Lee in Hong Kong and overseas-Chinese communities. It is listed 364th in the Song Dynasty classic ''Hundred ...

or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese surname * Lý (Vietnamese surname) or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname *

Lee (Korean surname) Lee, Revised Romanization of Korean, I, or Yi () is the List of South Korean surnames by prevalence, second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (Korean surname), Kim (김). Historically, 李 was officially written as Ni () in Korea. The ...

or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname *

Lee (English surname) Lee is a common surname in English language, English-speaking countries. In the United States during the year 2000 US Census, 2000 census, "Lee" was the most common American surnames, 22nd-most-common surname.United States Census Bureau.Genealo ...

, a common English surname *

List of people with surname Lee This is a list of persons with the surname Lee. A * Agnes Lee, American poet * Alan Lee (footballer), former Irish footballer * Albert Lee, English guitarist * Alma Lee (1914-2000),, Swiss-born naturalised British philatelist * Alvin Lee (194 ...

List of people with surname Li This is a list of people with the surname Li (李). Lǐ is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is one of the most common surnames in China and the world, shared by more than 93 million people in China, ...

List of people with the Korean family name Lee Lee (리 or 이) is a family name among ethnic Koreans, with approximately 15% of all Koreans sharing the name. This is a list of notable people with the Korean name Lee, also transliterated as Yi, in South Korea and Ri, in North Korea; Yie, Rhee ...

Geography

United Kingdom

Lee, Devon Berrynarbor (historically Berry Narbor, Berrie Nerbert, etc) is a village, civil parish and former manor in the North Devon district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 749, increasing to 802 at the ...

Lee, Hampshire Lee is a hamlet and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.7 miles (4.5 km) north from the hamlet. Lee is home to the Mountbatten Gallery previously Lee church ...

Lee, London Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. It is within the h ...

* Lee, Mull, a location in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a location * Lee, Shropshire, a location *

Lee-on-the-Solent Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a seaside district of the Borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England, about five miles (8 km) west of Portsmouth. The area is located on the coast of the Solent. It is primarily a resi ...

, Hampshire *

Lee District (Metropolis) Plumstead (1855–1894) and then Lee (1894–1900) was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1900. It was formed as the Plumstead district by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed ...

The Lee The Lee (formally known as just Lee) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 2 mi north east of Great Missenden and 3 mi south east of Wendover. The Lee is also the name of a civil parish ...

, Buckinghamshire, parish and village name, formally known as Lee * River Lee - alternative name for River Lea

United States

* Lee, California * Lee, Florida * Lee, Illinois * Lee, Indiana * Lee, Maine * Lee, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Lee (CDP), Massachusetts, the central village in the town * Lee, Nevada * Lee, New Hampshire * Lee, New York, a town ** Lee (hamlet), New York, within the town of Lee * Lees Station, Tennessee, also called Lee * Lee Peak, in Missouri * Mount Lee, in California * Van Aken–Lee (RTA Rapid Transit station) (signed "Lee – Van Aken"), a station on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio * Lee County (disambiguation) * Lee Township (disambiguation)

Other countries

* Lée, France * Lee (Village) - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, in India * Electoral district of Lee, South Australia * River Lee, in Ireland * Lee (Vechte), a river of Germany, tributary of the Vechte

Enterprises

* Lee (jeans), a clothing brand * Lee Enterprises (LEE on NYSE), publicly traded newspaper holding company including ''St. Louis Post Dispatch'' * Lee Equity Partners, a private equity firm founded by Thomas H. Lee after leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2006 *Lee Filters, a manufacturer of lighting filters * Lee University, a private liberal arts university in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States *Thomas H. Lee Partners, a private equity firm founded by, but after 2006 not associated with, Thomas H. Lee * Lee Tires, a division of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Goodyear

Art, entertainment, and media

* Lee (2007 film), ''Lee'' (2007 film), a 2007 film * Lee (2017 film), ''Lee'' (2017 film), a 2017 film * Lee (novel), ''Lee'' (novel), a novel by Tito Perdue * "Lee", a 1973 single by The Detroit Emeralds

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Lee (2011) * Lee side, the side of a ship which is downwind, the side away from windward * Lee wave, periodic change of pressure in a stream of air when the wind moves over mountains * M3 Lee, a medium tank used during World War II