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 Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the W ...

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) Lý ( Hán-Nôm: 李, , pronounced like ) is a Vietnamese surname. It is the 14th most common Vietnamese surname and is the 1176th most common American surname, according to the 2010 United States Census. Origin Traditionally, the surname Li is d ...

or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname * Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname * Lee (English surname), a common English surname * List of people with surname Lee **List of people with surname Li ** List of people with the Korean family name Lee

Geography

United Kingdom

* Lee, Devon * Lee, Hampshire * Lee, London * Lee, Mull, a List of United Kingdom locations: Lea-Lei#Lea-Lei, location in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a List of United Kingdom locations: Lea-Lei#Lea-Lei, location * Lee, Shropshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Lea-Lei#Lea-Lei, location * Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire * Lee District (Metropolis) * The Lee, 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