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 ...

romanized as Li or Lee: **

Li (surname 李) Li or Lee (; ) is a common 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 million in Asia. ...

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 ...

or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname *

Lee (Korean surname) Lee, I, or Yi () is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). Historically, 李 was officially written as Ni () in Korea. The spelling officially changed to I () in 1933 when the initial sound rule () was established. In ...

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

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 S ...

, 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 ...

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 a ...

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 ...

* Lee, Mull, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a

* Lee, Shropshire, a

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 resid ...

, 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 w ...

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

River Lea The River Lea ( ) is in South East England. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek. It is one of t ...

United States

Lee, California Lee (also, Lees Camp) is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located near the Nevada state line, east of Beatty Junction. A post office operated at Lee from 1907 to 1912. Its first postmaster was John H. Lawrence. The name ...

Lee, Florida Lee is a town in Madison County, Florida, United States. The population was 375 at the 2020 census. Geography Lee is located in eastern Madison County at . U.S. Route 90 passes through the north side of the town, leading northwest to Madison, ...

Lee, Illinois Lee is a village in DeKalb County and Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 337 at the 2010 census, up from 313 at the 2000 census. Geography Lee is located on the border of DeKalb and Lee counties at (41.794240, -88.940951). ...

Lee, Indiana Lee is an unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History The site of what is now Lee is first recorded as a station stop on the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad, a company which by late 1 ...

Lee, Maine Lee is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was incorporated in 1832. The community was named for Stephen Lee, an early settler. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. Lee has been home to Lee Academy since 1845. Geograph ...

Lee, Massachusetts Lee is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, metropolitan statistical area. The population was 5,788 at the 2020 census. Lee, which includes the villages of South and East Lee, is pa ...

, a New England town **

Lee (CDP), Massachusetts Lee is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Lee in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,051 at the 2010 census, out of 5,943 in the entire town of Lee. Geography The Lee CDP is located in the cent ...

, the central village in the town *

Lee, Nevada Lee is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The community is located on the reservation land belonging to, and constituting the sole organized community of, the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shosho ...

Lee, New Hampshire Lee is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,520 at the 2020 census. The town is a rural farm and bedroom community, being close to the University of New Hampshire. History Lee was first settled by Eur ...

Lee, New York Lee is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,486 at the 2010 census. The Town of Lee is northwest of Rome. History The Town of Lee was formed from the Town of Western in 1811. The town was named after Revolut ...

, a town **

Lee (hamlet), New York Lee is a hamlet located in the Town of Lee in Oneida County, New York Oneida County is a county in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,125. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of ...

, within the town of Lee *

Lees Station, Tennessee Lees Station (also Lee, Lees, or Let) is an unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 127 southwest of the city of Pikeville, the county seat of Bledsoe County.Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas ...

, also called Lee * Lee Peak, in Missouri *

Mount Lee Mount Lee is a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Hollywood Sign is located on its southern slope. History The original unnamed peak was one of the "three sisters" along with C ...

, in California *

Van Aken–Lee (RTA Rapid Transit station) A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...

(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 Lee (Hindi: ली) is a small village located in Pauri Tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district (Pin Code : 246001, STD Code: 01368), Uttarakhand India. Even in 2022 there is no road system in this village, the government officials are very corrupt h ...

, in India *

Electoral district of Lee Lee is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is an 18.9 km² suburban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs o ...

, South Australia *

River Lee The River Lee (Irish: ''An Laoi'') is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's ...

, in Ireland * Lee (Vechte), a river of Germany, tributary of the Vechte

Enterprises

Lee (jeans) Lee is an American brand of denim jeans, first produced in 1889 in Salina, Kansas. The company is owned by Kontoor Brands, a spin-off of VF Corporation's Jeanswear Division. Since 2019 its headquarters has been in Greensboro, North Carolina, ...

, a clothing brand *

Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...

(LEE on NYSE), publicly traded newspaper holding company including ''St. Louis Post Dispatch'' *

Lee Equity Partners Lee Equity Partners is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 2006 by Thomas H. Lee, the notable p ...

, 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 Lee University is a private Christian university in Cleveland, Tennessee. It was originally the Church of God Bible Training School, a small Bible institute founded in 1918 with twelve students and one teacher, Nora I. Chambers. The school gre ...

, a private liberal arts university in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States *

Thomas H. Lee Partners Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. is an American private equity firm based in Boston investing in middle market growth companies across financial technology and services, healthcare and technology & business solutions. History Founded in 1974 b ...

, a private equity firm founded by, but after 2006 not associated with, Thomas H. Lee * Lee Tires, a division of Goodyear

Art, entertainment, and media

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

The Detroit Emeralds The Detroit Emeralds are an American R&B/soul vocal group, best known in the early 1970s. They enjoyed a run of successful records in the decade including their 1973 transatlantic hit single, " Feel the Need in Me". Career "The Emeralds" were ...

Other uses

Tropical Storm Lee (2011) Tropical Storm Lee was the thirteenth named storm and fifteenth system overall of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, developing from a broad tropical disturbance over the gulf on September 1. It was designated as Tropical Storm Lee the next d ...

Lee side Windward () and leeward () are terms used to describe the direction of the wind. Windward is ''upwind'' from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is ''downwind'' from the point of reference ...

, 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 The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. In Commonweal ...

, a medium tank used during World War II