Lee
[liː]Meaning
from a surname derived from Old English leah, meaning "clearing"
Background Story
Lee comes from a surname derived from the Old English leah, meaning "clearing", and is also a unisex given name taken from the English word lee. The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee, and in his honour Lee has been used as a given name in the American South, where it is also common as a middle name. It is additionally a short form of Ashley, Beverly, Kimberley, Leona and Leslie. In the United States its use as a masculine name peaked in the early 1900s and as a feminine name in 1955, and in the United Kingdom it was among the twenty most popular boys' names during the 1970s and 1980s.
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