Lee
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"pasture, meadow"Share
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Lee Origin and Meaning
The name Lee is a girl's name of English origin meaning "pasture, meadow".
The original brief, breezy name is somewhat out of favor now even as a middle name. The Leigh spelling has more substance and is more identifiable as female.
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Lee Rank in US Top 1000
# 1596 on Nameberry
Lee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Lee Popularity
- 1596Nameberry2024
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Famous People Named Lee
- (Caroline) Lee (Bouvier) Radziwillyounger sister of U.S. First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis
- Lee Ann RemickAmerican actress
- Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal)American actress
- Lee Ann Meriwetheractress and Miss America 1955
- Lena "Lee" KrasnerAmerican painter, wife of painter Jackson Pollock
- Ashley Rose "Lee" NewtonAmerican actress, comedian and YouTube personality
- Elizabeth "Lee" MillerLady Penrose, American photographer and model
- Lee WileyAmerican jazz singer
- Lee McKenzieBritish TV sportscaster
- Lee AlexanderScottish football player
- Liv Lee North (b.2017)daughter of Jon and Jessica North
- Aoki Lee Simmonsdaughter of American model Kimora Lee Simmons
- (Nelle) Harper LeeAmerican novelist
- Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson aka Lykke LiSwedish singer,songwriter
Lee in Pop Culture
- Lee Singcharacter in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Pearl"
- Lee Singhcharacter in the "Sims" series
- Lee Kankerantagonist of "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
- "Christie Lee" song by Billy Joel; inspired by ex,wife Christine Lee "Christie" Brinkley
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