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Girl name English origin Christian tradition

Lee

LEE · 3 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Meadow or clearing, from Old English leah
Language
English
Culture
English
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
unisex · short
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#5214
2024 births25
Peak year1956
First appeared1880
Total US births62,278
1956 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Lee-Lee
Alternate spellings
LeighLeaLi
In other languages
Lee (English)

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Notable people named Lee

Lee Krasner (artist)
Lee Miller (photographer)
Lee Radziwill (socialite)
Lee Meriwether (Miss America)