Lee

Lee is a given name derived from the English surname Lee (which is ultimately from a placename derived from Old English leah "clearing; meadow"). As the surname of Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), the name became popular in the American South after the Civil War, its popularity peaking in 1900 at rank 39 as a masculine name, and in 1955 at rank 182 as a feminine name. The name's popularity declined steadily in the second half of the 20th century, falling below rank 1000 by 1991 as a feminine name, and to 666 as of 2012 as a masculine name. In the later 20th century, it also gained some popularity in the United Kingdom, peaking among the 20 most popular boys' names during the 1970s to 1980s, but it had fallen out of the top 100 by 2001.
Lee is also a hypocoristic form of the given names Ashley, Beverly, Kimberley and Leslie (all of which are also derived from English placenames containing -leah as a second element; with the possible exception of Leslie, which may be an anglicization of a Gaelic placename).

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Middle English le, leoh, from Old English hleo "shelter, cover, defense, protection," from Proto-Germanic *khlewaz (source also of Old Norse hle, Danish læ, Old Saxon hleo, Dutch lij "lee, shelter"). The original sense is uncertain; it might have been "warm" (compare German lau "tepid," Old Norse hly "shelter, warmth"), and Watkins traces it to a PIE *kle-wo-, a suffixed variant form of the root *kele- (1) "warm." Nautical sense "that part of the hemisphere to which the wind is directed" (c. 1400) is of Scandinavian origin, from the notion of the side of the ship opposite that which receives the wind as the sheltered side. As an adjective, 1510s, from the noun. The lee shore is that toward which the wind blows. Middle English also had lewth "warmth, shelter," Old English hleowþ, with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Also compare lukewarm.

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Meadow or wood.

Elke, Elle, Else, Leee, Elen, Stanley

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Bruce Lee	1940	Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
2	Stan Lee	1922	American comic book writer
3	Brandon Lee	1965	American actor and martial artist
4	Lee Harvey Oswald	1939	Former marine who assassinated John F. Kennedy
5	Christopher Lee	1922	British actor and singer
6	Robert E. Lee	1807	Confederate general in the Civil War
7	Lee Min-ho	1987	South Korean actor, singer and model
8	Harper Lee	1926	American author
9	AJ Lee	1987	American professional wrestler
10	Lee Jong-seok	1989	South Korean model and actor
11	Jason Lee	1970	American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder
12	Lee Joon-gi	1982	South Korean actor and singer
13	Lee Byung-hun	1970	South Korean actor
14	Spike Lee	1957	American film director, film producer, writer, and actor
15	Shannon Lee	1969	American actress
16	Lee Pace	1979	American actor
17	Lee Majors	1939	American actor
18	Tommy Lee	1962	American drummer
19	Amy Lee	1981	American singer-songwriter and pianist
20	Lee Marvin	1924	American film actor
21	Lee Sung-kyoung	1990	Model, actress
22	Lee Dong-wook	1981	South Korean actor
23	Lee Thompson Young	1984	American actor
24	Lee Kuan Yew	1923	First Prime Minister of Singapore
25	Ki-hong Lee	1986	American actor
26	Lee Hsien Loong	1952	Prime Minister of Singapore
27	Lee Van Cleef	1925	Actor
28	Lee Chong Wei	1982	Badminton player
29	Lee Kwang-su	1985	South Korean actor
30	Ang Lee	1954	Taiwanese-born American film director, screenwriter and film producer
31	Lee Hyeon-u	1993	South Korean actor
32	Keiran Lee	1984	British pornographic film actor & director
33	Jason Scott Lee	1966	American actor
34	Lee Seung-gi	1987	Korean actor and singer
35	David Lee	1983	American basketball player
36	Lee Radziwill	1933	American socialite
37	Lee Child	1954	British thriller writer
38	Lee Min-jung	1982	South Korean actress
39	Caspar Lee	1994	South African vlogger
40	Lee Daniels	1959	American actor, producer
41	Geddy Lee	1953	Vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush
42	Lee Norris	1981	American actor
43	Lee Remick	1935	Actress
44	Sheryl Lee	1967	American actress, born 1967
45	Charles Lee	1731	American general
46	Lee Iacocca	1924	American businessman
47	Lee Su-hyeok	1988	South Korean model and actor
48	Lee Bo-yeong	1979	South Korean actress and model
49	Lee Sang-yoon	1981	South Korean actor
50	Lee Jong-hyun	1990	South Korean recording artist, musician and actor
51	Lee Meriwether	1935	American actress, former model
52	Brenda Lee	1944	American singer and recording artist
53	Gypsy Rose Lee	1911	American burlesque performer, actress, author
54	Lee Evans	1964	English stand-up comedian and actor
55	Lee Boyd Malvo	1985	Serial killer, co-perpetrator in the DC Sniper Case
56	Brian Lee	1966	American professional wrestler
57	Lee Strasberg	1901	American actor, drama teacher, acting coach, theorist
58	Lee Mack	1968	British comedian
59	JinJoo Lee	1987
60	Lee Ryan	1983	British singer-songwriter
61	Lee Joon	1988	South Korean singer, dancer, actor and model
62	Peggy Lee	1920	American singer, songwriter, composer and actress
63	Lee Jin-wook	1981	Actor
64	Lee Kun-hee	1942	2nd Chairman of the Samsung Group
65	Lee Haney	1959	American bodybuilder
66	Brett Lee	1976	Cricketer
67	Lee Grant	1927	American actress
68	Lee Won-geun	1991	South Korean actor
69	Lee J. Cobb	1911	Actor
70	Lee Da-hae	1984	South Korean actress
71	Lee Jung-shin	1991	South Korean bassist, rapper, and actor
72	Lee Hyori	1979	South Korean singer
73	Kevin Lee	1992	Mixed martial artist
74	Brooklyn Lee	1989	American pornographic actress
75	Lee Corso	1935	American college football player, quarterback, college football coach, sports broadcaster and commentator
76	Lee Taemin	1993	South Korean singer and dancer
77	Will Yun Lee	1971	American actor
78	Lee Je-hoon	1984	South Korean actor
79	Lee Hong-gi	1990	South Korean actor and musician
80	Hana Mae Lee	1988	American actress
81	Stewart Lee	1968	English stand-up comedian, writer, director and musician
82	Lee Ingleby	1976	British actor
83	Sandra Lee	1966	American chef
84	Bobby Lee	1972	American comedian
85	Lee Tamahori	1950	New Zealand film producer
86	Lee Yu-bi	1990	South Korean actress
87	Sean Lee	1986	American football middle line backer player
88	Lee Dong-hae	1986	Singer, actor
89	Lee Westwood	1973	English professional golfer
90	Lee Seo-jin	1971	South Korean actor
91	Derrick Todd Lee	1968	American prisoner sentenced to death
92	Bernard Lee	1908	English actor
93	Lee Trevino	1939	Professional golfer, United States Marine
94	Katie Lee	1981	American writer
95	Cassandra Sheryl Lee	2001	Indonesian singer and model
96	Lee Sungyeol	1991	Singer from South Korea
97	Lee Si-young	1982	South Korean actress, amateur boxer
98	Lee Tergesen	1965	American actor
99	Lee Hong-bin	1993	South Korean actor
100	Lee Beom-su	1970	Korean actor
101	Lee Dong-gook	1979	South Korean footballer
102	Lee Dong-geon	1980	Korean actor, singer and model
103	Lee Hi	1996	South Korean singer
104	Lee Yeong-ae	1971	South Korean actress
105	Jenna Lee	1980	American journalist
106	Lee Yeon-hee	1988	Korean actress
107	Lee Atwater	1951	American political consultant and strategist
108	Courtney Lee	1985	American basketball player
109	Mike Lee	1971	American politician
110	Yasmin Lee	1984	American pornographic actor
111	Lee Jae-yoon	1984	South Korean actor
112	Lee Byung-chul	1910	South Korean Businessman
113	Lee Ha-nui	1983	South Korean actress, model, classical musician, gayageum player and beauty pageant titleholder
114	Reggie Lee	1975	Filipino-American stage, film, and television actor
115	Lee Gi-kwang	1990	South Korean actor and musician
116	Rex Lee	1969	American actor
117	Lee Ann Womack	1966	American country music singer and songwriter
118	Jim Lee	1964	Artist
119	Lee Jeong-jae	1973	South Korean actor
120	Lee Wan	1984	South Korean actor
121	Lee Yo-won	1980	South Korean actress
122	Lee Hwi-jae	1972	South Korean comedian and host
123	Alvin Lee	1944	English guitarist and singer
124	Lee Krasner	1908	American artist
125	Lee Strobel	1952	American writer
126	Lee Greenwood	1942	American musician
127	Lee Tae-hwan	1995	South Korean actor and singer
128	Lee "Scratch" Perry	1936	Jamaican reggae producer
129	Cliff Lee	1978	American baseball player
130	Philomena Lee	1933	Irish woman
131	Lee Horsley	1955	American actor
132	Lee Priest	1972	Australian bodybuilder
133	Ben Lee	1978	Australian actor and singer
134	Ryan Lee	1996	American actor
135	Amos Lee	1978	American singer-songwriter
136	Lee Se-yeong	1992	South Korean actress
137	Robert Lee	1948	Musician
138	Ruta Lee	1936	Actress, dancer
139	Hoon Lee	1973	American actor
140	Michele Lee	1942	American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director
141	Lee Na-young	1979	South Korean actress
142	Lee Hyeri	1994	South Korean singer and actress
143	Lee Brice	1980	American country singer
144	Dixie Lee	1911	Actress
145	Lee Sun-gyun	1975	Korean actor
146	Lee Sang-woo	1980	Actor
147	Lee Ki-woo	1981	A South Korean actor
148	Lee Se-dol	1983	South Korean Go player
149	Clara Lee	1986	South Korean actress
150	Coco Lee	1975	Hong Kong actor and musician
151	Lee Seo-won	1997
152	Lee Selby	1987	Boxer
153	Lee Sharpe	1971	English footballer
154	Sara Lee	1992
155	Lee Junho	1990	South Korean singer
156	Pui Fan Lee	1971	British actress
157	Lee Hazlewood	1929	Singer, songwriter, record producer
158	Lee Soo-man	1952	South Korean singer, producer, and founder of SM Entertainment
159	Lee Lin Chin		Australian journalist
160	Lee Myung-bak	1941	10th President of South Korea
161	Lee Jeong-jin	1978	South Korean actor
162	Albert Lee	1943	English guitarist
163	Michael Lee		Character from The Wire
164	Kimber Lee	1990	American female professional wrestler
165	Anna Lee	1913	Actress
166	Lee Hoi-chuen	1901	Father of Bruce Lee
167	Laurie Lee	1914	British writer
168	Bill Lee	1946	American baseball player
169	Lee Seung-woo	1998	South Korean football player
170	Lee Ji-hoon	1988	South Korean actor
171	Lee Dixon	1964	Footballer
172	Richard Henry Lee	1732	American statesman
173	Hyapatia Lee	1960	American pornographic actress
174	Lee Jong-hyuk	1974	South Korean actor
175	Lee So-yeon	1982	South Korean actress
176	Lee Eun-ju	1980	South Korean actress
177	Gwilym Lee	1983	British actor
178	Kristi Lee	1960	American radio personality
179	Lee Chung-ah	1984	South Korean actress and model
180	Lee Mead	1981	British actor
181	Lee Sung-jae	1970	South Korean actor
182	Jennifer Lee	1971	American motion picture writer and director.
183	Wendee Lee	1960	American voice actress
184	Lee Bowyer	1977	Professional footballer
185	Lee Yoo-ri	1982	Korean actress
186	Lee Sang-min	1973
187	Jake E. Lee	1957	American musician
188	Lee Chung-yong	1988	South Korean footballer
189	Lee Ji-a	1978	Actress
190	Lee Morgan	1938	American trumpeter
191	Lee Jang-woo	1986	South Korean actor and singer
192	Megan Lee	1995	Korean American pop singer
193	Barbara Lee	1946	American politician
194	Daniel Curtis Lee	1991	American actor
195	Lee Trundle	1976	Footballer
196	Lee Jae-yong	1968	South Korean businessman
197	Lee DeWyze	1986	Singer
198	Lee Min-ki	1985	South Korean actor
199	Lee Min-woo	1979	South Korean singer
200	Marc Alan Lee	1978