Lee

English

"pasture, meadow"

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.

Lee Rank in US Top 1000

# 955 in the US

Lee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1731 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lee

• 1731 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Lee

• (Caroline) Lee (Bouvier) Radziwill younger sister of U.S. First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis
• Lee Ann Remick American actress
• Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal) American actress
• Lee Ann Meriwether actress and Miss America 1955
• Lena "Lee" Krasner American painter, wife of painter Jackson Pollock
• Ashley Rose "Lee" Newton American actress, comedian and YouTube personality
• Elizabeth "Lee" Miller Lady Penrose, American photographer and model
• Lee Wiley American jazz singer
• Lee McKenzie British TV sportscaster
• Lee Alexander Scottish football player
• Liv Lee North (b.2017) daughter of Jon and Jessica North
• Aoki Lee Simmons daughter of American model Kimora Lee Simmons
• (Nelle) Harper Lee American novelist
• Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson aka Lykke Li Swedish singer,songwriter

The name Lee in Pop Culture

• Lee Sing character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Pearl"
• Lee Singh character in the "Sims" series
• Lee Kanker antagonist of "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
• "Christie Lee " song by Billy Joel; inspired by ex,wife Christine Lee "Christie" Brinkley