Lee

English
"pasture, meadow"

Lee Origin and Meaning

The name Lee is a boy's name of English origin meaning "pasture, meadow".

A name that has a bit of a shouldn't-I-be-a-middle-name sound, though still in use as a first for both genders. Lee might be a good choice if you want something that sounds at once traditional yet modern, unisex but not newly-minted.

And while it absolutely works as a first name, Lee is still one of the top middle names for boys as well as one of the most common last names in the US.

# 706 in the US

Lee Rank in US Top 1000

# 439 on Nameberry

Lee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lee Popularity

Famous People Named Lee

  • Lee Marvin
    American actor
  • Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary)
    American actor
  • Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby)
    American character actor
  • Kenneth Mobley "Lee" Brice
    American country music singer
  • (Melvin) Lee Greenwood
    American country music singer
  • Lee Grinner Pace
    American actor
  • Leon James "Lee" DeWyze
    American singer,songwriter
  • Lee Patrick Strobel
    American Christian author
  • Lee Roy Parnell
    American country music singer
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry)
    Jamaican music producer
  • Lee Michael Norris
    American actor
  • Lee Michael Zeldin
    US Congressman from New York
  • Clarence Leroy "Lee" Van Cleef
    American actor
  • (Warren) Lee Tamahori
    New Zealand film director
  • Lee Ryan
    English singer,songwriter of boy band Blue
  • Lee Mack
    stage name of Lee Gordon McKillop, English comedian
  • Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca
    American CEO of Ford Motor Co.
  • Lee John Westwood
    English golfer
  • Lee Buck Trevino
    American golfer
  • Lee Mark Ranaldo
    American guitarist of band Sonic Youth
  • Lee Allen Tergesen
    American actor
  • Lee Edward Unkrich
    American film director
  • Lee Anthony Brennan
    American lead singer of band 911
  • Lee Craig Frecklington
    British professional footballer
  • Lee Hinchcliffe
    British Social Media Star
  • Robert E. Lee
    U.S. Confederate General
  • Stan Lee
    creator of Marvel Comics
  • Amos Lee
    American singer
  • Jason Lee
    American actor
  • Bruce and Brandon Lee
    Chinese,American actors and martial artists
  • Richard Henry Lee
    former president of the Continental Congress and statesman from Virginia who called for the colonies independence
  • Lee Darren Boxell (b. 1973)
    15 year old British boy who went and still is currently missing from Sutton/Croydon area of London in 1988

Lee in Pop Culture

  • Lee McDermott
    character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
  • Lee Scoresby
    character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
  • Lee Brackett
    character in film "Halloween"
  • Lee
    character on TV's "Not Going Out," played by Lee Mack
  • Lee Fletcher
    character in 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' book series
  • Leland Joseph "Lee" Adama
    character on TV's Battlestar Galactic
  • Lee Ping
    main character on TV's Detentionaire
  • Dr Lee Rosen
    main character on TV series "Alphas"
  • Lee Everett
    main character in The Walking Dead video game.
  • Lee Jordan
    Fred and George Weasley's best friend in the "Harry Potter" series
  • Old Bull Lee
    character in "On the Road"
  • Lee Morgan
    character in Paul Shapera's musical "The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness"
  • Lee
    brand of jeans
  • Richard Henry Lee
    character in "1776" the musical and movie
  • Lee Stetson
    character on 1980's TV show "Scarecrow & Mrs. King"