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.

Lee Rank in US Top 1000

# 706 in the US

Lee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 581 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lee

• 706 US 2023
• 581 Nameberry 2025
• 632 Future 2028
• 899 England 2021

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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

The name 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"