Lee in my family tree
1: English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English lea, lee (from Old English lea, dative case — originally used after a preposition — of leah wood, clearing, a term with cognates in many European languages.) 2: English: habitation name from any of the many places names with Old English leah wood, clearing, as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire. 3: Irish: anglicized form of Erse Ó Laoidheach descendant of Laoidheach, a personal name derived from laoidh poem, song (originally a byname for a poet).
Variant (of 1 and 2): Lea, Lees, Leigh, Ley; Lay, Laye, Lye (from the later Old English dative form, preserved in Middle English as l(e)ye. cf. Lye Worcestershire). (of 1 only): Atherlee (with fused preposition and article); Atlay, Atlee, Atley, Attle, Attlee (with fused preposition); Layman, Leyman, Lyman. (of 3): O'Lee, O'Leye, O'Lie, O'Loye, O'Lye.
Lee or variants was the 49th most common name in England and Wales according to a survey taken by H.M.Treasury in 1944, with a relative frequency of 0.19%.
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