Forename Lee

Globally, Lee (Lee , 李 , 이 , along with others...) is a widespread unisex forename. The first name Lee is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a common epicene name, Macao, and Singapore (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. Predominantly, Lee is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Lee is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Lee

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Lee	South Korea, Hong Kong, United States, Malaysia, China
李	United States, China, Japan
이	South Korea, United States
لي	Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Algeria
リー	Japan
Ли	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Azerbaijan
לי	Israel
리	South Korea

First names said to be same

Baylee, Caleo, Emilee, Er, I, Jaylee, Lay, Laye, Lea, Lei, Lew, Leè, Leé, Leê, Leë, Leė, Leę, Leě, Li, Lien, Loo, Lä, Lèe, Lèè, Lèé, Lèê, Lèë, Lée, Léè, Léé, Léê, Léë, Léę, Lêe, Lêé, Lêê, Lêë, Lêē, Lêę, Lëe, Lëè, Lëé, Lëê, Lëë, Lëē, Lëė, Lëę, Lì, Lí, Lý,

First name Lee in the context

Lee is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheldon Cooper , the Fictional character in The Big Bang Theory; Bob Lee Swagger , the fictional United States Marine; Lee Jordan , the fictional character in the Harry Potter universe, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Jason Lee Scott , the fictional character, Power Rangers and Lee Everett , the fictional character from Telltale's The Walking Dead video game series, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	rowland lee English bishop, GB (b. 1487)
	lee chim prince Gyeong Myeong (b. 1489)
	cromwell lee scholar, GB (b. 1501)
	yun lee member of korean royal family (b. 1636)
	hancock lee Virginian politician (b. 1653)
	weyman lee, of hanworth park 14 Oct 1681 Tichmarsh, Northamptonshire - 12 Nov 1765 (b. 1681)
	weyman lee British mathematician (b. 1681)
	jeong lee 1694- (b. 1694)
	hancock lee (b. 1709)
	george gardner lee (1774-1816) (b. 1774)
	abial lee 27 Jun 1748 Manchester, MA - (b. 1748)
	lee lee (1782-1837) (b. 1782)
	fitzhugh lee 40th governor of Virginia (1835-1905), US (b. 1835)
	harvey lee American politician, judge and soldier (b. 1819)
	bushrod washington lee (b. 1809)