[quote]Originally posted by elindra:
Nothing to do with us Chinese la
1. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or
a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English
lea, dative case (used after a preposition) of leah, which
originally meant wood or glade.
2. English: habitational name from any of the many places named
with Old English leah wood, glade, as for example Lee in
Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in
Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and
Wiltshire.
3. Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh descendant of
Laoidheach, a personal name derived from laoidh poem, song
(originally a byname for a poet).
4.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Lee-name-meaning.ashx[/quot
thanks for your input
