Lee

Expression 4 The Builder · used across genders

Origin & meaning

English · Topographic surname from Old English "leah"

Meadow, clearing

The numbers in the letters

4Expression

Practical, organized, and dependable. Number 4 represents stability, structure, and hard work. You excel at creating solid foundations and bringing order to chaos.

1 + 3 → 4

1Soul Urge

What the vowels want: to go first. Not applause — authorship. The quiet dread underneath is being ordinary, and it has moved you more than ambition ever has.

1 + 0 → 1

3Personality

What the consonants project: light. You get read as the entertainment even on days you came to listen, and people are startled the first time they see you serious.

3

Lee in the real world

295,926 Americans have been named Lee since 1880. It peaked in 1956 with 5,448 newborns and 387 carried it in 2025 (#1,408).

US births per decade, 18802025 · SSA public data

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The name is half the signature

A birth date completes it — life path, birthday number, and how they interact with Lee’s letters.

Related names

Same number energy — Expression 4

Peaked in the same era — the 1950s