Lech

Borrowed from Polish Lech.

Lech (plural Lechs)

1. A surname from Polish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lech is the 20029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1336 individuals. Lech is most common among White (94.09%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lech”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 411.

• Chel, HELC

From Medieval Latin Licus.

• IPA^(key): [lɛç]

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• Hyphenation: Lech

der Lech m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Lechs or des Leches)

1. a river in Austria and Germany

• Landsberg am Lech

Inherited from Old Polish Lech, the name of the legendary founder of the Polish people (see Lech, Czech, and Rus), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, a hypocoristic form of Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ (“wasteland dweller”). The surname is possibly in some cases a hypocorism of Lestek, diminutive of Lścimir or Lścisław.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛx/

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• Rhymes: -ɛx
• Syllabification: Lech

Lech m pers

1. a male given name
2. a male surname

Lech f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Lech”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• “Lech”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030