Lech - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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]
• 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, hypocorism of Lestek, diminutive of Lścimir or Lścisław. Ultimately from leść (“guile, cunning”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛx/
• 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
• “Lech”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022