Lech

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lech"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Lech.

Proper noun

Lech (plural Lechs)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Chel, HELC

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Licus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛç]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Lech

Proper noun

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

1. a river in Austria and Germany

See also

• Landsberg am Lech

Polish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛx/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛx
• Syllabification: Lech

Proper noun

Lech m pers

1. a male given name
2. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lech

	singular	plural
nominative	Lech	Lechowie, Lechy1
genitive	Lecha	Lechów
dative	Lechowi	Lechom
accusative	Lecha	Lechów
instrumental	Lechem	Lechami
locative	Lechu	Lechach
vocative	Lechu	Lechowie

¹Deprecative.

Descendants

• → Latin: Lechus

Proper noun

Lech f (indeclinable, traditional married form Lechowa, traditional unmarried form Lechówna)

1. a female surname

Further reading

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