Lee (Korean name)
Lee (
이;
李) is the second most common
family name in
Korea (after
Kim). The name is sometimes also transliterated as
Yi or
Rhee. Lee is also a transliteration of the rarer family names 이 (異) and 이 (伊).
Famous Koreans with this family name have included all the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, the philosophers Yi Hwang and Yi I, South Korea's first president Rhee Syngman, and the politician Lee Hoi-chang.
See also