Given name & surname · also Old English
Leach
“doctor, physician”
Leach is a surname from Old English (ultimately Proto-Germanic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leach goes back to Old English lǣċe, meaning “doctor, physician.”
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Where it comes from
Leach comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”), from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.
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Leach’s family of names
In English usage, Leach as a surname has a related form in LEECH. In English usage, Leach as a surname has a related form in LEITCH. In English usage, Leach as a surname has a related form in LITCH.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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