Given name & surname · also North Germanic

Leake

“stream, brook”

Leake is a surname from North Germanic, ultimately from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Leake goes back to Old Norse lœkr, meaning “stream, brook.”

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Where it comes from

Leake comes from North Germanic, and ultimately from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Leake’s family of names

In English usage, Leake as a surname has a related form in LEAGUE.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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