Given name & surname

Leek

Leek is a surname, possibly from Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Leek possibly comes from Celtic, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Leek, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Welsh · Celtic

Lleu

“bright, shining” · “a shining man”

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>99% boys

Celtic

Liyr

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>99% boys

Celtic

Eccles

“church”

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Celtic

Lichfield

“field”

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Celtic

Longueil

“long”

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Celtic

Lindau

“island”

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Celtic

Llywelyn

Llywelyn is a masculine given name, possibly from Old Welsh, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Welsh.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Leek’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.