Lean

See also: lean, léan, and Léan

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McLean.
• As an English surname, from the adjective lean.
• As a Chinese surname, from 林 (lín) (see Lin).

Proper noun

Lean (plural Leans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lean is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Lean is most common among White (65.53%), Asian/Pacific Islander (15.53%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.58%) individuals.

See also

• Maclean
• MacLean
• Mac Lean
• Malean
• MaLean
• McLean
• Mclean
• Mc Lean
• M'Lean

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lean”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 409.

Anagrams

• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lane, nale, neal, élan