Demi-Lee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Demi-Lee

What is the meaning of the name Demi-Lee ?

The baby name Demi-Lee is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DEH-mee-lee (IPA: /ˈdɛmi li/).

Demi-Lee is in Origin.

Demi-Lee combines the modern diminutive Demi with the time-honored Lee. Demi is chiefly a short form of Demetria, from Greek Demeter, yielding the sense “belonging to Demeter” or “devotee of the earth-mother.” In English it also echoes the French demi (“half”), though the personal-name root is Greek. Lee derives from Old English leah, “woodland clearing, meadow.” Together the compound can be read as “Demeter’s devotee in the meadow” or a bright, nature-tinged modern hybrid.

Hyphenated double given names rose in the late 20th century across Britain, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa, and Demi gained wide exposure through actress Demi Moore. Demi-Lee appears in birth data from the 2000s onward, with sister spellings and variants including Demi-Leigh, Demi-Lea, Demi Lee (unhyphenated), and the fused Demilee. Usage is predominantly feminine, following the -Lee trend, though Lee itself remains historically unisex.