The baby name Lech is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lɛx/ (Polish, approx. "LEKH" — final sound like ch in Scottish 'loch'; anglicized often /lɛk/ "LEK").
Lech is Polish in Origin.
The baby name Lech is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lɛx/ (Polish, approx. "LEKH" — final sound like ch in Scottish 'loch'; anglicized often /lɛk/ "LEK").
Lech is Polish in Origin.
Lech is a West Slavic (Polish) male name rooted in the ethnonym Lech and the Lechitic tribes, the ancestral group of Poles. Scholars connect it with Proto-Slavic lędo/ląd “fallow land, territory,” giving the sense “man of the land; member of the Lechites,” and by extension “Pole.” The figure of Lech features in the founding myth “Lech, Czech and Rus,” where he chooses the white-eagle emblem and establishes Poland (poetically called Lechia).
As a given name, Lech appears sporadically in medieval records, then gained modern currency in the 19th–20th centuries. It remains distinctly Polish but is widely recognized through statesmen such as Lech Wałęsa and Lech Kaczyński. Variants and related forms include Leszek (common Polish diminutive/hypocoristic), older Lestek/Lestko, and the ethnonymic exonym Lyakh in East Slavic, though that term is not used as a personal name.
| Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician best known for his role in leading the Solidarity movement, which played a significant part in ending communist rule in Poland. He served as the President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his efforts in promoting human rights and democracy. | Lech Kaczyński Lech Kaczyński was a Polish politician best known for serving as president of Poland from 2005 until his death in the Smolensk air disaster in 2010. Before becoming president, he was mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL | Boys | 0 | #94 | 1,016 | 6,459 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #138 | 13 | 2,166 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| PL | 0 | #183 | 30 | 2,600 | |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #200 | 1 | 1,904 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #358 | 7 | 5,096 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #405 | 4 | 11,440 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #560 | 6 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #861 | 5 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #933 | 19 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #934 | 19 | 5,697 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #993 | 9 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,230 | 5 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,269 | 4 | 25,619 |
Lech is popular in 34 countries — most recent births per country:
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