Atlee Family History
Atlee Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was ‘by the clearing or meadow’ from Middle English at the(r) lee (Old English æt thǣre lēage). The word lea or lee (Old English lēah) originally meant ‘wood’ thence ‘clearing in a wood’ and by the Middle English period ‘grassy meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022