English (chiefly Devon): nickname for a thin or lean person,
from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hl?ne).Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish
McLean.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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