"Leake" meaning in English

See Leake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Leakes [plural]
Etymology: * As an English but ultimately North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”). The Norse word is found in many English place names, such as Leck in Lancashire, and the surname could have been from these names. Compare the variant Leach. * Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun leek. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|lœkr|t=stream, brook}} Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Leakes}} Leake (plural Leakes)
  1. A surname. Derived forms: East Leake, Leake County, Leakesville, Old Leake

Inflected forms

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