Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈliːt͡ʃ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Originally indicated a person who was a physician, from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills. Categories animals, Bewitched characters, English nouns, English verbs, health, healthcare, insects, isograms, vaudevillians, word names