Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Korean, Chinese Scripts 이(Korean Hangul) 李(Korean Hanja) 李(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. LEE(Chinese) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Korean form of LI (1), from Sino-Korean 李 (i). It is also a variant Chinese romanization of LI (1). Related NamesDetails VariantsI, Yi(Korean) Li(Chinese) Same SpellingLee (1)User SubmissionLee Entry updated November 16, 2019