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lean Name Meaning and History

  1. English (chiefly Devon): nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hl?ne).
  2. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).
  3. Reduced form of Scottish McLean.

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Distribution of lean Families in the US in 1920
Number of lean families
 28-54
 10-27
 1-9
 0
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