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Leake

Leake proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Leake (plural Leakes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Leake

pluralLeakes

Origin of Leake

* 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.

Words formed from Leake

Questions about Leake

What does Leake mean?
Leake means a surname.
What part of speech is Leake?
Leake is a proper noun.

Words near Leake in the dictionary

  1. leakage current
  2. leakage currents
  3. leakages
  4. leakance
  5. leakances
  6. Leake
  7. Leake County
  8. leaked
  9. leaked like a sieve
  10. leaked out
  11. leakee

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