Leech.
A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
Meaning & usage
A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
Where this word comes from
* As an English surname, variant of Leach. * As an Irish surname, from Liaigh (“physician”) (a calque of the English surname) or Ó Laoghóg (“descendant of Laoghóg”) and Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of Maolmhaodhóg”); see Logue.
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